diff --git a/inst/AdminLTE/app.min.js.map b/inst/AdminLTE/app.min.js.map
diff --git a/srcjs/AdminLTE/README-shiny-mods.md b/srcjs/AdminLTE/README-shiny-mods.md
@@ -3,3 +3,14 @@ This branch of AdminLTE contains the following changes from the stock version, t
 * The box collapse function triggers 'shown' and 'hidden' events, so that Shiny knows when outputs are visible or not. See https://github.com/rstudio/shinydashboard/issues/42 for a test app (must re-apply commit 73f6027 when updating to newer version of Admin LTE).
 
 * In AdminLTE.css, the fonts are fetched from the local host, instead of from Google fonts (must re-apply commits e9e63d1 and 9ccb12d when updating to newer version of Admin LTE).
+
+* Add the following code chunk to app.js (see commit #???):
+
+```js
+var shinyOutput = checkElement.find('.shiny-bound-output');
+if (shinyOutput.length !== 0 && shinyOutput.first().html().length === 0) {
+  shinyOutput.first().html('<br/>');
+}
+```
+
+This is inserted in the event listener for clicks on the sidebar menu items (right before app.js does a `slideDown()` on the clicked menuItem). The point is to enter a blank line (if there is no other content) inside the outputs, so the `slideDown()` animation looks reasonable.
diff --git a/srcjs/AdminLTE/app.js b/srcjs/AdminLTE/app.js
@@ -424,6 +424,12 @@ function _init() {
           //Get the parent li
           var parent_li = $this.parent("li");
 
+          // shiny-mod (see README-shiny-mods.md)
+          var shinyOutput = checkElement.find('.shiny-bound-output');
+          if (shinyOutput.length !== 0 && shinyOutput.first().html().length === 0) {
+            shinyOutput.first().html('<br/>');
+          }
+
           //Open the target menu and add the menu-open class
           checkElement.slideDown(animationSpeed, function () {
             //Add the class active to the parent li