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Some geoms always appear below others

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Description

Rendering of violin plots with box plots (to provide median & stddev) is in wrong order when using ggplotly.

library(ggplot2)
library(plotly)

p <- ggplot(iris,aes(Species,Sepal.Length))+
  geom_violin()+geom_boxplot(width=.1)
q <- ggplotly(p) 

the ggplot (p) will render as expected with violin plots:
ggplot

the ggplotly (q) will render with the box plot behind the violin plot (and larger than expected):
ggplotly

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Start with the supplied R example using ggplot2 and ggplotly, then trace how the violin and box plots are converted and rendered. Confirm the issue by comparing the ggplot and ggplotly output; done means the box plot appears in front of the violin plot at the expected size.

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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
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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