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Plotly FigureWidget Overview in Python

Introduction to the Plotly FigureWidget


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The Plotly FigureWidget allows you to add Plotly charts as interactive widgets in Jupyter and other compatible notebooks. To use the FigureWidget, you'll need to install anywidget:

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Create a Simple FigureWidget

Create an empty FigureWidget and then view it.

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import plotly.graph_objects as go

f = go.FigureWidget()
f
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Add traces or update the layout and then watch the output above update in real time.

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f.add_scatter(y=[2, 1, 4, 3]);
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f.add_bar(y=[1, 4, 3, 2]);
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f.layout.title = 'Hello FigureWidget'

Update the Data and the Layout

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# update scatter data
scatter = f.data[0]
scatter.y = [3, 1, 4, 3]
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# update bar data
bar = f.data[1]
bar.y = [5, 3, 2, 8]
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f.layout.title.text = 'This is a new title'