Clear gd._hoverdata before emitting plotly_unhover

src/components/dragelement/unhover.js

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ unhover.wrapped = function(gd, evt, subplot) {
 // remove hover effects on mouse out, and emit unhover event
 unhover.raw = function unhoverRaw(gd, evt) {
     var fullLayout = gd._fullLayout;
+    var oldhoverdata = gd._hoverdata;
 
     if(!evt) evt = {};
     if(evt.target &&
@@ -40,10 +41,9 @@ unhover.raw = function unhoverRaw(gd, evt) {
     }
 
     fullLayout._hoverlayer.selectAll('g').remove();
+    gd._hoverdata = undefined;
 
-    if(evt.target && gd._hoverdata) {
-        gd.emit('plotly_unhover', {points: gd._hoverdata});
+    if(evt.target && oldhoverdata) {
+        gd.emit('plotly_unhover', {points: oldhoverdata});
     }
-
-    gd._hoverdata = undefined;
 };

test/jasmine/tests/hover_label_test.js

@@ -886,4 +886,62 @@ describe('hover updates', function() {
             return assertLabelsCorrect(null, [103, 100], 'trace 10.5');
         }).catch(fail).then(done);
     });
+
+    it('should not trigger infinite loop of plotly_unhover events', function(done) {
+        var gd = createGraphDiv();
+        var colors0 = ['#00000', '#00000', '#00000', '#00000', '#00000', '#00000', '#00000'];
+
+        function unhover() {
+            return new Promise(function(resolve) {
+                mouseEvent('mousemove', 394, 285);
+                setTimeout(function() {
+                    resolve();
+                }, constants.HOVERMINTIME);
+            });
+        }
+
+        var hoverCnt = 0;
+        var unHoverCnt = 0;
+
+        Plotly.plot(gd, [{
+            mode: 'markers',
+            x: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7],
+            y: [1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3],
+            marker: {
+                size: 16,
+                colors: colors0.slice()
+            }
+        }])
+        .then(function() {
+
+            gd.on('plotly_hover', function(eventData) {
+                hoverCnt++;
+
+                var pt = eventData.points[0];
+                Plotly.restyle(gd, 'marker.color[' + pt.pointNumber + ']', 'red');
+            });
+
+            gd.on('plotly_unhover', function() {
+                unHoverCnt++;
+
+                Plotly.restyle(gd, 'marker.color', [colors0.slice()]);
+            });
+
+            return assertLabelsCorrect([351, 251], [358, 272], '2');
+        })
+        .then(unhover)
+        .then(function() {
+            expect(hoverCnt).toEqual(1);
+            expect(unHoverCnt).toEqual(1);
+
+            return assertLabelsCorrect([400, 200], [435, 198], '3');
+        })
+        .then(unhover)
+        .then(function() {
+            expect(hoverCnt).toEqual(2);
+            expect(unHoverCnt).toEqual(2);
+        })
+        .then(done);
+
+    });
 });