How to get Leaflet for R use 100% of Shiny dashboard height

Question

I am in the process of creating a Shiny dashboard application, where the dashboard body is supposed to show some maps. So far no problem to get the map expand over the entir

Answer 1

Another option is what jcheng5 and kent37 have described on GitHub

output$mymap = renderLeaflet({...make a map...})
leafletOutput('mymap', height=1000)

Works for me with a leaflet map in R flexdashboard