Align and format text according to plots in R Shiny

Question

I would like to add descriptive text to my plots in Shiny. I am outputting a dynamic number of plots in two columns and I would like to add a third column, like so:

However, I can't figure out how to align the text with the plots. Can I use CSS containers or div's? HTML codes are working, but hardcoding a bunch of <br/> 's does not seem smart. Here is a minimal example.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Just change the htmlOutput line to

htmlOutput(plotname, style="height:400px;")

You can use the Inspect Element context menu of Firefox to find out the height for the plots.