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geom_GeomDumbbell() has yet to be implemented in plotly

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Issue type
Feature
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Needs clarification
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Tech stack
r

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Start at plotly::ggplotly and trace how the provided ggalt::geom_dumbbell example is handled. Compare the interactive output with the original static plot, and consider the work complete when the dumbbell geometry and its confidence intervals render interactively with the shown aesthetics.

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Would you mind adding this funcitonality?

Thanks!!


install.packages('ggalt')
library(ggalt)

 data %>%
  ggplot(aes(y = reorder(Department, median_completion, decreasing = TRUE))) +
  geom_dumbbell(aes(x = min_completion, xend = max_completion), 
                color = "gray70", size = 1.5, point.size.l = 3, point.size.r = 3) +
  geom_point(aes(x = median_completion), color = "blue", size = 3) +
  labs(y = "Department", x = "Total Percent Completion of Required Course hours") +
  theme_minimal()

plotly::ggplotly(db_plot) #fails to render the confidence intervals interactively

original static plot
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interactive version with plotly
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