Showing the elements of shinydashboard

The shinydashboard package provides dashboard-specific elements that we can add to our dashboard:

Note

In the following sections, we will show you the most important elements and their basic functionality of having enough space to show you how to build a real hands-on dashboard with R and shinydashboard. If you want to find out more about the elements and functions of the shinydashboard package, please visit the official page at https://rstudio.github.io/shinydashboard/.

Header elements

The header of our dashboard includes, among others, the title of the dashboard, but it can also have drop-down menus. These menus can be:

  • A message menu
  • A notification menu
  • A task menu

Setting the title argument can change the dashboard ...

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