How to extract cell content and column name when cell is clicked with DT package in Shiny?





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Good morning and Happy Friday!
My issue are:



a) The example to extract cell content using mtcars is not working in my App, because when you click the cell, it gives you the value to the left.
b) I cannot get it to display the name of the column of the cell you clicked.



I am rendering these into a "summary box". Please click on the row 1 of column drat and then on row 1 of column wt. You will see what I am talking about.



Just one thing: My real app is like a school schedule, where the 1st column is Time. I don't need to extract the time as the people will see the time but not click on it. People will click on the "subjects" under colnames M-F. That's why I thought about adding 1 to the input$ing_table_cells_selected[2], since 2 is the column component and DT starts indexing at 0.



App is on "English" Tab.



Thank you very much! I appreciate any help you can give, as I have spent hours researching but it is not quite working.



## libraries 
library(shinydashboard)
library(shiny)
library(data.table)
library(dplyr)
library(DT)


ui=dashboardPage(

dashboardHeader(title = "App"),

dashboardSidebar(
sidebarMenu(
menuItem("Español", tabName = "espanol", icon = icon("laptop")),
menuItem("English", tabName = "ingles", icon = icon("print"))
)),


dashboardBody(
tabItems(

tabItem(tabName = "ingles",
h3("Data", style="color:DodgerBlue;text-align:center;font-family:Palatino Linotype;padding:0px;margin-top:0px;"),

fluidRow(

DT::dataTableOutput("ing_table"),
box(title = "Summary of Activities", status = "primary", solidHeader = TRUE,collapsible = TRUE,
DT::dataTableOutput("summary")
)



)))))


## SERVER SIDE ##########

server <- function(input, output) {

## using mtcars set as a example
output$ing_table= DT::renderDataTable(mtcars, options = list(searching = FALSE,bInfo=0,scrollX = TRUE, pageLength = 5), rownames=FALSE,selection = list(target = "cell"), server = FALSE)

# code to extract the cell value and make it reactive to feed output$summary
# I used "cell[2]" to access the column index and add 1, since in DT column index starts at 0 and I need the values starting col 1, not 0
reserved_act= reactive({
cell <- input$ing_table_cells_selected
data=data.frame(Values=mtcars[cell],Column_Names=colnames(mtcars[cell[2]+1]))
data
})

observeEvent(input$ing_table_cells_selected, {

output$summary = renderDataTable(reserved_act(), options = list(searching = FALSE,bInfo=0,scrollX = TRUE, paging=FALSE), rownames=FALSE)

})


}

shinyApp(ui, server)











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    Good morning and Happy Friday!
    My issue are:



    a) The example to extract cell content using mtcars is not working in my App, because when you click the cell, it gives you the value to the left.
    b) I cannot get it to display the name of the column of the cell you clicked.



    I am rendering these into a "summary box". Please click on the row 1 of column drat and then on row 1 of column wt. You will see what I am talking about.



    Just one thing: My real app is like a school schedule, where the 1st column is Time. I don't need to extract the time as the people will see the time but not click on it. People will click on the "subjects" under colnames M-F. That's why I thought about adding 1 to the input$ing_table_cells_selected[2], since 2 is the column component and DT starts indexing at 0.



    App is on "English" Tab.



    Thank you very much! I appreciate any help you can give, as I have spent hours researching but it is not quite working.



    ## libraries 
    library(shinydashboard)
    library(shiny)
    library(data.table)
    library(dplyr)
    library(DT)


    ui=dashboardPage(

    dashboardHeader(title = "App"),

    dashboardSidebar(
    sidebarMenu(
    menuItem("Español", tabName = "espanol", icon = icon("laptop")),
    menuItem("English", tabName = "ingles", icon = icon("print"))
    )),


    dashboardBody(
    tabItems(

    tabItem(tabName = "ingles",
    h3("Data", style="color:DodgerBlue;text-align:center;font-family:Palatino Linotype;padding:0px;margin-top:0px;"),

    fluidRow(

    DT::dataTableOutput("ing_table"),
    box(title = "Summary of Activities", status = "primary", solidHeader = TRUE,collapsible = TRUE,
    DT::dataTableOutput("summary")
    )



    )))))


    ## SERVER SIDE ##########

    server <- function(input, output) {

    ## using mtcars set as a example
    output$ing_table= DT::renderDataTable(mtcars, options = list(searching = FALSE,bInfo=0,scrollX = TRUE, pageLength = 5), rownames=FALSE,selection = list(target = "cell"), server = FALSE)

    # code to extract the cell value and make it reactive to feed output$summary
    # I used "cell[2]" to access the column index and add 1, since in DT column index starts at 0 and I need the values starting col 1, not 0
    reserved_act= reactive({
    cell <- input$ing_table_cells_selected
    data=data.frame(Values=mtcars[cell],Column_Names=colnames(mtcars[cell[2]+1]))
    data
    })

    observeEvent(input$ing_table_cells_selected, {

    output$summary = renderDataTable(reserved_act(), options = list(searching = FALSE,bInfo=0,scrollX = TRUE, paging=FALSE), rownames=FALSE)

    })


    }

    shinyApp(ui, server)











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      Good morning and Happy Friday!
      My issue are:



      a) The example to extract cell content using mtcars is not working in my App, because when you click the cell, it gives you the value to the left.
      b) I cannot get it to display the name of the column of the cell you clicked.



      I am rendering these into a "summary box". Please click on the row 1 of column drat and then on row 1 of column wt. You will see what I am talking about.



      Just one thing: My real app is like a school schedule, where the 1st column is Time. I don't need to extract the time as the people will see the time but not click on it. People will click on the "subjects" under colnames M-F. That's why I thought about adding 1 to the input$ing_table_cells_selected[2], since 2 is the column component and DT starts indexing at 0.



      App is on "English" Tab.



      Thank you very much! I appreciate any help you can give, as I have spent hours researching but it is not quite working.



      ## libraries 
      library(shinydashboard)
      library(shiny)
      library(data.table)
      library(dplyr)
      library(DT)


      ui=dashboardPage(

      dashboardHeader(title = "App"),

      dashboardSidebar(
      sidebarMenu(
      menuItem("Español", tabName = "espanol", icon = icon("laptop")),
      menuItem("English", tabName = "ingles", icon = icon("print"))
      )),


      dashboardBody(
      tabItems(

      tabItem(tabName = "ingles",
      h3("Data", style="color:DodgerBlue;text-align:center;font-family:Palatino Linotype;padding:0px;margin-top:0px;"),

      fluidRow(

      DT::dataTableOutput("ing_table"),
      box(title = "Summary of Activities", status = "primary", solidHeader = TRUE,collapsible = TRUE,
      DT::dataTableOutput("summary")
      )



      )))))


      ## SERVER SIDE ##########

      server <- function(input, output) {

      ## using mtcars set as a example
      output$ing_table= DT::renderDataTable(mtcars, options = list(searching = FALSE,bInfo=0,scrollX = TRUE, pageLength = 5), rownames=FALSE,selection = list(target = "cell"), server = FALSE)

      # code to extract the cell value and make it reactive to feed output$summary
      # I used "cell[2]" to access the column index and add 1, since in DT column index starts at 0 and I need the values starting col 1, not 0
      reserved_act= reactive({
      cell <- input$ing_table_cells_selected
      data=data.frame(Values=mtcars[cell],Column_Names=colnames(mtcars[cell[2]+1]))
      data
      })

      observeEvent(input$ing_table_cells_selected, {

      output$summary = renderDataTable(reserved_act(), options = list(searching = FALSE,bInfo=0,scrollX = TRUE, paging=FALSE), rownames=FALSE)

      })


      }

      shinyApp(ui, server)











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      Good morning and Happy Friday!
      My issue are:



      a) The example to extract cell content using mtcars is not working in my App, because when you click the cell, it gives you the value to the left.
      b) I cannot get it to display the name of the column of the cell you clicked.



      I am rendering these into a "summary box". Please click on the row 1 of column drat and then on row 1 of column wt. You will see what I am talking about.



      Just one thing: My real app is like a school schedule, where the 1st column is Time. I don't need to extract the time as the people will see the time but not click on it. People will click on the "subjects" under colnames M-F. That's why I thought about adding 1 to the input$ing_table_cells_selected[2], since 2 is the column component and DT starts indexing at 0.



      App is on "English" Tab.



      Thank you very much! I appreciate any help you can give, as I have spent hours researching but it is not quite working.



      ## libraries 
      library(shinydashboard)
      library(shiny)
      library(data.table)
      library(dplyr)
      library(DT)


      ui=dashboardPage(

      dashboardHeader(title = "App"),

      dashboardSidebar(
      sidebarMenu(
      menuItem("Español", tabName = "espanol", icon = icon("laptop")),
      menuItem("English", tabName = "ingles", icon = icon("print"))
      )),


      dashboardBody(
      tabItems(

      tabItem(tabName = "ingles",
      h3("Data", style="color:DodgerBlue;text-align:center;font-family:Palatino Linotype;padding:0px;margin-top:0px;"),

      fluidRow(

      DT::dataTableOutput("ing_table"),
      box(title = "Summary of Activities", status = "primary", solidHeader = TRUE,collapsible = TRUE,
      DT::dataTableOutput("summary")
      )



      )))))


      ## SERVER SIDE ##########

      server <- function(input, output) {

      ## using mtcars set as a example
      output$ing_table= DT::renderDataTable(mtcars, options = list(searching = FALSE,bInfo=0,scrollX = TRUE, pageLength = 5), rownames=FALSE,selection = list(target = "cell"), server = FALSE)

      # code to extract the cell value and make it reactive to feed output$summary
      # I used "cell[2]" to access the column index and add 1, since in DT column index starts at 0 and I need the values starting col 1, not 0
      reserved_act= reactive({
      cell <- input$ing_table_cells_selected
      data=data.frame(Values=mtcars[cell],Column_Names=colnames(mtcars[cell[2]+1]))
      data
      })

      observeEvent(input$ing_table_cells_selected, {

      output$summary = renderDataTable(reserved_act(), options = list(searching = FALSE,bInfo=0,scrollX = TRUE, paging=FALSE), rownames=FALSE)

      })


      }

      shinyApp(ui, server)








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