Show sub sample number in grouped box plots

Dash Python
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The box plot is offering a lot of information. However, I could not find the option to display the same size in the parameters. So I made a small code snippet which appends this information as annotation. Hopefully this will help out anyone who has similar needs.

for i in df0[groupfilter].unique():
    traces.append(go.Box(
        x=df0[groupfilter.loc[(df0[groupfilter]==i)],
        y=Y.loc[(df0[radioitems[0]]==i)],
        name = str(i)
    ))
    annotations.append({"x":traces[0]["x"][0],
            "y":Y.loc[(df0[radioitems[0]]==i)].max(),
            "showarrow":False,
            "yshift": 20,
            "text": "sample size",
            "ax":0,
            "ay":40})
    
fig = {"data": traces, "layout": go.Layout(
title={'text': "text"}, xaxis={"type": 'category'},
annotations = annotations)}

Somehow drawing the arrowhead slows down process time by a bit so I have set it to False. I have shifted the number slightly upwards. I felt putting the number at the highest point makes more sense, but depending on your preference you could put it left or right etc. Also in my case I had to plot multiple box plots so the trace is indexed which may not be necessary.

2

I have revised and improved the current script to allow number to be switched on/off and also follow the trace color.

To make consistent coloring first import the default plotly color set (you can switch to the colors of your choice) and then do:

from plotly.colors import DEFAULT_PLOTLY_COLORS
colorway = [x for x in DEFAULT_PLOTLY_COLORS]
for i in items.unique():
     annotations.append({"x":i,
    "y":Y.loc[(condition==i)].max(),
    "showarrow":False,
    "font" : dict(color= colorway[i]),
    "yshift": 20,
    "text": 'total sample number here",
    "clicktoshow" : "onoff"})

fig = {"data": traces, "layout": go.Layout(
        annotations = annotations, colorway = colorway)}

The final result should looks something like this:

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