Busy indicator for shiny apps

library(shinybusy)

{shinybusy} allow to add global indicators to a {shiny} application to show the user that application is busy (something is happening server-side). There is three main type of indicators :

automatic, just add a line in UI, the indicator will show up whenever server is busy.
manual, activate the indicator from the server when you want it to be displayed.
modal indicators, display a modal and prevent user to interact with the application.

Automatic indicators

The indicator will be displayed each time a calculation take more than the timeout defined (default to 1000ms), you don’t have to intervene in the server.

Three indicators are available :

a spinner : with add_busy_spinner().

# Add in UI
add_busy_spinner(spin = "fading-circle")

a top progress bar : with add_busy_bar().

add_busy_bar(color = "red", height = "8px")

a GIF that will animate when app is busy : with : add_busy_gif().

# Add in UI
add_busy_gif(
  src = "https://jeroen.github.io/images/banana.gif",
  height = 70, width = 70
)

Manual indicators

The same types of indicators are available than for automatic indicators, but this time functions starts with use_* and you have to explicitly trigger the indicator server-side.

spinner : with use_busy_spinner() :

# in UI
use_busy_spinner(spin = "fading-circle")

# in server
show_spinner() # show the spinner
hide_spinner() # hide the spinner

top progress bar : with use_busy_bar() :

# in UI
use_busy_bar(color = "#01DF01", height = "15px")

# in server
update_busy_bar(0) # update with the desire value [0-100], 100 hide the bar

GIF : with use_busy_gif() :

# in UI
use_busy_gif(
  src = "https://jeroen.github.io/images/banana.gif",
  height = 70, width = 70
)

# in server
play_gif() # play animation
stop_gif() # stop animation

Modal indicators

Display an indicator (a spinner or a progress bar) in a modal window, this prevent user to interact with the app and launch other calculation when something is already happening in the server. Those functions are only used server-side.

Spinner :

# in server
show_modal_spinner() # show the modal window
remove_modal_spinner() # remove it when done

Progress bar :

# in server
show_modal_progress_line() # show the modal window
update_modal_progress(0.2) # update progress bar value
remove_modal_progress() # remove it when done

Don’t forget to remove the modal window when computation is finished !

Notifications

Show notifications and reports to user through JavaScript library Notiflix. Four appearance are available: success, failure, info and warning. Notifications are fully configurable.

# success notification
notify_success("Well done!")

# report failure
report_failure(
  "Oups...",
  "Something went wrong"
)