Using shinythemes

Let's give the whole application a lick of paint using the shinythemes package. If you haven't already, install it with install.packages("shinythemes"). The documentation (including a list of the available themes) can be found at rstudio.github.io/shinythemes/. Load the package and pass a theme into fluidPage():

library(shinythemes)
shinyUI(fluidPage(theme = shinytheme("journal"),
  ... rest of UI...

Enjoy your new theme and consult the documentation for the other available themes and the appearance of each.

And here's the finished application:

Using shinythemes

It's very simple, if you prefer, to use a navlist down the side of the application and organize ...

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