# 📊 Plotly Python **URL:** https://community.plotly.com/c/plotly-python/5.md?page=1 [Latest](https://community.plotly.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.plotly.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.plotly.com/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [Easter Eggs 2026](https://community.plotly.com/t/easter-eggs-2026/96670)
**Author:** [@empet](https://community.plotly.com/u/empet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/easter-eggs-2026/96670 "2026-04-04T20:45:21Z")
Happy Easter! --- ## [Whay was my plolty community account deleted?](https://community.plotly.com/t/whay-was-my-plolty-community-account-deleted/96640)
**Author:** [@fergcd](https://community.plotly.com/u/fergcd)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/whay-was-my-plolty-community-account-deleted/96640 "2026-03-30T19:09:45Z")
Hello, I created account with gmail and posted a new topic about box/violin chart today morning. But after few hours, I got an e-mail saying that my account was deleted by staff. So I created another account with other… --- ## [Dash\_vtk: Display XYZ axes in 3D scene (orientation marker / coordinate helper)](https://community.plotly.com/t/dash-vtk-display-xyz-axes-in-3d-scene-orientation-marker-coordinate-helper/96578)
**Author:** [@Abhay\_DJ](https://community.plotly.com/u/Abhay_DJ)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 9:59am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/dash-vtk-display-xyz-axes-in-3d-scene-orientation-marker-coordinate-helper/96578 "2026-03-25T09:59:02Z")
I am working with dash\_vtk to render a 3D scene. I want to display a small XYZ coordinate axis (like an orientation marker in VTK or similar to Plotly 3D axes). Like shown in this demo picture However, I couldn’t find a… --- ## [Blurry Plots on Mac Preview](https://community.plotly.com/t/blurry-plots-on-mac-preview/87569)
**Author:** [@UiXc](https://community.plotly.com/u/UiXc)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/blurry-plots-on-mac-preview/87569 "2026-03-24T15:27:58Z")
Hi everyone , I have the problem, that pdf plots are displayed blurry when I open them on Mac in Preview (other pdf viewers are fine). This problem was already discussed (and solved) for MatPlotLib: \[Bug\]: imshow interp… --- ## [Multiple X axes on single plot](https://community.plotly.com/t/multiple-x-axes-on-single-plot/96589)
**Author:** [@noahstex](https://community.plotly.com/u/noahstex)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 8:28am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/multiple-x-axes-on-single-plot/96589 "2026-03-19T08:28:54Z")
Hi, I regularly have to make plots with multiple x axes overlayed for different environmental variables. I tried to adapt code from Multiple axes in Python where multiple y axes are plotted, but am struggling to reposit… --- ## [Plotlylogomaker - A new python package for creating biology logo plots in plotly](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotlylogomaker-a-new-python-package-for-creating-biology-logo-plots-in-plotly/96449)
**Author:** [@jamesalexday](https://community.plotly.com/u/jamesalexday)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotlylogomaker-a-new-python-package-for-creating-biology-logo-plots-in-plotly/96449 "2026-03-12T22:00:14Z")
I have introduced a new python package to pypi called plotlylogomaker. GitHub: GitHub - jday1/plotlylogomaker: The repository for plotlylogomaker. A python project for making logos in plotly. pypi: plotlylogomaker · Py… --- ## [Setting one bound of axis range not working](https://community.plotly.com/t/setting-one-bound-of-axis-range-not-working/96541)
**Author:** [@Madrigallo](https://community.plotly.com/u/Madrigallo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/setting-one-bound-of-axis-range-not-working/96541 "2026-03-11T21:15:34Z")
I’m trying to set the lower axis range to zero, the upper one should stay auto. However I don’t see axis changing when I set one of the bounds to be None. My plotly version is 6.6 import plotly.express as px fig = px.s… --- ## [Visualizing Plasma Confinement & Metric Gradients in 3D using Plotly](https://community.plotly.com/t/visualizing-plasma-confinement-metric-gradients-in-3d-using-plotly/96523)
**Author:** [@KovalevychMaksym](https://community.plotly.com/u/KovalevychMaksym)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/visualizing-plasma-confinement-metric-gradients-in-3d-using-plotly/96523 "2026-03-09T16:59:09Z")
Hi Plotly Community! :waving\_hand: ​Dave Gibbon recently suggested I share some of our work here, and I’m thrilled to do so. ​At Omega-Class Architecture R&D, we are working on a new hardware paradigm for thermonuclear… --- ## [How to see all tasks in overlapping timeline hover](https://community.plotly.com/t/how-to-see-all-tasks-in-overlapping-timeline-hover/96459)
**Author:** [@loricah](https://community.plotly.com/u/loricah)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/how-to-see-all-tasks-in-overlapping-timeline-hover/96459 "2026-03-03T16:42:13Z")
I want to be able to see all of the tasks in the hover info for a range of the timeline, but when I have partially overlapping time range, I can only see the bottom task. Is there any way to be able to see everything? i… --- ## [Make marker a piechart with plotly graph objects](https://community.plotly.com/t/make-marker-a-piechart-with-plotly-graph-objects/96480)
**Author:** [@mk\_1](https://community.plotly.com/u/mk_1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 7:43am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/make-marker-a-piechart-with-plotly-graph-objects/96480 "2026-03-02T07:43:31Z")
Hey all, was curious if there is any way to make a marker object have multiple colors? Specifically I am using plotly.go, have a ternery diagram normalized to have all points sum to 1, and want each point in the ternery … --- ## [Hi! I'm getting "ValueError: Invalid property specified for object of type plotly.graph\_objs.layout.YAxis: 'titlefont'"](https://community.plotly.com/t/hi-im-getting-valueerror-invalid-property-specified-for-object-of-type-plotly-graph-objs-layout-yaxis-titlefont/91155)
**Author:** [@Gunther](https://community.plotly.com/u/Gunther)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/hi-im-getting-valueerror-invalid-property-specified-for-object-of-type-plotly-graph-objs-layout-yaxis-titlefont/91155 "2026-02-21T02:21:28Z")
I used plotly for years now, and it worked fine all the time. Without being aware of any changes I have made, strangely now this error (see topic) occurs. Searched for some hours but didn´t find anything that helped: Up… --- ## [Sizing of data labels](https://community.plotly.com/t/sizing-of-data-labels/84450)
**Author:** [@John-Luca](https://community.plotly.com/u/John-Luca)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/sizing-of-data-labels/84450 "2026-02-20T18:27:32Z")
I am trying to set the size of data labels for some of the plotly charts but it seems that the labels automatically are set smaller depending on the size of the chart. Is it possible to override this or allow for more cu… --- ## [Prevent only axis stretch/shrink but not shift](https://community.plotly.com/t/prevent-only-axis-stretch-shrink-but-not-shift/50623)
**Author:** [@MichelH](https://community.plotly.com/u/MichelH)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 4:45am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/prevent-only-axis-stretch-shrink-but-not-shift/50623 "2026-02-18T04:45:49Z")
Looking at the first example here, there are two actions I can perform when clicking and dragging on the x-axis. Notice how in the picture below, the mouse pointer is in the middle of the x axis. If I start dragging n… --- ## [February Plotly Community Meetup](https://community.plotly.com/t/february-plotly-community-meetup/96359)
**Author:** [@adamschroeder](https://community.plotly.com/u/adamschroeder)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/february-plotly-community-meetup/96359 "2026-02-12T15:02:15Z")
Hey Plotly Community, The Plotly February 26 meetup invite just went out on the Google calendar. The meetup will include dashboard presentations and Plotly University updates. If you’d like to add something specific to… --- ## [Plotting 3D points connected by arbitrary lines (i.e. a 3D graph)](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotting-3d-points-connected-by-arbitrary-lines-i-e-a-3d-graph/96329)
**Author:** [@bioplots35](https://community.plotly.com/u/bioplots35)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotting-3d-points-connected-by-arbitrary-lines-i-e-a-3d-graph/96329 "2026-02-10T22:40:35Z")
I’m brand new to Plotly, but want to try it out for 3D interactive plotting because I hear it’s way faster than matplotlib for that use case. I use Jupyter notebooks and so far have only used matplotlib through ipympl. W… --- ## [The Plotly scatter plot cannot be overlayed with boxplot](https://community.plotly.com/t/the-plotly-scatter-plot-cannot-be-overlayed-with-boxplot/96327)
**Author:** [@jasmine1](https://community.plotly.com/u/jasmine1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/the-plotly-scatter-plot-cannot-be-overlayed-with-boxplot/96327 "2026-02-09T20:58:58Z")
I need help making the box plot appear with a lower alpha to show the data quartiles along with the data points. This is what I have: import plotly.graph\_objects as go import numpy as np import pandas as pd # Define co… --- ## [Question regarding custom axis layouts and markers in Plotly](https://community.plotly.com/t/question-regarding-custom-axis-layouts-and-markers-in-plotly/96291)
**Author:** [@natrist](https://community.plotly.com/u/natrist)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2026, 6:43am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/question-regarding-custom-axis-layouts-and-markers-in-plotly/96291 "2026-02-05T06:43:56Z")
Hello all, I am considering switching from other Python plotting libraries to Plotly. I will likely make the jump if I can replicate this specific layout : It seems straightforward, but I have one specific question… --- ## [Plotly-calheatmap — Interactive Calendar Heatmaps for Plotly (open-source)](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotly-calheatmap-interactive-calendar-heatmaps-for-plotly-open-source/96255)
**Author:** [@tyuji](https://community.plotly.com/u/tyuji)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2026, 12:58am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotly-calheatmap-interactive-calendar-heatmaps-for-plotly-open-source/96255 "2026-01-31T00:58:06Z")
Hi everyone, I’d like to share plotly-calheatmap, an open-source library that creates interactive calendar heatmaps with Plotly — similar to the contribution graphs on GitHub profiles. It’s a continuation of plotly-cal… --- ## [Creating Calendar Heatmaps](https://community.plotly.com/t/creating-calendar-heatmaps/62173)
**Author:** [@brunorosilva](https://community.plotly.com/u/brunorosilva)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/creating-calendar-heatmaps/62173 "2026-01-29T15:19:43Z")
Hi, On my way to developing an application, I had a really hard time with making an interactive Calendar Heatmap (kinda like the one on Github and Gitlab), and thanks to this post on Plotly’s community forum I was able … --- ## [How to display the borders and grid lines of each subplot in a matrix scatter plot](https://community.plotly.com/t/how-to-display-the-borders-and-grid-lines-of-each-subplot-in-a-matrix-scatter-plot/96200)
**Author:** [@leavor](https://community.plotly.com/u/leavor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 7:19am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/how-to-display-the-borders-and-grid-lines-of-each-subplot-in-a-matrix-scatter-plot/96200 "2026-01-29T07:19:57Z")
import pandas as pd import numpy as np import plotly.graph\_objects as go data = { '收入': np.random.randint(30000, 90000, 50), '教育程度': np.random.randint(12, 21, 50), '年龄': np.random.randint(20, 45, 50), … --- ## [Plotting xarray data easily (accessor)](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotting-xarray-data-easily-accessor/96131)
**Author:** [@felixbumann\_22394](https://community.plotly.com/u/felixbumann_22394)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotting-xarray-data-easily-accessor/96131 "2026-01-26T12:30:16Z")
I created a python package called \`xarray\_plotly\` that handles dim assignment to plotly slots (facet, color, animation) automatically, making plotting xarray Data much more convenient. It wrapps most \`plotly.express\` me… --- ## [Parallel processing with Kaleido](https://community.plotly.com/t/parallel-processing-with-kaleido/96169)
**Author:** [@kiteme](https://community.plotly.com/u/kiteme)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2026, 9:20am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/parallel-processing-with-kaleido/96169 "2026-01-26T09:20:12Z")
I’m trying to implement a parallel processing exporting Plotly plots to PNGs using Kaleido. I’m exporting a large number of plots, and I would like to make it run as quickly as possible, so I’ve tried implementing it usi… --- ## [How to deploy a Dash app via gunicorn behind a proxy when the app is not mounted at '/'?](https://community.plotly.com/t/how-to-deploy-a-dash-app-via-gunicorn-behind-a-proxy-when-the-app-is-not-mounted-at/96210)
**Author:** [@hogcalm1543](https://community.plotly.com/u/hogcalm1543)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2026, 7:35am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/how-to-deploy-a-dash-app-via-gunicorn-behind-a-proxy-when-the-app-is-not-mounted-at/96210 "2026-01-26T07:35:43Z")
I’m trying to add a Dash component to an existing Flask app. The main Flask app is served ba Gunicorn behind a nginx proxy server, but it is not at the root of the server. Basically all requests to http://intranet.server… --- ## [How to add "margin box" in 3D plots similar to 2D plots?](https://community.plotly.com/t/how-to-add-margin-box-in-3d-plots-similar-to-2d-plots/96129)
**Author:** [@diogo](https://community.plotly.com/u/diogo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/how-to-add-margin-box-in-3d-plots-similar-to-2d-plots/96129 "2026-01-20T18:07:47Z")
Hello everyone. I have a figure with subplots. Some of them are 3D plots and some are 2D. I was able to add a “margin box” to the 2D plots, but I can’t figure out how to do the same in the 3D plots. Is it possible? … --- ## [Sankey diagram node x and y position](https://community.plotly.com/t/sankey-diagram-node-x-and-y-position/96067)
**Author:** [@Martin\_Schroder](https://community.plotly.com/u/Martin_Schroder)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 11:48am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/sankey-diagram-node-x-and-y-position/96067 "2026-01-09T11:48:38Z")
I have problems with the arrangement of nodes. This is the code I’m using: fig = go.Figure( data=\[ go.Sankey( arrangement="freeform", node=dict( # pad=15, thickness=20, line=dict(color="black", width=0.5), … --- ## [How to set default scene.camera values when clicking the "home" button?](https://community.plotly.com/t/how-to-set-default-scene-camera-values-when-clicking-the-home-button/96013)
**Author:** [@Louis-Amand](https://community.plotly.com/u/Louis-Amand)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/how-to-set-default-scene-camera-values-when-clicking-the-home-button/96013 "2026-01-05T19:20:22Z")
On the top right corner, there’s a home button that resets the camera to some default values. You can change the values in layout.scene.camera when initiating the figure, but the defaults of the home button remains the s… --- ## [\`figure.update\_layout\`'s \`legend\_maxheight\` parameter seems not working in Windows only?](https://community.plotly.com/t/figure-update-layout-s-legend-maxheight-parameter-seems-not-working-in-windows-only/95990)
**Author:** [@Minsung\_Kim](https://community.plotly.com/u/Minsung_Kim)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/figure-update-layout-s-legend-maxheight-parameter-seems-not-working-in-windows-only/95990 "2026-01-04T13:26:42Z")
legend\_maxheight parameter came new in Plotly 6.3, which restricts max height of a legend. I made a program that uses legend={…, “maxheight”: 0.2} somewhere in the code, and the program complains that plotly.graph\_objec… --- ## [How to plot multiple lines on the same y-axis using plotly express?](https://community.plotly.com/t/how-to-plot-multiple-lines-on-the-same-y-axis-using-plotly-express/29219)
**Author:** [@UdayGuntupalli](https://community.plotly.com/u/UdayGuntupalli)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/how-to-plot-multiple-lines-on-the-same-y-axis-using-plotly-express/29219 "2025-12-23T19:43:58Z")
Hello all, I just installed plotly express. And I am trying to do something simple - plot each column of my data frame on the same y-axis with the index as x-axis. Here are questions/observations: Is it necessary for … --- ## [Do NOT include Images in HTML](https://community.plotly.com/t/do-not-include-images-in-html/95220)
**Author:** [@Dromihetex](https://community.plotly.com/u/Dromihetex)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/do-not-include-images-in-html/95220 "2025-12-16T18:58:40Z")
Hi, I want to save a Plotly.fig as HTML, but Do NOT include Images in HTML and remain as URL (local or web) HOW TO DO IT, please? Here an example ”# Create figure fig = go.Figure() pyLogo = Image.open(“aA\_DEMO\_04… --- ## [Using virtual WebGL in python (outside of notebooks)](https://community.plotly.com/t/using-virtual-webgl-in-python-outside-of-notebooks/95784)
**Author:** [@Aster\_Stoustrup](https://community.plotly.com/u/Aster_Stoustrup)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/using-virtual-webgl-in-python-outside-of-notebooks/95784 "2025-12-12T12:45:09Z")
Hi all :)) I’m creating some figures with a lot of 3d surface figures, and because of the limitation on WebGL contexts, I can only show 16 of them in e.g. chrome. I’ve found a plotly support page where they mention tha… [Previous page](https://community.plotly.com/c/plotly-python/5.md) [Next page](https://community.plotly.com/c/plotly-python/5.md?page=2)