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Customize Boxplot hoverinfo

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Description

Is it possible to customize the hoverinfo of boxplots? Instead of showing the x-axis value infront of q1, q3, mean, etc..I want to change the value for the 'x-axis on the hover info. I thougt that this is possible with customdata but if I use it only the standard informations are displayed.


import plotly.graph_objects as go

x = ['day 1', 'day 1', 'day 1', 'day 1', 'day 1', 'day 1',
     'day 2', 'day 2', 'day 2', 'day 2', 'day 2', 'day 2']

fig = go.Figure()
meta=[0,1,2,3]
fig.add_trace(go.Box(
    y=[0.2, 0.2, 0.6, 1.0, 0.5, 0.4, 0.2, 0.7, 0.9, 0.1, 0.5, 0.3],
    x=x,
    name='kale',
    marker_color='#3D9970',
    customdata=[0, 0, 0 ,0 ,0 ,0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
    hovertemplate='x:%{customdata}'
))

fig.show(renderer='browser')

I want that in the hovrinfo it says 0 insead of 'day 1' and 1 instead of 'day 2' for example.

Greetz Jan :)

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the provided Python example with go.Box, customdata, and hovertemplate. Read the boxplot hover behavior and determine how custom values can replace the x-axis label while retaining q1, q3, and mean information. Done means the example displays 0 for day 1 and 1 for day 2 in the hover text.

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Tech stack
python
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data-visualization
Issue type
Feature
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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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