observablehq / observablehq/plot
Allow stroke-dasharray to be a channel?
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- HTML
- Stars
- 5.4k
- Forks
- 244
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Similar to the vl.strokedash() channel in vega-lite, this channel could be used to display, for example, estimated values as dotted lines, i.e. depending on an indicator column in the dataset:
Note: a stroke-width channel would also prove useful...
PS: Plot is a great library, very intellectually stimulating, and the 21 beautifully written articles in the https://observablehq.com/collection/@observablehq/plot collection should be read by all data scientists!
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 Plot’s current channel API and the analogous vl.strokedash channel mentioned in the issue. Define how a dataset indicator would control stroke-dasharray, and consider the related stroke-width request; done means the requested channel behavior is specified and supported by the project’s validation and examples.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- d3
- Domain
- data-visualization
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100