shinyWidgets support inside a DT

[michaelhogersnplm]

Hi there,

I was wondering if it is feasible to render the shinyWidgets::dropMenu inside a DT? I have attempted it with the escape = FALSE option (so it renders HTML) for DT and some loading of dependencies, but could not manage the popper/tippy functionality to work as expected.

I saw https://stackoverflow.com/a/58025486 (note that the src in htmltools::htmlDependency("shinyWidgets", "0.4.5", src = "www") is outdated, should be "assets") and wanted to apply the same approach. I saw that the dropMenu attaches dependencies via:

  htmltools::attachDependencies(
    x = attachShinyWidgetsDep(dropTag),
    value = list(
      html_dependencies_popper(),
      html_dependencies_tippy()
    ),
    append = TRUE
  )

Is it possible to provide some information on initialising a dropMenu in the context of a DT? And perhaps a more general approach that would work for any shinyWidgets element? Happy to provide an example app showcasing this if it is of use

Best regards, Michael