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Incorrect marker style in scatter3d

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Description

I was using plotly inside jupyter notebook and I wanted to change the border width of markers in a scatter3d plot. It turns out the property 'marker.line.with' does not work. While in the 2d scatter plot, this property just works fine in jupyter notebook.
Here is the code I used to generate the scatter3d plot

import plotly.graph_objects as go
# Generate example data
import numpy as np
np.random.seed(1)

x = np.random.uniform(low=3, high=6, size=(50,))
y = np.random.uniform(low=3, high=6, size=(50,))
z = np.random.uniform(low=3, high=6, size=(50,))

# Build figure
fig = go.Figure()

# Add scatter trace with medium sized markers
fig.add_trace(
    go.Scatter3d(
        mode='markers',
        x=x,
        y=y,
        z=z,
        marker=dict(
            color='red',
            size=10,
            opacity=0.8,
            line=dict(
                color='black',
                width=5
            )
        ),
        showlegend=False
    )
)

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Even if I change the 'marker.line.width' to a very large number, like 50, the plot does not change at all.

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Research direction

Start by running the provided go.Scatter3d example in a Jupyter notebook and inspect the Scatter3d marker.line.width entry point. Compare its behavior with the 2D scatter case; done means marker border width changes visibly and the behavior is covered by a regression test.

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Assessment

Tech stack
jupyter-notebook, python
Domain
data-visualization
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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