Disappearing points
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Description
I'm using toWebGL to generate a large plotly in my R Shiny app. But when I switch tabs in the app, the points on the plot disappear.
Reproducible example below. Switch between tabs and you'll see points disappear
shinyApp(
dashboardPage(
dashboardHeader(title = "Example"),
dashboardSidebar(
sidebarMenu(
menuItem(
text = 'TAB1',
tabName = 'tab_1'
),
menuItem(
text = 'TAB2',
tabName = 'tab_2'
)
)
),
dashboardBody(
tabItems(
tabItem(
tabName = 'tab_1'
),
tabItem(
tabName = 'tab_2',
box(
plotlyOutput(
"myplot"
)
)
)
)
)
),
function(input, output, session) {
output$myplot <- renderPlotly(expr = {
toWebGL(plot_ly(mtcars, x = ~mpg, y = ~wt))
})
}
)
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Research direction
Start with the reproducible R Shiny example, focusing on the toWebGL call and the plotlyOutput inside the tabItem. Reproduce the issue by switching between tabs, then trace how renderPlotly and the WebGL plot behave when the tab is hidden and shown; done means the points remain visible after tab switches.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- r
- Domain
- data-visualization, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100