Change plot_ly marker shape by variable

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Hi,

I am trying to create a bubble plot, that plots positive and relaxed, changes marker colour based on family (4 factors), and changes marker size based on anger. I get this to work like so:

fig ← plot_ly(ag_data, x = ~positive, y = ~relaxed, color = ~family, size = ~anger,
type = ‘scatter’, mode = ‘markers’, fill=~’’, marker = list(sizemode = ‘area’))
fig

However, I would also like to change the marker shape based on family. A circle, triangle, square, and diamond shape for example, just so it is easier to see for anyone who can’t distinguish the colours. I can’t seem to find a way to do this! Is it possible at all or should I be using a different function?

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I’m new to the forum and to using the plotly library, so I may be overlooking a super simple solution…

Thanks!

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You can use the symbol argument to set the mapping:

library(plotly)

DF <- data.frame(x = 1:40, y = 1:40, id = rep(LETTERS[1:4], each = 10))

plot_ly(DF, x = ~x, y = ~y, symbol = ~id, type = "scatter", mode = "markers")

# specify symbols: 
# plot_ly(DF, x = ~x, y = ~y, symbol = ~id, symbols = as.character(seq_along(unique(DF$id))), type = "scatter", mode = "markers")

Also see schema() and navigate
object ► traces ► scatter ► attributes ► marker ► symbol ► values

The following displays all symbols currently available (modified version of this code)

vals <- schema(F)$traces$scatter$attributes$marker$symbol$values
vals <- grep("[a-z]", vals, value = TRUE)

grid_size <- ceiling(sqrt(length(vals)))

plot_ly() %>%
  add_markers(
    x = rep(seq_len(grid_size), each = grid_size, length.out = length(vals)),
    y = rep(seq_len(grid_size), times = grid_size, length.out = length(vals)),
    text = vals,
    hoverinfo = "text",
    marker = list(
      symbol = vals,
      size = 30,
      line = list(
        color = "black",
        width = 2
      )
    )
  )

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