Displaying Hebrew and RTL Languages
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Description
Although ggplotly does display Hebrew text correctly, when I try to use str_wrap or other means to wrap titles, it doesnt display the text properly. It appears to wrap the text incorrectly, breaking the sentence up at the wrong points.
Heres a minimal working example:
library(plotly)
# DB
Occupation = c("תל אביב", "באר שבע", "רמת גן", "גבעתיים", "ירושלים", "אילת", "טבריה", "אשקלון", "שם ארוך מאוד")
df <- as.data.frame(Occupation) %>%
mutate(n = row_number()*10)
df$Occupation <- str_wrap(df$Occupation, width = 6) %>% as.factor()
# PLOT
plot <- df %>% ggplot(aes(x = Occupation, y = n)) +
geom_col()
ggplotly(plot)
ggplot:

ggplotly:

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Research direction
Start with the minimal R example using str_wrap, ggplot, and ggplotly, and compare the ggplot and ggplotly screenshots for the Hebrew labels. Reproduce the incorrect wrapping and investigate the ggplotly rendering path; done means Hebrew and other RTL titles wrap at the correct points in the interactive plot.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- r
- Domain
- data-visualization
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100