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Hi,
I'm proposing a fix to an edge case where conversion from matplotlib to plotly would break when converting a "lines+markers" plot with a legend. The issue happens because go.layout.Shape is not expecting "symbol" or "size" properties. My proposed fix is to ignore those two properties for "lines" type legend shapes. Please let me know if another fix would be more appropriate.

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@gvwilsongvwilson added P1 needed for current cycle community community contribution fix fixes something broken labels Jun 20, 2025
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robertoffmouraforce-pushed the rm/fix-line+markers-plot branch 2 times, most recently from bf91f93 to da37239CompareAugust 12, 2025 09:31
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Hi @robertoffmoura, could you explain the issue in a little more detail and provide an example of a plot that fails currently (expected output vs. actual output)? That will help me evaluate this fix.

Thank you for the contribution!

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Hi @emilykl,
Please see below the error we get if we run the tests I added in this commit without the changes I made to renderer.py:

=========================================================================================== test session starts ===========================================================================================
platform linux -- Python 3.12.0, pytest-8.4.0, pluggy-1.6.0
configfile: pyproject.toml
plugins: anyio-4.3.0
collected 1 item plotly/matplotlylib/tests/test_renderer.py F [100%]
================================================================================================ FAILURES =================================================================================================
_____________________________________________________________________________________ test_lines_markers_legend_plot ______________________________________________________________________________________
def test_lines_markers_legend_plot():
x = [0, 1]
y = [0, 1]
label = "label"
plt.figure()
plt.plot(x, y, "o-", label=label)
plt.legend()
> plotly_fig = tls.mpl_to_plotly(plt.gcf())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
plotly/matplotlylib/tests/test_renderer.py:14: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
plotly/tools.py:104: in mpl_to_plotly
matplotlylib.Exporter(renderer).run(fig)
plotly/matplotlylib/mplexporter/exporter.py:54: in run
self.crawl_fig(fig)
plotly/matplotlylib/mplexporter/exporter.py:125: in crawl_fig
self.crawl_ax(ax)
plotly/matplotlylib/mplexporter/exporter.py:156: in crawl_ax
self.crawl_legend(ax, legend)
plotly/matplotlylib/mplexporter/exporter.py:182: in crawl_legend
self.draw_line(ax, child, force_trans=ax.transAxes)
plotly/matplotlylib/mplexporter/exporter.py:206: in draw_line
self.renderer.draw_marked_line(
plotly/matplotlylib/renderer.py:504: in draw_marked_line
self.draw_legend_shapes(mode=mode, shape=shape, **props)
plotly/matplotlylib/renderer.py:373: in draw_legend_shapes
legend_shape = go.layout.Shape(
plotly/graph_objs/layout/_shape.py:1286: in __init__
self._process_kwargs(**dict(arg, **kwargs))
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
self = layout.Shape({
'fillcolor': '#1F77B4',
'line': {'color': '#1F77B4', 'width': 1.0},
'opacity': 1,
'type...f': 'paper',
'y0': np.float64(0.9695701058201058),
'y1': np.float64(0.9695701058201058),
'yref': 'paper'
})
kwargs = {'size': 6.0, 'symbol': 'circle'}, k = 'symbol', v = 'circle'
err = ValueError('Invalid property specified for object of type plotly.graph_objs.layout.Shape: \'symbol\'\n\nDid you mean "...elative to data or plot\n fraction.\n \nDid you mean "label"?\n\nBad property path:\nsymbol\n^^^^^^')
def _process_kwargs(self, **kwargs):
"""
Process any extra kwargs that are not predefined as constructor params
"""
for k, v in kwargs.items():
err = _check_path_in_prop_tree(self, k, error_cast=ValueError)
if err is None:
# e.g. underscore kwargs like marker_line_color
self[k] = v
elif not self._validate:
# Set extra property as-is
self[k] = v
elif not self._skip_invalid:
> raise err
E ValueError: Invalid property specified for object of type plotly.graph_objs.layout.Shape: 'symbol'
E [...]
E Did you mean "label"?
E E Bad property path:
E symbol
E ^^^^^^
plotly/basedatatypes.py:4451: ValueError
============================================================================================ warnings summary =============================================================================================
plotly/conftest.py:4
/plotly.py/plotly/conftest.py:4: PytestRemovedIn9Warning: The (path: py.path.local) argument is deprecated, please use (collection_path: pathlib.Path)
see https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/deprecations.html#py-path-local-arguments-for-hooks-replaced-with-pathlib-path
def pytest_ignore_collect(path):
plotly/matplotlylib/tests/test_renderer.py::test_lines_markers_legend_plot
plotly/matplotlylib/tests/test_renderer.py::test_lines_markers_legend_plot
/plotly.py/plotly/matplotlylib/mplexporter/utils.py:293: MatplotlibDeprecationWarning:
The converter attribute was deprecated in Matplotlib 3.10 and will be removed in 3.12. Use get_converter and set_converter methods instead.
-- Docs: https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/how-to/capture-warnings.html
========================================================================================= short test summary info =========================================================================================
FAILED plotly/matplotlylib/tests/test_renderer.py::test_lines_markers_legend_plot - ValueError: Invalid property specified for object of type plotly.graph_objs.layout.Shape: 'symbol'
====================================================================================== 1 failed, 3 warnings in 1.09s ======================================================================================

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robertoffmouraforce-pushed the rm/fix-line+markers-plot branch from da37239 to 719248aCompareOctober 9, 2025 15:42
@robertoffmourarobertoffmoura changed the title Fix issue when converting matplotlib lines+markers legend to plotlyAdd matplotlib lines+markers plot conversion testOct 9, 2025
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Hi @emilykl,
You're right, after rebasing this branch on top of this, the issue is no longer there. I still think we should add a test for the lines+markers plot, so I renamed this PR.

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robertoffmouraforce-pushed the rm/fix-line+markers-plot branch from 719248a to b719562CompareJuly 31, 2026 17:11
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Hi @emilykl, could you please have a look? This just adds a test for the legends of line+markers plots after conversion from matplotlib.

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robertclaus requested review from emilykl and removed request for gvwilsonAugust 3, 2026 19:45
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