DataTables

DataTables display R data frames as interactive HTML tables (with filtering, pagination, sorting, and search). This is a great way to make your raw data browsable without using too much space.

library(widgetframe)

## Loading required package: htmlwidgets

library(DT)
datatable(iris, options = list(pageLength = 5))

rbokeh

Interface to the Bokeh library for making interactive graphics.

library(rbokeh)
figure(width = 400, height=400) %>%
  ly_points(Sepal.Length, Sepal.Width, data = iris,
    color = Species, glyph = Species,
    hover = list(Sepal.Length, Sepal.Width))

Leaflet

Leaflet is a really powerful JavaScript library for creating dynamic maps that support panning and zooming along with various annotations like markers, polygons, and popups.

library(leaflet)
library(ggmap)
geocode("Buffalo, NY")

##   lon lat
## 1  NA  NA

m <- leaflet() %>% setView(lng = -78.87837, lat = 42.88645, zoom = 12) %>% 
  addTiles()
frameWidget(m,height =500)

dygraphs

Provides rich facilities for charting time-series data in R, including highly configurable series- and axis-display and interactive features like zoom/pan and series/point highlighting.

library(dygraphs)
dygraph(nhtemp, main = "New Haven Temperatures",height = 100) %>% 
  dyRangeSelector(dateWindow = c("1920-01-01", "1960-01-01"))%>%
  frameWidget(height =500)

rthreejs

Create interactive 3D scatter plots, network plots, and globes using the ‘three.js’ visualization library.

#devtools::install_github("bwlewis/rthreejs")
library(threejs)
z <- seq(-10, 10, 0.1)
x <- cos(z)
y <- sin(z)
scatterplot3js(x, y, z, color=rainbow(length(z)))

networkD3

Creates ‘D3’ ‘JavaScript’ network, tree, dendrogram, and Sankey graphs from ‘R’.

library(igraph)
library(networkD3)

Load example network

This loads an example social network of friendships between 34 members of a karate club at a US university in the 1970s. See W. W. Zachary, An information flow model for conflict and fission in small groups, Journal of Anthropological Research 33, 452-473 (1977).

karate <- make_graph("Zachary")
wc <- cluster_walktrap(karate)
members <- membership(wc)

# Convert to object suitable for networkD3
karate_d3 <- igraph_to_networkD3(karate, group = members)

Force directed network plot

forceNetwork(Links = karate_d3$links, Nodes = karate_d3$nodes,
             Source = 'source', Target = 'target', NodeID = 'name',
             Group = 'group')%>%
  frameWidget(height =500)

Sankey Network graph

Sankey diagrams are flow diagrams in which the width of the arrows is shown proportionally to the flow quantity.

# Load energy projection data
library(jsonlite)
URL <- paste0(
        "https://cdn.rawgit.com/christophergandrud/networkD3/",
        "master/JSONdata/energy.json")
Energy <- fromJSON(URL)

Radial Network

URL <- paste0(
        "https://cdn.rawgit.com/christophergandrud/networkD3/",
        "master/JSONdata//flare.json")

## Convert to list format
Flare <- jsonlite::fromJSON(URL, simplifyDataFrame = FALSE)

Diagonal Network

diagonalNetwork(List = Flare, fontSize = 10, opacity = 0.9, height = 400, width=400)

rglwidget

RGL provides 3D interactive graphics, including functions modelled on base graphics (plot3d(), etc.) as well as functions for constructing representations of geometric objects (cube3d(), etc.). You may need to install XQuartz.

library(rgl)
library(rglwidget)
library(htmltools)

theta <- seq(0, 6*pi, len=100)
xyz <- cbind(sin(theta), cos(theta), theta)
lineid <- plot3d(xyz, type="l", alpha = 1:0, 
                 lwd = 5, col = "blue")["data"]

Animate an interactive 3D process

browsable(tagList(
  rglwidget(elementId = "example", width = 500, height = 400,
            controllers = "player"),
  playwidget("example", 
             ageControl(births = theta, ages = c(0, 0, 1),
                        objids = lineid, alpha = c(0, 1, 0)),
                        start = 1, stop = 6*pi, step = 0.1, 
                        rate = 6,elementId = "player")
))%>%save_html(file="rgl.html")