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Feature request: Coordinates of mouse clicks when used with Shiny #1194
Description
When using plotly with Shiny, would it be possible to implement a feature in plotly::plotlyOutput() similar to plotOutput("plot", click = "plot_click") to capture the exact coordinates of a mouse click like in the example below?
library(shiny)
ui <- basicPage(
plotOutput("plot1", click = "plot_click"),
verbatimTextOutput("info")
)
server <- function(input, output) {
output$plot1 <- renderPlot({
plot(mtcars$wt, mtcars$mpg)
})
output$info <- renderText({
paste0("x=", input$plot_click$x, "\ny=", input$plot_click$y)
})
}
shinyApp(ui, server)I am hoping to be able to reproduce the exact mouse click positions during a data analysis and reuse them in a different analysis.
Activity
cpsievert commentedon Jun 5, 2018
It's only currently possible to get the coordinates of clicks on actual data/marks. Doing something like this properly should be done at the plotly.js level... I've started an issue here -- plotly/plotly.js#2696
KasperSkytte commentedon Jun 6, 2018
Great, thanks a lot!
ismirsehregal commentedon Nov 8, 2019
For those interested: I posted a workaround here.
ismirsehregal commentedon Apr 30, 2026
By now this feature was implemented in plotly.js.