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shiny::useBusyIndicators() not working with gt::gt_output #4283

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@gsmolinski

It may be related to #4172.

Busy indicator is not working (not visible) with gt::gt_output.

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Output of sessionInfo():

R version 4.5.1 (2025-06-13 ucrt)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64
Running under: Windows 11 x64 (build 26100)

Matrix products: default
  LAPACK version 3.12.1

locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=Polish_Poland.utf8 
[2] LC_CTYPE=Polish_Poland.utf8   
[3] LC_MONETARY=Polish_Poland.utf8
[4] LC_NUMERIC=C                  
[5] LC_TIME=Polish_Poland.utf8    

time zone: Europe/Warsaw
tzcode source: internal

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices datasets  utils     methods  
[7] base     

other attached packages:
[1] shiny_1.11.1

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
 [1] vctrs_0.6.5       cli_3.6.5         gt_1.0.0         
 [4] rlang_1.1.6       renv_1.1.5        promises_1.3.3   
 [7] generics_0.1.4    jsonlite_2.0.0    xtable_1.8-4     
[10] glue_1.8.0        DT_0.33           htmltools_0.5.8.1
[13] httpuv_1.6.16     reactR_0.6.1      sass_0.4.10      
[16] jquerylib_0.1.4   crosstalk_1.2.2   tibble_3.3.0     
[19] fastmap_1.2.0     yaml_2.3.10       lifecycle_1.0.4  
[22] memoise_2.0.1     compiler_4.5.1    dplyr_1.1.4      
[25] htmlwidgets_1.6.4 Rcpp_1.1.0        pkgconfig_2.0.3  
[28] later_1.4.4       digest_0.6.37     R6_2.6.1         
[31] tidyselect_1.2.1  pillar_1.11.0     magrittr_2.0.3   
[34] bslib_0.9.0       tools_4.5.1       withr_3.0.2      
[37] mime_0.13         reactable_0.4.4   cachem_1.1.0     
[40] xml2_1.4.0 

Example application or steps to reproduce the problem

Below I'm rendering three tables: DT, gt and reactable in separate columns, so it can be clearly seen that busy indicators are visible only for DT and reactable, not gt (gt table is in the middle).

library(shiny)

ui <- fluidPage(
  shiny::useBusyIndicators(),
  bslib::layout_column_wrap(
    DT::DTOutput("dt"),
    gt::gt_output("gt"),
    reactable::reactableOutput("reactable")
  )
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {
  output$dt <- DT::renderDataTable({
    Sys.sleep(2)
    data.frame(package = "DT") |> 
      DT::datatable()
  })
  
  output$gt <- gt::render_gt({
    Sys.sleep(2)
    data.frame(package = "gt") |> 
      gt::gt()
  })
  
  output$reactable <- reactable::renderReactable({
    Sys.sleep(2)
    data.frame(package = "reactable") |> 
      reactable::reactable()
  })
}

shinyApp(ui, server)

Describe the problem in detail

When the app opens, second (in the middle) busy indicator is not visible - this is the place where gt output is rendering.

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