How to adjust the width of sidebarPanel without affect subsequent sidebarPanel widths in R Shiny

Question

I am trying to change the width of the sidebarPanel in R Shiny so that my mainPanel has more \'room\' to display two graphs side-by-side. The graphs are displayed in their r

Answer 1

Using sidebarPanel looks a bit twisted to me, wellPanel might be a better choice. Try the following:

 left=wellPanel(
   tags$style(type="text/css", '#leftPanel { width:200px; float:left;}'),
   id = "leftPanel",
   selectInput .... as before

This give the panel an id and assigns as style. Do something similar for the other panels.