plotly v4.4.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2019-12-10 // over 4 years ago
  • ⚡️ Updated

    • Updated Plotly.js to version 1.51.2. See the plotly.js CHANGELOG for more information
    • The tutorials of the plotly.py documentation are now in the main plotly.py Github repository. Contributions in order to improve or extend the documentation are very welcome!
    • plotly.express generated plots no longer have a default height of 600 pixels, instead they inherit the default height of regular figures #1990. To restore the old behavior, set px.defaults.height=600 once per session, or set the height keyword arguement to any px.function() to 600.

    🛠 Fixed

    • Fixed a plotly.express input bug when using data frame indices#1934
    • Fixed how to display facet labels with plotly express #1966
    • Fixed a bug to use correctly the zmin/zmax parameter in px.imshow for single-channel images #1981
    • Clipped docstring width for better display in Jupyterlab #1939. Thank you @joelostblom!
    • Fixed a bug in the case of external orca server #1915 thank you @dev-dsp!

    ➕ Added

    • Extended the plotly.express functional API with 7 new functions: px.pie, px.sunburst, px.treemap, px.funnel, and px.funnel_area (#1909) px.density_mapbox and px.choropleth_mapbox #1937.
    • plotly.express mapbox functions in plotly.express have new arguments center and mapbox_style #1937.
    • plotly.express polar plots (scatter_polar, line_polar, bar_polar) now have a range_theta keyword argument for representing only an angular section #1969.
    • All continuous colorscales now accept a _r suffix that reverses their direction #1933
    • Docstrings of plotly.py are now doctested #1921.
    • Reversing a predefined colorscale by appending _r to its name #1933