events.R

library(shiny)

if(interactive()){
  
  shinyApp(
    ui = fluidPage(
      wellPanel("mouseOver and click points for additional information"),
      uiOutput("click_ui"),
      uiOutput("mouseOver_ui"),
      highchartOutput("plot_hc")
    ),
    server = function(input, output) {
      
      df <- data.frame(x = 1:5, y = 1:5, otherInfo = letters[11:15])
      
      output$plot_hc <- renderHighchart({
        
        highchart() %>%
          hc_add_series(df, "scatter") %>%
          hc_add_event_point(event = "click") %>%
          hc_add_event_point(event = "mouseOver")
        
      })
      
      observeEvent(input$plot_hc, print(paste("plot_hc", input$plot_hc)))
      
      output$click_ui <- renderUI({
        
        if(is.null(input$plot_hc_click)) return()
        
        wellPanel("Coordinates of clicked point: ",input$plot_hc_click$x, input$plot_hc_click$y)
        
      })
      
      output$mouseOver_ui <- renderUI({
        
        if(is.null(input$plot_hc_mouseOver)) return()
        
        wellPanel("Coordinates of mouseOvered point: ",input$plot_hc_mouseOver$x, input$plot_hc_mouseOver$y)
        
      })
      
    }
    
  )
  
}