ggplotly does not preserve drawing order of elements defined by geom_rect
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Description
When creating a ggplot with geom_rect the order in which the data is provided is honored. Once converted via ggplotly the drawing order changes and therefore geom_rect objects may e.g. no longer be visible. I would expect that the display between the original plot and the converted plot are the same.
pltData <- read.csv('exampleBug.csv')
plt <- ggplot(data = pltData) +
geom_rect(aes(ymax = yMax, ymin = yMin,
xmax = xMax, xmin = xMin,
fill = TornadoCase))
# gives the desired bebaviour
plt
# changes drawing order
ggplotly(plt)


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Reproduce the issue with exampleBug.csv and the supplied R code, starting at the ggplotly(plt) conversion entry point. Compare the original geom_rect display with the converted plot and trace where the input drawing order changes. Done means the converted plot preserves the geom_rect order and matches the original display.
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- Tech stack
- r
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- data-visualization
- Issue type
- Bug
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