textOutput function

Create a text output element

Render a reactive output variable as text within an application page. textOutput() is usually paired with renderText() and puts regular text in <div> or <span>; verbatimTextOutput() is usually paired with renderPrint() and provides fixed-width text in a <pre>.

textOutput(outputId, container = if (inline) span else div, inline = FALSE)

verbatimTextOutput(outputId, placeholder = FALSE)

Arguments

• outputId: output variable to read the value from
• container: a function to generate an HTML element to contain the text
• inline: use an inline (span()) or block container (div()) for the output
• placeholder: if the output is empty or NULL, should an empty rectangle be displayed to serve as a placeholder? (does not affect behavior when the output is nonempty)

Returns

An output element for use in UI.

Details

In both functions, text is HTML-escaped prior to rendering.

Examples

## Only run this example in interactive R sessions
if (interactive()) {
  shinyApp(
    ui = basicPage(
      textInput("txt", "Enter the text to display below:"),
      textOutput("text"),
      verbatimTextOutput("verb")
    ),
    server = function(input, output) {
      output$text <- renderText({ input$txt })
      output$verb <- renderText({ input$txt })
    }
  )
}