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implement geom_GeomStrippedCols() to be used with plotly

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Issue type
Feature
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Mostly clear
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Stale
Tech stack
r

Research direction

Start with the supplied renderPlotly example and trace how ggplotly handles geom_striped_cols() when converting the ggplot object. Compare the working ggplot behavior with the Plotly output, then verify that alternating column stripes are preserved in the converted visualization.

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Description

be able to have every other column striped. works with ggplot, but not with ggplotly

  output$plot = renderPlotly({
    ggplotly(
      ggplot(data, mapping = aes(x = x, y = y)) +
        theme_light() +
        geom_striped_cols() +
        labs(x = "x", y = "y") +
        theme(panel.grid.major.x = element_blank())
    )
  })  
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