Suppress Whitespace!


This should contain whitespace inside the single quotes (default behavior): ' Shiny '.

This should NOT contain whitespace inside the single quotes: 'Shiny'.

The first link above doesn't specify a `.noWS` argument, so spacing is added around the link which isn't the ideal presentation since we want to enquote it. The second link sets `.noWS="outside"` to squash the whitespace around the link.
show with app
library(shiny)

# Define UI for app
ui <- fluidPage(
  # App title ----
  titlePanel("Suppress Whitespace!"),
  shiny::textOutput("package"),
  tags$hr(),
  tags$div(id="first", "This should contain whitespace inside the single quotes (default behavior): '", tags$a(href="https://shiny.rstudio.com", "Shiny"), "'."),
  tags$div(id="firstOutcome", class="alert alert-info"),
  tags$hr(),
  tags$div(id="second", "This should NOT contain whitespace inside the single quotes:  '", tags$a(href="https://shiny.rstudio.com", "Shiny", .noWS="outside"), "'."),
  tags$div(id="secondOutcome", class="alert alert-info"),
  tags$hr(),
  helpText("The first link above doesn't specify a `.noWS` argument, so spacing is added around the link which isn't the ideal presentation since we want to enquote it. The second link sets `.noWS=\"outside\"` to squash the whitespace around the link."),
  tags$script("
// Some JavaScript to help automate testing
function testWhitespace(inputId, outputId, noWhitespaceExpected) {
  var output = $('#' + outputId);

  if (/'Shiny'/.test($('#' + inputId).text()) === noWhitespaceExpected) {
    output.text('Pass!');
  } else {
    output.text('FAIL');
  }
}
testWhitespace('first', 'firstOutcome', false);
testWhitespace('second', 'secondOutcome', true);
")
)

# Define server logic required to draw a histogram ----
server <- function(input, output) {
  output$package <- renderText({
    paste0("Testing on htmltools version '", packageVersion("htmltools"), "'")
  })

}

# Create Shiny app ----
shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)