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Ignore certain traces in autoscaling

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Description

Feature request to ignore certain traces when doing autoscaling.

My use case is that I have a few scatter plots with colored shapes in the background indicating categories of the data. The category shapes are implemented as traces and are hidden from legend. If I mute some of the scatter plots, it would be ideal if scale adjusts to the data that remain. As it is, autoscale will be constant, just adjusted to the background shapes.

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Start by reproducing the autoscaling behavior with background category traces and muted scatter traces, using the issue's scatter-plot scenario as the entry point. The change is complete when autoscale ignores the selected traces while still including the remaining data, and the behavior is covered by an appropriate test.

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

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