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Bubble changing color and representing a different category in animated scatter plot

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I was trying to create an animated scatter plot with each bubble representing a race category indicated by a color. In the actual data set, some race categories don't data in certain years. When those years were excluded, the plot looked fine. However, when those years were not excluded, some bubbles changed colors and turned into a different race category . For example, in the code below, race 4 changed into race 5 in year 6 when race 4 actually does not have data in year 6 - year 9. Thanks!

str <-
  "seq, race, achievement, growth, size
year 1, race 6, 41.5, 35.5,  54
year 2, race 6, 45.5, 48.5,  54
year 3, race 6, 37.0, 34.5,  64
year 4, race 6, 42.0, 29.5,  62
year 5, race 6, 39.0, 40.0,  60
year 6, race 6, 39.0, 41.0,  71
year 7, race 6, 33.0, 40.0,  74
year 8, race 6, 25.0, 42.0,  59
year 9, race 6, 24.0, 55.0,  59
year 1, race 2, 22.0, 36.0, 357
year 2, race 2, 23.0, 43.0, 357
year 3, race 2, 21.0, 42.0, 359
year 4, race 2, 18.0, 45.0, 364
year 5, race 2, 21.0, 42.0, 351
year 6, race 2, 20.0, 54.0, 353
year 7, race 2, 17.0, 41.0, 370
year 8, race 2, 13.0, 46.0, 319
year 9, race 2, 14.0, 48.0, 318
year 1, race 3, 39.0, 47.0,   2
year 2, race 3, 29.5, 28.5,   2
year 3, race 3, 36.0, 29.5,   2
year 4, race 3, 34.5, 64.5,   2
year 5, race 3, 35.5, 70.5,   2
year 6, race 3, 69.0, 35.0,   1
year 7, race 3, 60.0, 21.0,   1
year 1, race 5, 65.0, 59.0,  23
year 2, race 5, 68.0, 44.0,  23
year 3, race 5, 54.0, 57.0,  17
year 4, race 5, 49.0, 43.0,  19
year 5, race 5, 45.5, 49.0,  20
year 6, race 5, 54.0, 64.0,  23
year 7, race 5, 48.0, 56.0,  32
year 8, race 5, 37.0, 68.0,  35
year 9, race 5, 37.0, 58.0,  37
year 1, race 7, 35.0, 46.0,  99
year 2, race 7, 40.0, 57.5, 100
year 3, race 7, 37.0, 40.0, 113
year 4, race 7, 36.0, 51.5, 110
year 5, race 7, 33.0, 41.0, 108
year 6, race 7, 39.0, 53.0, 101
year 7, race 7, 30.0, 40.0, 106
year 8, race 7, 28.0, 53.0, 111
year 9, race 7, 28.0, 53.0, 106
year 1, race 4, 74.5, 93.0,   2
year 2, race 4, 69.5, 80.5,   2
year 3, race 4, 84.0, 98.0,   1
year 4, race 4, 82.0, 44.0,   1
year 5, race 4, 60.0,  3.0,   1
year 1, race 1, 47.0, 38.0, 461
year 2, race 1, 48.0, 42.5, 454
year 3, race 1, 49.0, 41.0, 449
year 4, race 1, 48.0, 52.0, 461
year 5, race 1, 47.0, 42.0, 448
year 6, race 1, 52.0, 47.0, 412
year 7, race 1, 47.0, 39.0, 416
year 8, race 1, 38.0, 46.5, 362
year 9, race 1, 41.0, 51.0, 362"
dt <- read.table(textConnection(str), header=T, sep=",", na.strings=" ")

plot_ly(dt) %>% 
  add_markers(x = ~achievement, y = ~growth, size = ~size, 
              color = ~race, 
              frame = ~seq,
              hoverinfo = 'text', text = ~paste(race, size, sep = '\n'), 
              marker = list(opacity = 0.5, sizemode = 'diameter'))  

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Start by running the reproducible R example from the issue with plotly.R and compare the animated frames where race 4 has no data. Trace how frame values are matched to marker colors. Done means each race keeps its assigned color when categories are missing in later years.

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data-visualization
Issue type
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