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Isosurface and other 3D types prevent Scatterplot hover

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Description

As this is ultimately a plotly.js issue, I'm referencing the following issue from plotly.py
Isosurface and other 3D types prevent Scatterplot hover

When plotting an Isosurface, Mesh3D etc, and also a Scatter3D trace,
the Isosurface object seems to prevent the hover functionality of the Scatter-Plot when trying to hover over a Scatter3D marker,
even though the Isosurface's hoverinfo parameter has been set to "skip".

reproducible example (written in Python, but illustrates the issue and produces the HTML and JS):

from pandas import DataFrame as DF
import plotly.graph_objects as go

df = DF([(20,10,400)])
plot = go.Figure()
plot.add_trace(go.Isosurface(
                    x=[5,5,5,5,50,50,50,50],
                    y=[25,0,25,0,25,0,25,0],
                    z=[500,500,0,0,500,500,0,0],
                    value=[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8],

                    hoverinfo='skip',
                    opacity=0.05,
                    colorscale=[[0,'yellow'],[1,'yellow']],
                    showscale=False
                )
)

plot.add_trace(go.Scatter3d(
    x=df[0], y=df[1], z=df[2],
    mode='markers', marker={'color': 'midnightblue', 'size': 5}, opacity=1,
    name='scatterplot'
    )
)

plot.show()

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Research direction

Start with the reproducible example in the issue and compare Isosurface or Mesh3D with a Scatter3D trace whose hoverinfo is set to "skip". The issue is done when hovering the Scatter3D marker works despite the overlaid 3D trace.

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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
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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