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Visual bug for nodes with fixed position in Sankey plot

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Description

There seems to be a visual bug for nodes with fixed positions that makes it hard to differentiate between incomming and outgoing links.
It would be great if this would be solves the same way it is solved with loops. In my example the left side that has no loop therefore would likely be read as a link from node B to A. The right side however has a loop and solves the issue by implementing a visual that shows clearly that the link from node D to C is outgoing at D terefore on the right side and incomming at C therefore on the left side.

  fig = go.Figure(data=[go.Sankey(
      arrangement="snap",
      node=dict(
          label=["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H"],
          x=[0.3, 0.4, 0.6, 0.7],
          y=[0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5]
      ),
      link=dict(
          source=[1, 2, 3],
          target=[0, 3, 2],
          value=[1, 1, 1]
      ))])
  fig.show()

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Research direction

Start by running the provided Python Sankey reproduction and compare fixed-position links with the loop rendering shown in the example. Trace the Sankey rendering entry point and determine how link direction is communicated at each node; done means incoming and outgoing links are visually distinguishable in the reported layout without regressing loop rendering.

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Assessment

Tech stack
plotly, python
Domain
data-visualization
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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