Add ability to rename grouped traces

src/components/legend/draw.js

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ var anchorUtils = require('./anchor_utils');
 
 var SHOWISOLATETIP = true;
 var DBLCLICKDELAY = interactConstants.DBLCLICKDELAY;
+var BLANK_STRING_REGEX = /^[\s\r]*$/;
 
 module.exports = function draw(gd) {
     var fullLayout = gd._fullLayout;
@@ -392,24 +393,41 @@ function drawTexts(g, gd) {
                 this.text(text)
                     .call(textLayout);
 
+                var origText = text;
+
                 if(!this.text()) text = ' \u0020\u0020 ';
 
-                var fullInput = legendItem.trace._fullInput || {},
-                    astr;
+                var transforms, direction;
+                var fullInput = legendItem.trace._fullInput || {};
+                var update = {};
 
                 // N.B. this block isn't super clean,
                 // is unfortunately untested at the moment,
                 // and only works for for 'ohlc' and 'candlestick',
                 // but should be generalized for other one-to-many transforms
                 if(['ohlc', 'candlestick'].indexOf(fullInput.type) !== -1) {
-                    var transforms = legendItem.trace.transforms,
-                        direction = transforms[transforms.length - 1].direction;
+                    transforms = legendItem.trace.transforms;
+                    direction = transforms[transforms.length - 1].direction;
+
+                    update[direction + '.name'] = text;
+                } else if(Registry.hasTransform(fullInput, 'groupby')) {
+                    var groupbyIndices = Registry.getTransformIndices(fullInput, 'groupby');
+                    var index = groupbyIndices[groupbyIndices.length - 1];
+
+                    var carr = Lib.keyedContainer(fullInput, 'transforms[' + index + '].styles', 'target', 'value.name');
 
-                    astr = direction + '.name';
+                    if(BLANK_STRING_REGEX.test(origText)) {
+                        carr.remove(legendItem.trace._group);
+                    } else {
+                        carr.set(legendItem.trace._group, text);
+                    }
+
+                    update = carr.constructUpdate();
+                } else {
+                    update.name = text;
                 }
-                else astr = 'name';
 
-                Plotly.restyle(gd, astr, text, traceIndex);
+                return Plotly.restyle(gd, update, traceIndex);
             });
     }
     else text.call(textLayout);

src/lib/index.js

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ var BADNUM = numConstants.BADNUM;
 var lib = module.exports = {};
 
 lib.nestedProperty = require('./nested_property');
+lib.keyedContainer = require('./keyed_container');
 lib.isPlainObject = require('./is_plain_object');
 lib.isArray = require('./is_array');
 lib.mod = require('./mod');
@@ -727,3 +728,33 @@ lib.numSeparate = function(value, separators, separatethousands) {
 
     return x1 + x2;
 };
+
+var TEMPLATE_STRING_REGEX = /%{([^\s%{}]*)}/g;
+var SIMPLE_PROPERTY_REGEX = /^\w*$/;
+
+/*
+ * Substitute values from an object into a string
+ *
+ * Examples:
+ *  Lib.templateString('name: %{trace}', {trace: 'asdf'}) --> 'name: asdf'
+ *  Lib.templateString('name: %{trace[0].name}', {trace: [{name: 'asdf'}]}) --> 'name: asdf'
+ *
+ * @param {string}  input string containing %{...} template strings
+ * @param {obj}     data object containing substitution values
+ *
+ * @return {string} templated string
+ */
+
+lib.templateString = function(string, obj) {
+    // Not all that useful, but cache nestedProperty instantiation
+    // just in case it speeds things up *slightly*:
+    var getterCache = {};
+
+    return string.replace(TEMPLATE_STRING_REGEX, function(dummy, key) {
+        if(SIMPLE_PROPERTY_REGEX.test(key)) {
+            return obj[key] || '';
+        }
+        getterCache[key] = getterCache[key] || lib.nestedProperty(obj, key).get;
+        return getterCache[key]() || '';
+    });
+};

src/lib/keyed_container.js

@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+/**
+* Copyright 2012-2017, Plotly, Inc.
+* All rights reserved.
+*
+* This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+* LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+*/
+
+'use strict';
+
+var nestedProperty = require('./nested_property');
+
+var SIMPLE_PROPERTY_REGEX = /^\w*$/;
+
+// bitmask for deciding what's updated:
+var NONE = 0;
+var NAME = 1;
+var VALUE = 2;
+var BOTH = 3;
+var UNSET = 4;
+
+module.exports = function keyedContainer(baseObj, path, keyName, valueName) {
+    keyName = keyName || 'name';
+    valueName = valueName || 'value';
+    var i, arr;
+    var changeTypes = {};
+
+    if(path && path.length) { arr = nestedProperty(baseObj, path).get();
+    } else {
+        arr = baseObj;
+    }
+
+    path = path || '';
+    arr = arr || [];
+
+    // Construct an index:
+    var indexLookup = {};
+    for(i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
+        indexLookup[arr[i][keyName]] = i;
+    }
+
+    var isSimpleValueProp = SIMPLE_PROPERTY_REGEX.test(valueName);
+
+    var obj = {
+        // NB: this does not actually modify the baseObj
+        set: function(name, value) {
+            var changeType = value === null ? UNSET : NONE;
+
+            var idx = indexLookup[name];
+            if(idx === undefined) {
+                changeType = changeType | BOTH;
+                idx = arr.length;
+                indexLookup[name] = idx;
+            } else if(value !== (isSimpleValueProp ? arr[idx][valueName] : nestedProperty(arr[idx], valueName).get())) {
+                changeType = changeType | VALUE;
+            }
+
+            var newValue = arr[idx] = arr[idx] || {};
+            newValue[keyName] = name;
+
+            if(isSimpleValueProp) {
+                newValue[valueName] = value;
+            } else {
+                nestedProperty(newValue, valueName).set(value);
+            }
+
+            // If it's not an unset, force that bit to be unset. This is all related to the fact
+            // that undefined and null are a bit specially implemented in nestedProperties.
+            if(value !== null) {
+                changeType = changeType & ~UNSET;
+            }
+
+            changeTypes[idx] = changeTypes[idx] | changeType;
+
+            return obj;
+        },
+        get: function(name) {
+            var idx = indexLookup[name];
+
+            if(idx === undefined) {
+                return undefined;
+            } else if(isSimpleValueProp) {
+                return arr[idx][valueName];
+            } else {
+                return nestedProperty(arr[idx], valueName).get();
+            }
+        },
+        rename: function(name, newName) {
+            var idx = indexLookup[name];
+
+            if(idx === undefined) return obj;
+            changeTypes[idx] = changeTypes[idx] | NAME;
+
+            indexLookup[newName] = idx;
+            delete indexLookup[name];
+
+            arr[idx][keyName] = newName;
+
+            return obj;
+        },
+        remove: function(name) {
+            var idx = indexLookup[name];
+
+            if(idx === undefined) return obj;
+
+            var object = arr[idx];
+            if(Object.keys(object).length > 2) {
+                // This object contains more than just the key/value, so unset
+                // the value without modifying the entry otherwise:
+                changeTypes[idx] = changeTypes[idx] | VALUE;
+                return obj.set(name, null);
+            }
+
+            for(i = idx; i < arr.length; i++) {
+                changeTypes[i] = changeTypes[i] | BOTH;
+            }
+            for(i = idx; i < arr.length; i++) {
+                indexLookup[arr[i][keyName]]--;
+            }
+            arr.splice(idx, 1);
+            delete(indexLookup[name]);
+
+            return obj;
+        },
+        constructUpdate: function() {
+            var astr, idx;
+            var update = {};
+            var changed = Object.keys(changeTypes);
+            for(var i = 0; i < changed.length; i++) {
+                idx = changed[i];
+                astr = path + '[' + idx + ']';
+                if(arr[idx]) {
+                    if(changeTypes[idx] & NAME) {
+                        update[astr + '.' + keyName] = arr[idx][keyName];
+                    }
+                    if(changeTypes[idx] & VALUE) {
+                        if(isSimpleValueProp) {
+                            update[astr + '.' + valueName] = (changeTypes[idx] & UNSET) ? null : arr[idx][valueName];
+                        } else {
+                            update[astr + '.' + valueName] = (changeTypes[idx] & UNSET) ? null : nestedProperty(arr[idx], valueName).get();
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    update[astr] = null;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return update;
+        }
+    };
+
+    return obj;
+};

src/plots/plots.js

@@ -811,6 +811,10 @@ plots.supplyDataDefaults = function(dataIn, dataOut, layout, fullLayout) {
                 var expandedTrace = expandedTraces[j];
                 var fullExpandedTrace = plots.supplyTraceDefaults(expandedTrace, cnt, fullLayout, i);
 
+                // relink private (i.e. underscore) keys expanded trace to full expanded trace so
+                // that transform supply-default methods can set _ keys for future use.
+                relinkPrivateKeys(fullExpandedTrace, expandedTrace);
+
                 // mutate uid here using parent uid and expanded index
                 // to promote consistency between update calls
                 expandedTrace.uid = fullExpandedTrace.uid = fullTrace.uid + j;

src/registry.js

@@ -166,6 +166,48 @@ exports.traceIs = function(traceType, category) {
     return !!_module.categories[category];
 };
 
+/**
+ * Determine if this trace has a transform of the given type and return
+ * array of matching indices.
+ *
+ * @param {object} data
+ *  a trace object (member of data or fullData)
+ * @param {string} type
+ *  type of trace to test
+ * @return {array}
+ *  array of matching indices. If none found, returns []
+ */
+exports.getTransformIndices = function(data, type) {
+    var indices = [];
+    var transforms = data.transforms || [];
+    for(var i = 0; i < transforms.length; i++) {
+        if(transforms[i].type === type) {
+            indices.push(i);
+        }
+    }
+    return indices;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Determine if this trace has a transform of the given type
+ *
+ * @param {object} data
+ *  a trace object (member of data or fullData)
+ * @param {string} type
+ *  type of trace to test
+ * @return {boolean}
+ */
+exports.hasTransform = function(data, type) {
+    var transforms = data.transforms || [];
+    for(var i = 0; i < transforms.length; i++) {
+        if(transforms[i].type === type) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+
+};
+
 /**
  * Retrieve component module method. Falls back on noop if either the
  * module or the method is missing, so the result can always be safely called