From 35e41dbd0eabeffb1ba081866659afeaba130fb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?=C3=89tienne=20T=C3=A9treault-Pinard?= <etienne@plot.ly>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 15:58:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] clear axis types during `Plotly.newPlot`

- so that calling plot then newPlot using the same layout object
  does not lead to any side-effects.
---
 src/plot_api/plot_api.js | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/plot_api/plot_api.js b/src/plot_api/plot_api.js
index 0e26c4b8aa9..73d3de2b157 100644
--- a/src/plot_api/plot_api.js
+++ b/src/plot_api/plot_api.js
@@ -524,6 +524,14 @@ Plotly.redraw = function(gd) {
 Plotly.newPlot = function(gd, data, layout, config) {
     gd = helpers.getGraphDiv(gd);
 
+    // clear 'auto' axis types that could have leaked in user layout
+    // in previous Plotly.plot calls
+    var axList = Plotly.Axes.list({ _fullLayout: layout || {} });
+    for(var i = 0; i < axList.length; i++) {
+        var ax = axList[i];
+        if(ax && ax.type) ax.type = '-';
+    }
+
     // remove gl contexts
     Plots.cleanPlot([], {}, gd._fullData || {}, gd._fullLayout || {});