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add Interactive Legends for Plotly Express Sunburst Charts

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Description

Motivation

I'm a huge fan of Plotly Express Sunburst charts, but when viewing data with lots of small proportions (that are meaningful), it can be difficult to expand individual wedges because they're so small.

A Solution

I think it might be nice if there was a scrollable, clickable legend listing all of the inner wedges of the pie chart. I've included an an example .html spec that I hacked together by wrapping the plotly html. Clicking on the label in the legend expands the corresponding wedge in the sunburst chart. I'm not sure how feasible something like this is, but I think it might be a nice feature.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked HTML example and tracing how Plotly Express Sunburst charts are represented in this repository; the issue names no source files, tests, or entry points. Define the interaction and legend behavior clearly before implementation, with completion demonstrated by a scrollable, clickable legend that expands the corresponding wedges.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
data-visualization
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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