r shiny - uiOutput not rendering inside menuItem
Question Why does a sliderInput() that's generated on the server , and rendered on the ui with uiOutput() not get displayed in a menuItem() ? Example In this simple app I'm generating a sliderInput on the server (note the menuItem is deliberately commented out), and it works as expected library(shiny) library(shinydashboard) rm(ui, server) ui <- dashboardPage( dashboardHeader(), dashboardSidebar( sidebarMenu( #menuItem(text = "data options", checkboxGroupInput(inputId = "cbg_group1", label = "group 1", choices = c("some","check","boxes","to","choose","from") ), uiOutput("sli_val1"),