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[FEATURE]: Spikelines in scatterternary plots

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4/5
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3-5 days
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Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
data-visualization

Research direction

Start by comparing the existing scatter plot spikeline behavior with scatterternary plot handling for the a, b, and c axes. Done means scatterternary plots support the requested spike settings and display spikelines analogous to scatter plots.

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Description

enhancement feature P2 size: 3

Hi,

Description

It would be great if we could add spikelines to scatterternary plots, mapping to the a,b,c axes in an analogous way to the spikelines in a scatter plot.

Why should this feature be added?

Adding this feature would help the students we support become proficient in reading data off this plot type.

{
  "ternary": {
    "aaxis": {
      "showspikes": true,
      "spikecolor": "",
      "spikedash": "",
      "spikemode": "",
      "spikesnap": "",
      "spikesthickness": ""
    },
    "baxis": {
      "showspikes": true,
      "spikecolor": "",
      "spikedash": "",
      "spikemode": "",
      "spikesnap": "",
      "spikesthickness": ""
    },
    "caxis": {
      "showspikes": true,
      "spikecolor": "",
      "spikedash": "",
      "spikemode": "",
      "spikesnap": "",
      "spikesthickness": ""
    }
  }
}

Many thanks!

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