Add a parameter in searchInput() in order to mask the text with • as in the basic passwordInput() shiny function

[CroixJeremy2]

Hello,
Everything is in the title.

I am discovering the world of shiny apps, so I just hope that I have not missed any existing function that does that actually... Anyway, I just found that searchInput() is better than textInput() because we can simply press ENTER to validate the text the user has typed. However, for texts that should not be displayed on the screen, like passwords for example, I would like to combine searchInput() with passwordInput() in order to display texts like this: •••••••••

Could it be possible to add this simple parameter to searchInput() in order to allow us to do that please?

Thanks in advance for your respond,
Best regards,

[pvictor]

Hello,
Welcome to shiny! Sure this is possible, re-install from GitHub and then you can set input type like this :

library(shiny)
library(shinyWidgets)

ui <- fluidPage(
  # theme = bslib::bs_theme(version = 5L, preset = "bootstrap"),
  tags$h1("Search Input"),
  br(),
  searchInput(
    inputId = "search", 
    label = "Enter your password",
    placeholder = "A placeholder",
    btnSearch = icon("arrow-right"),
    btnReset = icon("xmark"),
    inputType = "password"
  ),
  verbatimTextOutput(outputId = "res1"),
  br(),
  textInputIcon(
    inputId = "text",
    label = "Enter your password",
    icon = icon("key"),
    inputType = "password"
  ),
  verbatimTextOutput(outputId = "res2")
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {
  output$res1 <- renderPrint(input$search)
  output$res2 <- renderPrint(input$text)
}

shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)

Victor

[CroixJeremy2]

Excellent! This is exactly what I was looking for. It works like a charm.
Thank you so much, and thank you also for the fast response!
Best regards,