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[BUG]: `ModeBar` generated type should be more specific

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Descripción

Description

The generated ModeBar type in src/types/generated/components/modebar.d.ts is less specific than the hand-written ModeBar in @types/plotly.js. The type generator faithfully maps valType: 'string' to string and valType: 'any' to any, but this loses semantic type information for the add, remove, and uirevision properties.

Property Generated type Expected type (per DT)
add string | string[] ModeBarDefaultButtons | ModeBarDefaultButtons[]
remove string | string[] ModeBarDefaultButtons | ModeBarDefaultButtons[]
uirevision any number | string
uid missing string

Consumers lose autocomplete for valid modebar button names when using layout.modebar.add or layout.modebar.remove.

Steps to reproduce
  1. Use layout.modebar.add in a TypeScript project importing from plotly.js
  2. Observe that the type accepts any string instead of suggesting valid button names like 'lasso2d', 'select2d', 'zoom2d', etc.
Notes

Root cause: The add and remove attributes in src/components/modebar/attributes.ts use valType: 'string' with arrayOk: true. The type generation pipeline (ValTypeToTS in src/types/lib/attributes.d.ts) already supports narrowing StringAttr to a literal union when a values array is provided — but the modebar attributes don't provide one. The button names are dynamically computed at runtime in src/components/modebar/constants.js (foreButtons is built by iterating over the button registry), so they can't be passed as a static as const array.

Possible solutions:

  1. Override the generated type in layout.d.ts — Import the generated ModeBar and re-export a refined version using Omit + tighter property types. Keeps the generated base while tightening the public API. Low effort, no changes to the generator or attribute system.

  2. Inline static values in the attribute definition — Add values: ['lasso2d', 'select2d', ...] as const directly to the add and remove attributes in src/components/modebar/attributes.ts. The existing ValTypeToTS conditional would then produce the union automatically. Downside: duplicates the button list (source of truth is the button registry, not this array).

  3. Make foreButtons statically typed — Convert src/components/modebar/constants.js to TypeScript with static as const arrays instead of dynamically computing the list from the button registry. The attributes could then reference the const array as values. Downside: requires restructuring how buttons are registered and breaks the dynamic discovery pattern.

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Línea de trabajo

Comienza con src/types/generated/components/modebar.d.ts, src/components/modebar/attributes.ts y src/types/lib/attributes.d.ts para rastrear cómo las propiedades de ModeBar se convierten en tipos de TypeScript. Lee src/components/modebar/constants.js para entender el registro de botones en tiempo de ejecución antes de evaluar los posibles enfoques. Se considera completado cuando add y remove exponen el tipo de nombre de botón previsto, uirevision es number | string y uid está presente sin perder la estructura de tipos generada.

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Evaluación

Stack tecnológico
javascript, typescript
Área
data-visualization
Tipo de issue
Error
Dificultad
4/5
Tiempo estimado
3-5 días
Estado de actividad
Tranquilo
Claridad
Bastante claro
Aptitud para principiantes
48/100

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