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Make it easier to modify 'special' plot elements

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Description

These could work like style() or colorbar() and be used to, say, modify annotations after-the-fact to add some hovertext:

p <- ggplot(mtcars, aes(mpg, wt)) + geom_point() + facet_wrap(~vs)
ggplotly(p) %>% annotations(
  which = 1, 
  hovertext = "Hover text for first panel", 
  hoverlabel = list(bgcolor = "black")
)

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing style() and colorbar() APIs, then trace how annotations are represented and modified after ggplotly() creates a plot. Done means a user can select a special plot element, such as an annotation in the first facet, and update properties including hovertext and hoverlabel.

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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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