How to make the marker's text on a px.scatter_mapbox() always visible?

[jakhon77]

Hello,

I am using px.scatter_mapbox() to plot my locations. When my locations are close to each other, the text on my markers are disappearing when I zoom out. I did try textposition property of update_traces but it didn't help resolve my issue completely. There were still some markers without text values.
Is there a way of making the texts static so they are always visible even if I zoom out, even if they overlap? Thanks so much in advance!

[AaronStiff]

Hi @jakhon77. Could you move your description of the issue into the description field and add a title in its place? Also, if you could provide a simplified version of your code, that will help us understand what you are asking. Thanks!

[jakhon77]

Hi @AaronStiff,
I'm sorry, but I don't see a description section there.

[AaronStiff]

Currently your description is "Thanks for your interest...". If you click the three dots in the top right corner, there should be an option to "Edit".

[empet]

To get displayed the text, via go.Scattergeo, , just add the attribute text, as a list of strings, and eventually give each string position:

import plotly.graph_objects as go
import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plotly/datasets/master/2011_february_us_airport_traffic.csv')

fig = go.Figure(data=go.Scattergeo(
        lon = df['long'][:5],
        lat = df['lat'][:5],
        text = [f'Text{k}' for k in range(1,6)],
        mode = 'markers+text',
        textposition='bottom right'
        ))

fig.update_layout(
        title_text = 'Scattergeo with markers and text', title_x=0.5,
        geo_scope='usa', font_color="black")

[jakhon77]

Hello @AaronStiff and @empet,
Sorry! I have updated my question with more clarification. Can someone please take a look at it? Many thanks for considering my request!

[AaronStiff]

Thanks @jakhon77. That helps a lot!

Currently it look like there's a duplicate issue in the plotly.js repo: plotly/plotly.js#5145.

Also, this is a feature which would have to be implemented in plotly.js, so is it okay if I go ahead and close this?