hovermode='closest' doesn't work for Python

[armadillocommander]

Hi,

When a try to plotted a graph with plotly online (version 3.1.0), I set the layout as:

layout=go.Layout( autosize=True, hovermode='closest', title='Title', legend=dict( #yanchor='top', #xanchor='center', y=1, x=0.5, orientation="h", ), yaxis=dict(autorange=True,zeroline=True), xaxis=dict(autorange=True,zeroline=True), ) fig=dict(data=data,layout=layout) py.plot(fig,filename='VolcanoPlot_'+filename[0:-5],auto_open=True)

However on plot.ly website, the graph still uses data compare as the default hover mode. Is there any way to change the default hover mode? Thanks!

[jonmmease]

Hi @armadillocommander ,

You're example isn't reproducible, but when I change it to the following I get the closest hover mode behavior on plot.ly

import plotly.graph_objs as go
import plotly.plotly as py

layout=go.Layout(
    autosize=True,
    hovermode='closest',
    title='Title', 
    legend=dict(
        #yanchor='top',
        #xanchor='center',
        y=1, x=0.5, orientation="h", ),
    yaxis=dict(autorange=True,zeroline=True),
    xaxis=dict(autorange=True,zeroline=True), )

fig=dict(data=[{'y': [1, 2, 3]}],layout=layout)

py.plot(fig,auto_open=True)

The mouse cursor doesn't show up in the image below, but it's right on the middle point.

If you're still having trouble, please include a full minimal example that we can copy and paste and run (with imports and data and everything). Also, please use a "fenced code block" to format the code (https://help.github.com/articles/creating-and-highlighting-code-blocks/).

Thanks!

[jonmmease]

I'm going to close this for now, but we can reopen if you're still interested and have time to provide a minimal example that demonstrates the problem. Thanks!

[x011]

Instead of closest use x, i.e.:

hovermode='x'