trace-type specific layout attributes don't show in the reference pages

[etpinard]

@chriddyp

e.g. bargap which is under traces.bar.layoutAttributes in the plot schema.

[jackparmer]

Same for Box Gap and Group Gap for box plots.

[bpostlethwaite]

This just got me too. It will fail for violin plots now as well.

[Sh4yneE]

I know this is a few months after the last post, but I'm encountering issues with these attributes as well as "hidden labels".

I'm a Python user, for reference.

[etpinard]

@le-absent it would be best to ask your questions on -> https://community.plot.ly/

Thank you.

[nicolaskruchten]

Is this a deliberate decision or something that no one has had the time to tackle or... ?

[etpinard]

Is this a deliberate decision or something that no one has had the time to tackle or... ?

Most devs have deliberately no time for this.

[etpinard]

... moreover, the UI isn't trivial. Should trace layout attributes be under the corresponding trace section or under layout?

[nicolaskruchten]

@etpinard challenge accepted: #927

[GeoffCapper]

No idea whether you prefer a comment on a closed item or a new item referencing this, apologies if I've got it wrong! The documentation for barmode seems to have gone missing from the JS reference for polar.

Using the in-page search throws up references to the parameter but not the actual parameter reference, and there is no mention of it in the left hand menu.

Using the browser find function will find it (https://plot.ly/javascript/reference/#layout-barmode), but it seems to lack the context as to what node it should appear under.

It's physically situated under "Update Menus" and "Sliders" (which are swapped in the document compared to the left hand menu) with a lot of other layout parameters.

[nicolaskruchten]

Heh, yeah the ordering on that page is a bit of a dog's breakfast at the moment and we're working on it. The trace-specific layout attributes are especially problematic, as you've called out.

[nicolaskruchten]

@GeoffCapper thanks for the heads-up re search and barmode... this part of it has been fixed. It shows up thrice in the search results because it's linked to three separate traces, but we'll sort that out soon :)