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+#' DfE bookmark include
+#'
+#' @description
+#' This function allows for a whitelist of included inputs
+#' for bookmarking
+#'
+#' @param bookmarkingWhitelist list of inputs to include in bookmark
+#' @return a bookmark with relevant inputs included
+#'
+#' @export
+#' @examples
+#' # You will need a line such as this in your global.R script ================
+#' bookmarkingWhitelist <- c("navlistPanel", "tabsetpanels")
+#'
+#' # In the server.R script ===================================================
+#' shiny::observe({
+#'   setBookmarkInclude(bookmarkingWhitelist)
+#' })
+#'
+#' observe({
+#' # Trigger this observer every time an input changes
+#'   reactiveValuesToList(input)
+#'   session$doBookmark()
+#'  })
+#'
+#' onBookmarked(function(url) {
+#'     updateQueryString(url)
+#'  })
+setBookmarkInclude <- function(bookmarkingWhitelist){
+  # exclude the white list from complete list
+  toExclude <- setdiff(names(input), bookmarkingWhitelist)
+
+  # print to log for testing
+  # print(paste("ExcludedIDs:", paste(toExclude, collapse = ", ")))
+
+  # exclude all remaining inputs from bookmark
+  setBookmarkExclude(toExclude)
+
+  print('bookmarked')
+  # Trigger bookmarking whenever relevant inputs change
+  session$doBookmark()
+}