library(shinyAce) shinyUI( pageWithSidebar( headerPanel("ShinyAce with cursor position and selection"), sidebarPanel( helpText(HTML("

AceEditor with `cursorId`, and `selectionId`: observe the events being reported as you either move the cursor in the editor or select text.

")), tags$hr(), verbatimTextOutput("log"), width = 6 ), mainPanel( aceEditor( outputId = "ace", value = "Move the cursor inside the editor and\nselect one or more words ...", cursorId = "cursor", selectionId = "selection", height = "200px" ), width = 6 ) ) )