observablehq / observablehq/plot
Make null titles to hide tooltips
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Description
A great feature would be allowing null/undefined titles for tooltips to prevent the tooltip from being rendered. I'm too new to Plot to suggest a way of implementing this, though.
This was come across during the handling of https://github.com/observablehq/plot/issues/2274
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing how Plot handles tooltip titles, using the requested behavior and the related issue 2274 as context. The work is complete when null or undefined titles prevent the tooltip from being rendered, with the relevant behavior covered by the project’s tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- d3
- Domain
- data-visualization
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100