plotly / plotly/plotly.js

Funnel plot text does not position itself properly

Open
#7,756 7 comments 6 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

bug P3
Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
18.3k
Forks
2k
Avg merge
2d 12h
Merged PRs (30d)
28

Description

I'm attempting to produce a stacked funnel plot of activities. The labels are not appearing as expected on the plot.

I'm reposting my question from Stack Overflow here based on the response I got there indicating this might be a bug and it would be of interest here. I did not see a duplicate while searching GitHub.


First my code:

import pandas as pd
import plotly.express as px

stages = ["Initial Landing", "Step 2", "Step 3", "Added to cart", "Purchased"]
regiona_plotly = pd.DataFrame(dict(number=[10866,10543,1067,1032,108], stage=stages))
regionb_plotly = pd.DataFrame(dict(number=[10650,10432,1076,1036,1012], stage=stages))
regiona_plotly['region'] = "Region A"
regionb_plotly['region'] = "Region B"
df = pd.concat([regiona_plotly, regionb_plotly], axis=0)
fig = px.funnel(df, x='number', y='stage', color='region')
fig.update_traces(textposition='auto')
fig.update_layout(autosize=True)
fig.write_image("region_funnel.png")

(Lifted almost entirely from plotly documents)

This code produces an image like so:
Plotly - Auto Text Position

Notice that on "Step 3", "Added to cart", and "Purchased" the region A text is scaled very small and inside the bar, but Region B is outside.

I tried updating this line:

fig.update_traces(textposition='outside')

But, with this, I get both values overlapping on the Region B side of the funnel. Also, the text goes outside of the plot on the upper bands.

Plotly - Outside Text Position

How can I get text to be the same size and either be within the bar if it fits at the size or outside and on the correct side, if it doesn't?

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the stacked funnel with the provided pandas, plotly.express, update_traces(textposition='auto'), and write_image example. Trace how funnel text positioning handles the Region A and Region B labels at smaller stages; done means labels retain a consistent readable size, stay on the correct side, and do not overlap or leave the plot.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, python
Domain
data-visualization
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.