observablehq / observablehq/plot
Clamp option for tooltip?
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Description
It’d be nice to have a clamp option for tooltips that keeps them inside the frame even if the position goes outside the frame.
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Research direction
No files or tests are named. Start by locating the tooltip positioning entry point and reading how positions are constrained to the frame; define done as an opt-in clamp option that keeps tooltips inside the frame when their calculated position would extend beyond it.
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Assessment
- Domain
- data-visualization
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100