Incorrect warning in `layout()` when using `bargroupgap`

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#2,458 opened on Oct 21, 2025 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 3/5
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Newbie friendliness: 45/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: r
Domain: data-visualization

Research direction

Start by running the reproducible R example in the issue and inspect how layout() validates attributes, focusing on why bargroupgap is rejected despite working. Done means the example no longer emits the invalid-attribute warning while preserving the grouped bar spacing behavior.

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Description

When using the bargroupgap argument, the following waring is thrown:

Warning message:
'layout' objects don't have these attributes: 'bargroupgap'
Valid attributes include: ...

However the attribute clearly exists and works

library(ggplot2)
library(plotly)


test <- tibble::tibble(
  A = c(1,2,3),
  B = c(3,2,1),
  C = c(4,1,4)
)

plot_ly(
  test,
  y = ~A,
  type = 'bar',
  name = 'Option A',
  marker = list(
    color = '#4E0F53'
  )
) |> 
  add_trace(
    y = ~B,
    name = 'Option B',
    marker = list(
      color = '#DC9542'
    )
  ) |> 
  add_trace(
    y = ~C,
    name = 'Option C',
    marker = list(
      color = '#a8aaad'
    )
  ) |> 
  layout(
    barmode = 'group',
    bargroupgap = 0.1
  )



plot_ly(
  test,
  y = ~A,
  type = 'bar',
  name = 'Option A',
  marker = list(
    color = '#4E0F53'
  )
) |> 
  add_trace(
    y = ~B,
    name = 'Option B',
    marker = list(
      color = '#DC9542'
    )
  ) |> 
  add_trace(
    y = ~C,
    name = 'Option C',
    marker = list(
      color = '#a8aaad'
    )
  ) |> 
  layout(
    barmode = 'group'
  )

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