VisNetwork: Use VisConfigure argument container to move parameters to dropdownBlock (shinydashboardPlus) - html

Question

I am having a hard time understanding how the container argument from function VisNetwork::VisConfigure works. It seems as though one can move the configuration list in another HTML container but my understanding is too limited (and I found no examples online).
My goal would be to place the configuration list in a shinydashboardPlus::dropdownBlock (i.e., in the dashboardHeader leftUI argument), see reproducible example below:
library(shiny)
library(shinydashboard)
library(shinydashboardPlus)
library(visNetwork)
# Define the function to retrieve the parameters from VisConfigure
# See: https://github.com/datastorm-open/visNetwork/issues/333
visShinyGetOptionsFromConfigurator <- function (graph, input = paste0(graph$id, "_configurator")) {
if (!any(class(graph) %in% "visNetwork_Proxy")) {
stop("Can't use visGetPositions with visNetwork object. Only within shiny & using visNetworkProxy")
}
data <- list(id = graph$id, input = input)
graph$session$sendCustomMessage("visShinyGetOptionsFromConfigurator", data)
graph
}
ui <- dashboardPage(
dashboardHeader(title = "Test visConfigure container argument",
leftUi = tagList(
shinydashboardPlus::dropdownBlock(
id = "graphparams",
title = "Graph parameters",
icon = shiny::icon("gears"),
shinyWidgets::prettyRadioButtons(
inputId = "physics",
label = "Parameters should appear here",
choices = c("Yes","No"))))),
dashboardSidebar(width = 220),
dashboardBody(
fluidRow(box(id = "network",
title = "Network",
status = "primary",
width = 12,
solidHeader = TRUE,
collapsible = TRUE,
visNetworkOutput('network'))),
fluidRow(actionButton("ops", "Options"))))
server <- function(input, output, session) {
getDiagramPlot <- function(nodes, edges){
v <- visNetwork(
nodes,
edges) %>%
visIgraphLayout(layout = "layout_on_sphere", physics = TRUE, randomSeed = 1234) %>%
visPhysics(solver = "hierarchicalRepulsion",
hierarchicalRepulsion = list(springLength = 850, nodeDistance = 90),
stabilization = "onlyDynamicEdges") %>%
visOptions(highlightNearest = list(enabled = T, degree = 1, hover = F), autoResize = TRUE, collapse = FALSE) %>%
visEdges(color = list(highlight = "red")) %>%
visEdges(arrows = edges$arrows) %>%
visConfigure(enabled = TRUE, filter = "physics", container = NULL) %>%
visInteraction(multiselect = F)
return(v)
}
nodes <- data.frame(id = 0:20, label = LETTERS[1:21])
edges <- data.frame(from = 0, to = 1:20, value = seq(0.35, 0.5, length.out = 20))
output$network <- renderVisNetwork(
getDiagramPlot(nodes, edges)
)
# Send to console the settings from VisConfigure
# See: https://github.com/datastorm-open/visNetwork/issues/333
observeEvent(input$ops, { visNetworkProxy("network") %>% visShinyGetOptionsFromConfigurator() })
observe({ if(!is.null(input$network_configurator)) print(input$network_configurator)
})
session$onSessionEnded(stopApp)
}
shinyApp(ui, server)
Any idea?
Best,
C.
I tried to set container = input$graphparams but it didn't work.