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[mkdocs] - duplicate anchor links used on page

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3/5
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Issue type
Bug
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Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Reproduce the duplicate anchors in the MkDocs-rendered scatter reference using the two URLs shown in the issue, then trace how nested and top-level property anchors are generated. Done means both links resolve to their corresponding properties without one taking the place of the other.

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Description

bug

When nested property names are the same as property names at the top level of a trace, they use the same anchor, but should use different ones.

E.g. in our current docs

https://plotly.com/javascript/reference/scatter/#scatter-error_x-visible
https://plotly.com/javascript/reference/scatter/#scatter-visible

For mkdocs site,

/javascript/reference/scatter/#scatter-error_x-visible won't work

and

/javascript/reference/scatter/#scatter-visible

will take you to the first one on the page, which is actually the error-x-visible property

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