docs: Add modal_show/remove examples

shiny/api-examples/modal_remove/app-core.py

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+from shiny import App, Inputs, Outputs, Session, reactive, ui
+
+
+def run_model(delay=10.0):
+    import time
+
+    # Pretend to run a model for `delay` seconds
+    start_time = time.time()
+    while time.time() - start_time < delay:
+        pass
+    return time.time()
+
+
+def the_modal():
+    return ui.modal(
+        "The model is running, please wait.",
+        title="Running model",
+        easy_close=False,
+        footer=None,
+    )
+
+
+app_ui = ui.page_fluid(
+    ui.input_action_button("run", "Run Model"),
+)
+
+
+def server(input: Inputs, output: Outputs, session: Session):
+    model_result = reactive.value()
+
+    @reactive.effect
+    @reactive.event(input.run)
+    def do_run_model():
+        # Show the modal, blocking interaction with the UI
+        ui.modal_show(the_modal())
+
+        result = run_model(delay=4)
+
+        # Now that we have model results, remove the modal
+        # and update the model result reactive value
+        ui.modal_remove()
+        model_result.set(result)
+
+
+app = App(app_ui, server)

shiny/api-examples/modal_remove/app-express.py

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+from shiny import reactive
+from shiny.express import input, ui
+
+
+def run_model(delay=10.0):
+    import time
+
+    # Pretend to run a model for `delay` seconds
+    start_time = time.time()
+    while time.time() - start_time < delay:
+        pass
+    return time.time()
+
+
+ui.input_action_button("run", "Run Model")
+
+model_result = reactive.value()
+
+
+def the_modal():
+    return ui.modal(
+        "The model is running, please wait.",
+        title="Running model",
+        easy_close=False,
+        footer=None,
+    )
+
+
+@reactive.effect
+@reactive.event(input.run)
+def do_run_model():
+    # Show the modal, blocking interaction with the UI
+    ui.modal_show(the_modal())
+
+    result = run_model(delay=4)
+
+    # Now that we have model results, remove the modal
+    # and update the model result reactive value
+    ui.modal_remove()
+    model_result.set(result)

shiny/ui/_modal.py

@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def modal_show(modal: Tag, session: Optional[Session] = None) -> None:
     session._send_message_sync({"modal": {"type": "show", "message": msg}})
 
 
-@add_example(ex_dir="../api-examples/modal")
+@add_example()
 def modal_remove(session: Optional[Session] = None) -> None:
     """
     Remove a modal dialog box.