observablehq / observablehq/plot
facetAnchor function?
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Description
If facetAnchor was a function of the facet’s values and index {fx, fy, fi}, it would be simpler to, for example, make a "zebra frame" that highlights every second facet.
Currently it's possible to do so with a render transform which checks index.fi to decide whether to call next(…), e.g.:
Plot.frame({
render: (index, scales, values, dimensions, context, next) =>
index.fi % 2 ? next(index, scales, values, dimensions, context) : null,
fill: '#eee'
})
(feature suggested by @mayagans)
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Research direction
The issue names no files or tests. Start by tracing the facet rendering and render-transform entry points that expose index.fi, then examine how a facetAnchor function could receive {fx, fy, fi}; done means the zebra-frame example can use the proposed API without its custom transform.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- data-visualization
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100