`ggplotly` modifies values before creating tooltip
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Description
When drawing a geom_bar plot with negative values, a tooltip will display them as positive instead.
library(ggplot2)
library(plotly)
dataset <- data.frame(x = 1:2, y = 1:2 - 3, z = 1:2 - 3) # z == y
p1 <- ggplot(dataset, aes(x, y, z = z)) + geom_bar(stat = "identity")
ggplotly(p1, tooltip = c("y", "z"))
Even though y and z contain the same negative values, only z is displayed as negative in the tooltip:
This may be related to #560, #616 or #874. It was reported on StackOverflow here: https://stackoverflow.com/q/63862157/2554330
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Start by running the reproducible ggplotly example with geom_bar and tooltip fields y and z, then trace how ggplotly converts the plot data before building tooltips. Done means negative y and z values remain negative and display consistently in both tooltips.
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- r
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- data-visualization
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