Package 'conductor'

Title: Create Tours in 'Shiny' Apps Using 'Shepherd.js'
Description: Enable the use of 'Shepherd.js' to create tours in 'Shiny' applications.
Authors: Etienne Bacher [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Etienne Bacher <[email protected]>
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Version: 0.1.1
Built: 2024-11-01 04:24:29 UTC
Source: https://github.com/etiennebacher/conductor

Help Index

Create a "conductor" tour

Description

In addition to this page, you can also directly access the documentation of shepherd.js here: https://shepherdjs.dev/docs/index.html.

Methods

Public methods

Method new()

Usage
Conductor$new(
  exitOnEsc = TRUE,
  keyboardNavigation = TRUE,
  useModalOverlay = TRUE,
  classPrefix = NULL,
  tourName = NULL,
  stepsContainer = NULL,
  modalContainer = NULL,
  confirmCancel = FALSE,
  confirmCancelMessage = NULL,
  defaultStepOptions = NULL,
  mathjax = FALSE,
  progress = FALSE,
  onComplete = NULL,
  onCancel = NULL,
  onHide = NULL,
  onShow = NULL,
  onStart = NULL,
  onActive = NULL,
  onInactive = NULL
)
Arguments
exitOnEsc

Allow closing the tour by pressing "Escape". Default is TRUE.

keyboardNavigation

Allow navigating the tour with keyboard arrows. Default is TRUE.

useModalOverlay

Highlight the tour popover and the element (if specified). Default is TRUE.

classPrefix

Add a prefix to the classes of the tour. This allows having different CSS for each tour.

tourName

An (optional) name to give to the tour.

stepsContainer

An optional container element for the steps. If NULL (default), the steps will be appended to document.body.

modalContainer

An optional container element for the modal. If NULL (default), the modal will be appended to document.body.

confirmCancel

Ask confirmation to cancel the tour. Default is FALSE.

confirmCancelMessage

Message in the popup that ask confirmation to close the tour (works only if confirmCancel = TRUE).

defaultStepOptions

A nested list of options to apply to the entire tour. See Details.

mathjax

Enable MathJax? Default is FALSE. This requires importing MathJax, for example with shiny::withMathJax().

progress

Show a step counter in each step? Default is FALSE.

onComplete

A JavaScript code to run when the tour is completed.

onCancel

A JavaScript code to run when the tour is cancelled.

onHide

A JavaScript code to run when the tour is hidden.

onShow

A JavaScript code to run when the tour is shown.

onStart

A JavaScript code to run when the tour starts.

onActive

A JavaScript code to run when the tour is active.

onInactive

A JavaScript code to run when the tour is inactive.

Details

Create a new Conductor object.

Returns

A Conductor object.

Method init()

Usage
Conductor$init(session = NULL)
Arguments
session

A valid Shiny session. If NULL (default), the function attempts to get the session with shiny::getDefaultReactiveDomain().

Details

Initialise Conductor.

Method start()

Usage
Conductor$start(session = NULL)
Arguments
session

A valid Shiny session. If NULL (default), the function attempts to get the session with shiny::getDefaultReactiveDomain().

Details

Start Conductor.

Method step()

Usage
Conductor$step(
  title = NULL,
  text = NULL,
  el = NULL,
  position = NULL,
  arrow = TRUE,
  tabId = NULL,
  tab = NULL,
  canClickTarget = TRUE,
  advanceOn = NULL,
  scrollTo = NULL,
  cancelIcon = NULL,
  showOn = NULL,
  id = NULL,
  buttons = NULL,
  classes = NULL,
  highlightClass = NULL,
  onComplete = NULL,
  onCancel = NULL,
  onHide = NULL,
  onShow = NULL
)
Arguments
title

Title of the popover.

text

Text of the popover.

el

The element to highlight. It can be an id (for example ⁠#mynav⁠), a class (for instance .navbar), or a general tag (for example button). If NULL (default) or if the selector is not found, the popover will appear in the center of the page.

position

Position of the popover relative to the element. Possible values are: 'auto', 'auto-start', 'auto-end', 'top', 'top-start', 'top-end', 'bottom', 'bottom-start', 'bottom-end', 'right', 'right-start', 'right-end', 'left', 'left-start', 'left-end'.

arrow

Add an arrow pointing towards the highlighted element. Default is TRUE.

tabId

Id of the tabsetPanel().

tab

Name of the tab that contains the element.

canClickTarget

Allow the highlighted element to be clicked. Default is TRUE.

advanceOn

An action on the page which should advance the tour to the next step. It should be a list with a string selector and an event name.

scrollTo

Should the element be scrolled to when this step is shown? Default is TRUE.

cancelIcon

A list of two elements: enabled is a boolean indicating whether a "close" icon should be displayed (default is TRUE); label is the label to add for aria-label.

showOn

Either a boolean or a JavaScript expression that returns true or false. It indicates whether the step should be displayed in the tour.

id

Name of the step (optional).

buttons

A list of lists. Each "sublist" contains the information for one button. There are six possible arguments for each button: action ("back" or "next"), text (name of the button), secondary (TRUE/FALSE), disabled (TRUE/FALSE), label (aria-label of the button), and classes (for finer CSS customization).

classes

A character vector of extra classes to add to the step's content element.

highlightClass

An extra class to apply to el when it is highlighted. Only one extra class is accepted.

onComplete

Some JavaScript code to run when the step is complete (only for the last step).

onCancel

Some JavaScript code to run when the step is cancelled.

onHide

Some JavaScript code to run when the step is hidden.

onShow

Some JavaScript code to run when the step is shown.

Details

Add a step in a Conductor tour.

Method updateStepOptions()

Usage
Conductor$updateStepOptions(
  step = NULL,
  title = NULL,
  text = NULL,
  el = NULL,
  position = NULL,
  arrow = TRUE,
  tabId = NULL,
  tab = NULL,
  canClickTarget = TRUE,
  advanceOn = NULL,
  scrollTo = TRUE,
  cancelIcon = NULL,
  showOn = NULL,
  id = NULL,
  buttons = NULL,
  classes = NULL,
  highlightClass = NULL,
  session = NULL
)
Arguments
step

Id of the step (optional). If NULL (default), the current step is used.

title

Title of the popover.

text

Text of the popover.

el

The element to highlight. It can be an id (for example ⁠#mynav⁠), a class (for instance .navbar), or a general tag (for example button). If NULL (default) or if the selector is not found, the popover will appear in the center of the page.

position

Position of the popover relative to the element. Possible values are: 'auto', 'auto-start', 'auto-end', 'top', 'top-start', 'top-end', 'bottom', 'bottom-start', 'bottom-end', 'right', 'right-start', 'right-end', 'left', 'left-start', 'left-end'.

arrow

Add an arrow pointing towards the highlighted element. Default is TRUE.

tabId

Id of the tabsetPanel().

tab

Name of the tab that contains the element.

canClickTarget

Allow the highlighted element to be clicked. Default is TRUE.

advanceOn

An action on the page which should advance shepherd to the next step. It should be a list with a string selector and an event name.

scrollTo

Should the element be scrolled to when this step is shown? Default is TRUE.

cancelIcon

A list of two elements: enabled is a boolean indicating whether a "close" icon should be displayed (default is TRUE); label is the label to add for aria-label.

showOn

Either a boolean or a JavaScript expression that returns true or false. It indicates whether the step should be displayed in the tour.

id

Name of the step (optional).

buttons

A list of lists. Each "sublist" contains the information for one button. There are six possible arguments for each button: action ("back" or "next"), text (name of the button), secondary (TRUE/FALSE), disabled (TRUE/FALSE), label (aria-label of the button), and classes (for finer CSS customization).

classes

A character vector of extra classes to add to the step's content element.

highlightClass

An extra class to apply to el when it is highlighted. Only one extra class is accepted.

session

A valid Shiny session. If NULL (default), the function attempts to get the session with shiny::getDefaultReactiveDomain().

onShow

Some JavaScript code to run when the step is shown.

onHide

Some JavaScript code to run when the step is hidden.

onCancel

Some JavaScript code to run when the step is cancelled.

onComplete

Some JavaScript code to run when the step is complete (only for the last step).

Details

Modify the options of a specific step.

Method show()

Usage
Conductor$show(step = NULL, session = NULL)
Arguments
step

Either the id of the step to show (defined in ⁠$step()⁠) or its number.

session

A valid Shiny session. If NULL (default), the function attempts to get the session with shiny::getDefaultReactiveDomain().

Details

Show a specific step.

Method remove()

Usage
Conductor$remove(step = NULL, session = NULL)
Arguments
step

A character vector with the id(s) of the step(s) to remove (defined in ⁠$step()⁠).

session

A valid Shiny session. If NULL (default), the function attempts to get the session with shiny::getDefaultReactiveDomain().

Details

Remove specific step(s).

Method moveNext()

Usage
Conductor$moveNext(session = NULL)
Arguments
session

A valid Shiny session. If NULL (default), the function attempts to get the session with shiny::getDefaultReactiveDomain().

Details

Advances the tour to the next step.

Method moveBack()

Usage
Conductor$moveBack(session = NULL)
Arguments
session

A valid Shiny session. If NULL (default), the function attempts to get the session with shiny::getDefaultReactiveDomain().

Details

Shows the previous step.

Method cancel()

Usage
Conductor$cancel(session = NULL)
Arguments
session

A valid Shiny session. If NULL (default), the function attempts to get the session with shiny::getDefaultReactiveDomain().

Details

Cancels the tour.

Method complete()

Usage
Conductor$complete(session = NULL)
Arguments
session

A valid Shiny session. If NULL (default), the function attempts to get the session with shiny::getDefaultReactiveDomain().

Details

Completes the tour.

Method hide()

Usage
Conductor$hide(session = NULL)
Arguments
session

A valid Shiny session. If NULL (default), the function attempts to get the session with shiny::getDefaultReactiveDomain().

Details

Hides the current step.

Method getCurrentStep()

Usage
Conductor$getCurrentStep(session = NULL)
Arguments
session

A valid Shiny session. If NULL (default), the function attempts to get the session with shiny::getDefaultReactiveDomain().

Details

Get the id of the current step. If no id was specified in ⁠$step()⁠, a random id is generated.

Method getHighlightedElement()

Usage
Conductor$getHighlightedElement(session = NULL)
Arguments
session

A valid Shiny session. If NULL (default), the function attempts to get the session with shiny::getDefaultReactiveDomain().

Details

Returns the id of the highlighted element of the current step. If this element has no id, it returns its class.

Method isOpen()

Usage
Conductor$isOpen(step = NULL, session = NULL)
Arguments
step

Id of the step (optional). If NULL (default), the current step is used.

session

A valid Shiny session. If NULL (default), the function attempts to get the session with shiny::getDefaultReactiveDomain().

Details

Returns a value TRUE or FALSE indicating whether the step is open.

Method isActive()

Usage
Conductor$isActive(session = NULL)
Arguments
session

A valid Shiny session. If NULL (default), the function attempts to get the session with shiny::getDefaultReactiveDomain().

Details

Returns a value TRUE or FALSE indicating whether the tour is active.

Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage
Conductor$clone(deep = FALSE)
Arguments
deep

Whether to make a deep clone.

Dependencies

Description

Include dependencies, place anywhere in the shiny UI.

Usage

useConductor()

use_conductor()

Examples

library(shiny)
library(conductor)

ui <- fluidPage(
 useConductor()
 # also works:
 # use_conductor()
)

server <- function(input, output){}

if(interactive()) shinyApp(ui, server)