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Interactive facets in ggplotly

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Description

Currently a plot like this:

library(reshape2)
library(plotly)
p <- ggplot(tips, aes(x=total_bill, y=tip/total_bill)) + geom_point(shape=1)
p <- p + facet_wrap( ~ day, ncol=2)
fig <- ggplotly(p)
fig

does not have any interactive elements for the facets. A few improvements would be:

  • Show a dropdown list with the title of the facets to allow selecting one facet or "All" (there does not seem to be an easy way nor an example to do this)
  • Click in the facet title shows only that subplot (zooms). The user can reset the zoom as usual.
  • Show a list of facet title that work similar to the legend: single-click shows/hides the facet, double-click shows only this facet/shows all facets.

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Research direction

Start by running the issue's R example with ggplotly(p), facet_wrap, and the tips data to reproduce the current facet behavior. Review how ggplotly represents faceted subplots and determine which of the three proposed interaction patterns is intended; done requires an agreed facet interaction with working selection or visibility behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
r
Domain
data-visualization
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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