29.6 htmlwidgets

• htmlwidgets provide client-side interactivity, meaning all the interactivity happens in the browser, independently of R.
• You don’t need to know anything about HTML or JavaScript to use them because all the details are wrapped inside the package.
• There are many packages that provide htmlwidgets, including:

  • leaflet for interactive map

  • dygraphs for interactive time series visualizations.

  • DT for interactive tables.

  • threejs for interactive 3d plots.

  • DiagrammeR for diagrams (like flow charts and simple node-link diagrams).

• To learn more about htmlwidgets and see a complete list of packages that provide them visit https://www.htmlwidgets.org.