[BUG] Surface plot not working with plotlyjs backend

[otobrzo]

Surface plot not working with plotlyjs backend

using Plots
plotlyjs()

surface(rand(200,100))

compare with PlotlyJS

import PlotlyJS

PlotlyJS.Plot(PlotlyJS.surface(z=rand(200,100)))

Backends

This bug occurs on ( insert x below )

Backend	yes	no	untested
gr (default)
pyplot
plotly
plotlyjs	x
pgfplotsx
inspectdr

Versions

Plots.jl version: Plots v1.6.9
Backend version (]st -m): PlotlyJS v0.14.0
Output of versioninfo():
Julia Version 1.5.0
Commit 96786e22cc (2020-08-01 23:44 UTC)
Platform Info:
OS: Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor
WORD_SIZE: 64
LIBM: libopenlibm
LLVM: libLLVM-9.0.1 (ORCJIT, znver1)
Environment:
JULIA_EDITOR = "/snap/code/47/usr/share/code/code"
JULIA_NUM_THREADS =

[BoundaryValueProblems]

Although I haven't tested this on my linux box yet, on my iMac, macbook pro, and Windows 10 machine, this surface plot works under plotlyjs without any problems. The versions I have on those machines are: Plots.jl v1.6.10; PlotlyJS v0.14.0. Then, the output of versioninfo() on my iMac is:

julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.5.2
Commit 539f3ce943 (2020-09-23 23:17 UTC)
Platform Info:
  OS: macOS (x86_64-apple-darwin18.7.0)
  CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-9.0.1 (ORCJIT, skylake)
Environment:
  JULIA_NUM_THREADS = 6

[otobrzo]

I tested it also in my Mac and it seems that the problem is there only in the VSCode Plot pane. Surface plot works well out of the VS Code

[BoundaryValueProblems]

I'm still using Juno/Atom, not VSCode yet. So, you might want to cross post this thread to julia-vscode's issues section https://github.com/julia-vscode/julia-vscode/issues and/or its discussion site https://discourse.julialang.org/c/tools/vscode
because it is not clear to me whether this is a problem of Plots.jl or VS Code Julia Extension.

[otobrzo]

Is there any easy way how to cross post this thread or shall I use just copy-paste?

[BoundaryValueProblems]

I do not know whether there is an easy way to cross post this thread to other package's issues list. But when you do so, you may want to make it a bit more specific to the VSCode, and add the link to this thread there.

[lungben]

I encounter the same issue as @otobrzo in Pluto.jl (both with Plots 1.7 and 1.8). GR backend works fine.

Pluto notebook:

### A Pluto.jl notebook ###
# v0.12.7

using Markdown
using InteractiveUtils

# ╔═╡ a1b0e0c0-2333-11eb-3d72-fbe9f9005bcb
begin
	using Pkg
	Pkg.activate(mktempdir())
end

# ╔═╡ ac2ac340-2333-11eb-210a-e577dcb4f095
begin
	Pkg.add("Plots")
	using Plots
end

# ╔═╡ 3738fd60-2336-11eb-0fd1-e13610d0a1f0
x2 = repeat(1:10, 10)

# ╔═╡ 4e560b00-2336-11eb-3d78-6184fdc43285
y2 = vcat([repeat([i], 10) for i=1:10]...)

# ╔═╡ c95ea000-2336-11eb-334e-4bf0689539d7
z = rand(100)

# ╔═╡ cd39903e-2336-11eb-3d86-81f713cf4953
begin
	plotlyjs()
	surface(x2, y2, z)
end

# ╔═╡ deba9cb0-2336-11eb-3b90-b3a703457c1c
begin
	gr()
	surface(x2, y2, z)
end

# ╔═╡ e65e7bd0-2336-11eb-2a26-cffd2f016046


# ╔═╡ Cell order:
# ╠═a1b0e0c0-2333-11eb-3d72-fbe9f9005bcb
# ╠═ac2ac340-2333-11eb-210a-e577dcb4f095
# ╠═3738fd60-2336-11eb-0fd1-e13610d0a1f0
# ╠═4e560b00-2336-11eb-3d78-6184fdc43285
# ╠═c95ea000-2336-11eb-334e-4bf0689539d7
# ╠═cd39903e-2336-11eb-3d86-81f713cf4953
# ╠═deba9cb0-2336-11eb-3b90-b3a703457c1c
# ╠═e65e7bd0-2336-11eb-2a26-cffd2f016046

Versions

Plots.jl version: 1.8 (this issue does not occur in 1.7)

Backend version (]st -m):
From worker 3: Activating new environment at C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\jl_PPuWRf\Project.toml
From worker 3: Updating registry at C:\Users\xxx\.julia\registries\General
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Resolving package versions...
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[ Info: For saving to png with the Plotly backend PlotlyBase has to be installed.

Output of versioninfo():
Julia Version 1.5.2
Commit 539f3ce943 (2020-09-23 23:17 UTC)
Platform Info:
OS: Windows (x86_64-w64-mingw32)
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8650U CPU @ 1.90GHz
WORD_SIZE: 64
LIBM: libopenlibm
LLVM: libLLVM-9.0.1 (ORCJIT, skylake)
Environment:
JULIA_NUM_THREADS = 6

[BoundaryValueProblems]

@lungben ; surface plot under plotlyjs backend in Pluto.jl works for me without any problem.
I'm using Julia: v1.5.3; Plots: v1.9.1; PlotlyJS: v0.14.0; Pluto: v0.12.12
On the other hand, if it still does not work in VSCode: v1.51.1

[zhiyuanzhai]

Facing the same problem with PlotlyJS as well as Plotly backend in Plots.jl.

[Pramodh-G]

Bumping to see if someone found a fix. I'm still running into this in Julia 1.6.1 and Plots 1.16.8. Strangely enough, this only occurs with the plotly backend.
PS: The surface works if we use the plot(x, y, f::Function) format rather than using plot(x, y, f.(x, y))

[YorkerCoder]

Still happening: info

Julia Version 1.8.3
Commit 0434deb161 (2022-11-14 20:14 UTC)
Platform Info:
OS: Windows (x86_64-w64-mingw32)
CPU: 20 × Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10850K CPU @ 3.60GHz
WORD_SIZE: 64
LIBM: libopenlibm
LLVM: libLLVM-13.0.1 (ORCJIT, skylake)
Threads: 1 on 20 virtual cores
Environment:
JULIA_EDITOR = code
JULIA_NUM_THREADS =

what Pramodh-G commented above works though. I have data from a weird function that I need to plat that this won't work with though.