Plotly.react doesn't transition correctly when only annotations are changed
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Description
Here's an example where I'm attempting to transition to a plot with added annotations using Plotly.react. Notice if I update just the layout and not the data, the graph won't update.
However if I remove the transition in Example 1, the graph will update correctly.
And if I update the data and the layout together, then also the graph will transition correctly.
I have been running into some difficulties with annotations moving around erratically when I try to transition between layouts using Plotly.react, and in trying to debug that noticed the above. This seems to me like a bug related to transitions.
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Research direction
Reproduce the behavior in CodePen Examples 1 and 2 using Plotly.react, comparing layout-only updates with updates that also change data and with transitions disabled. Trace the Plotly.react transition path for annotation changes. Done means layout-only annotation updates transition and render correctly without requiring a data change.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- data-visualization
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100