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Plotly slow when using bars
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Description
We are working with datasets with 12 000.
When using bars the entire application gets slow, even zooming out and in is slow, snapshot (toImage) method is very slow and does not render correctly
and sometimes chrome crashes
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the slowdown with a dataset of 12,000 bars, then compare zooming and the toImage snapshot behavior in Chrome. Done means bar charts remain responsive, toImage renders correctly, and Chrome no longer crashes in the reported scenario.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, plotly, react
- Domain
- data-visualization, frontend, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100