plotly · hannahker · May 12, 2023 · May 5, 2023 · May 5, 2023 · May 5, 2023
diff --git a/draftlogs/6593_add.md b/draftlogs/6593_add.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Add `colorbar.xref` and `colorbar.yref` to enable container-referenced positioning for plot colorbars [[#6593](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/6593)], with thanks to [Gamma Technologies](https://www.gtisoft.com/) for sponsoring the related development.
diff --git a/src/components/colorbar/attributes.js b/src/components/colorbar/attributes.js
@@ -60,9 +60,23 @@ module.exports = overrideAll({
         min: -2,
         max: 3,
         description: [
-            'Sets the x position of the color bar (in plot fraction).',
-            'Defaults to 1.02 when `orientation` is *v* and',
-            '0.5 when `orientation` is *h*.'
+            'Sets the x position with respect to `xref` of the color bar (in plot fraction).',
+            'When `xref` is *paper*, defaults to 1.02 when `orientation` is *v* and',
+            '0.5 when `orientation` is *h*.',
+            'When `xref` is *container*, defaults to *1* when `orientation` is *v* and',
+            '0.5 when `orientation` is *h*.',
+            'Must be between *0* and *1* if `xref` is *container*.'
+        ].join(' ')
+    },
+    xref: {
+        valType: 'enumerated',
+        dflt: 'paper',
+        values: ['container', 'paper'],
+        editType: 'layoutstyle',
+        description: [
+            'Sets the container `x` refers to.',
+            '*container* spans the entire `width` of the plot.',
+            '*paper* refers to the width of the plotting area only.'
         ].join(' ')
     },
     xanchor: {
@@ -87,11 +101,25 @@ module.exports = overrideAll({
         min: -2,
         max: 3,
         description: [
-            'Sets the y position of the color bar (in plot fraction).',
-            'Defaults to 0.5 when `orientation` is *v* and',
-            '1.02 when `orientation` is *h*.'
+            'Sets the y position with respect to `yref` of the color bar (in plot fraction).',
+            'When `yref` is *paper*, defaults to 0.5 when `orientation` is *v* and',
+            '1.02 when `orientation` is *h*.',
+            'When `yref` is *container*, defaults to 0.5 when `orientation` is *v* and',
+            '1 when `orientation` is *h*.',
+            'Must be between *0* and *1* if `yref` is *container*.'
         ].join(' ')
     },
+    yref: {
+        valType: 'enumerated',
+        dflt: 'paper',
+        values: ['container', 'paper'],
+        editType: 'layoutstyle',
+        description: [
+            'Sets the container `y` refers to.',
+            '*container* spans the entire `height` of the plot.',
+            '*paper* refers to the height of the plotting area only.'
+        ].join(' '),
+    },
     yanchor: {
         valType: 'enumerated',
         values: ['top', 'middle', 'bottom'],

diff --git a/src/components/colorbar/defaults.js b/src/components/colorbar/defaults.js
@@ -37,11 +37,32 @@ module.exports = function colorbarDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, layout) {
         isVertical ? h : w
     );
 
-    coerce('x', isVertical ? 1.02 : 0.5);
-    coerce('xanchor', isVertical ? 'left' : 'center');
+    var yref = coerce('yref');
+    var xref = coerce('xref');
+
+    var isPaperY = yref === 'paper';
+    var isPaperX = xref === 'paper';
+
+    var defaultX, defaultY, defaultYAnchor;
+    var defaultXAnchor = 'left';
+
+    if(isVertical) {
+        defaultYAnchor = 'middle';
+        defaultXAnchor = isPaperX ? 'left' : 'right';
+        defaultX = isPaperX ? 1.02 : 1;
+        defaultY = 0.5;
+    } else {
+        defaultYAnchor = isPaperY ? 'bottom' : 'top';
+        defaultXAnchor = 'center';
+        defaultX = 0.5;
+        defaultY = isPaperY ? 1.02 : 1;
+    }
+
+    coerce('x', defaultX);
+    coerce('xanchor', defaultXAnchor);
     coerce('xpad');
-    coerce('y', isVertical ? 0.5 : 1.02);
-    coerce('yanchor', isVertical ? 'middle' : 'bottom');
+    coerce('y', defaultY);
+    coerce('yanchor', defaultYAnchor);
     coerce('ypad');
     Lib.noneOrAll(colorbarIn, colorbarOut, ['x', 'y']);
 

diff --git a/src/components/colorbar/draw.js b/src/components/colorbar/draw.js
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ function drawColorBar(g, opts, gd) {
     var optsX = opts.x;
     var optsY = isVertical ? opts.y : 1 - opts.y;
 
+    var isPaperY = opts.yref === 'paper';
+    var isPaperX = opts.xref === 'paper';
+
     var fullLayout = gd._fullLayout;
     var gs = fullLayout._size;
 
@@ -216,11 +219,14 @@ function drawColorBar(g, opts, gd) {
     var lenPx = Math.round(len * (lenmode === 'fraction' ? (isVertical ? gs.h : gs.w) : 1));
     var lenFrac = lenPx / (isVertical ? gs.h : gs.w);
 
+    var posW = isPaperX ? gs.w : gd._fullLayout.width;
+    var posH = isPaperY ? gs.h : gd._fullLayout.height;
+
     // x positioning: do it initially just for left anchor,
     // then fix at the end (since we don't know the width yet)
     var uPx = Math.round(isVertical ?
-        optsX * gs.w + xpad :
-        optsY * gs.h + ypad
+        optsX * posW + xpad :
+        optsY * posH + ypad
     );
 
     var xRatio = {center: 0.5, right: 1}[xanchor] || 0;
@@ -237,8 +243,8 @@ function drawColorBar(g, opts, gd) {
         optsX - xRatio * lenFrac;
 
     var vPx = Math.round(isVertical ?
-        gs.h * (1 - vFrac) :
-        gs.w * vFrac
+        posH * (1 - vFrac) :
+        posW * vFrac
     );
 
     // stash a few things for makeEditable
@@ -351,18 +357,18 @@ function drawColorBar(g, opts, gd) {
             var x, y;
 
             if(titleSide === 'top') {
-                x = xpad + gs.l + gs.w * optsX;
-                y = ypad + gs.t + gs.h * (1 - vFrac - lenFrac) + 3 + titleFontSize * 0.75;
+                x = xpad + gs.l + posW * optsX;
+                y = ypad + gs.t + posH * (1 - vFrac - lenFrac) + 3 + titleFontSize * 0.75;
             }
 
             if(titleSide === 'bottom') {
-                x = xpad + gs.l + gs.w * optsX;
-                y = ypad + gs.t + gs.h * (1 - vFrac) - 3 - titleFontSize * 0.25;
+                x = xpad + gs.l + posW * optsX;
+                y = ypad + gs.t + posH * (1 - vFrac) - 3 - titleFontSize * 0.25;
             }
 
             if(titleSide === 'right') {
-                y = ypad + gs.t + gs.h * optsY + 3 + titleFontSize * 0.75;
-                x = xpad + gs.l + gs.w * vFrac;
+                y = ypad + gs.t + posH * optsY + 3 + titleFontSize * 0.75;
+                x = xpad + gs.l + posW * vFrac;
             }
 
             drawTitle(ax._id + 'title', {
@@ -382,14 +388,14 @@ function drawColorBar(g, opts, gd) {
 
             if(titleSide === 'right') {
                 y = mid;
-                x = gs.l + gs.w * pos + 10 + titleFontSize * (
+                x = gs.l + posW * pos + 10 + titleFontSize * (
                     ax.showticklabels ? 1 : 0.5
                 );
             } else {
                 x = mid;
 
                 if(titleSide === 'bottom') {
-                    y = gs.t + gs.h * pos + 10 + (
+                    y = gs.t + posH * pos + 10 + (
                         ticklabelposition.indexOf('inside') === -1 ?
                             ax.tickfont.size :
                             0
@@ -402,7 +408,7 @@ function drawColorBar(g, opts, gd) {
 
                 if(titleSide === 'top') {
                     var nlines = title.text.split('<br>').length;
-                    y = gs.t + gs.h * pos + 10 - thickPx - LINE_SPACING * titleFontSize * nlines;
+                    y = gs.t + posH * pos + 10 - thickPx - LINE_SPACING * titleFontSize * nlines;
                 }
             }
 
@@ -668,9 +674,13 @@ function drawColorBar(g, opts, gd) {
 
         var extraW = borderwidth + outlinewidth;
 
+        // TODO - are these the correct positions?
+        var lx = (isVertical ? uPx : vPx) - extraW / 2 - (isVertical ? xpad : 0);
+        var ly = (isVertical ? vPx : uPx) - (isVertical ? lenPx : ypad + moveY - hColorbarMoveTitle);
+
         g.select('.' + cn.cbbg)
-        .attr('x', (isVertical ? uPx : vPx) - extraW / 2 - (isVertical ? xpad : 0))
-        .attr('y', (isVertical ? vPx : uPx) - (isVertical ? lenPx : ypad + moveY - hColorbarMoveTitle))
+        .attr('x', lx)
+        .attr('y', ly)
         .attr(isVertical ? 'width' : 'height', Math.max(outerThickness - hColorbarMoveTitle, 2))
         .attr(isVertical ? 'height' : 'width', Math.max(lenPx + extraW, 2))
         .call(Color.fill, bgcolor)
@@ -693,9 +703,14 @@ function drawColorBar(g, opts, gd) {
             'stroke-width': outlinewidth
         });
 
+        var xShift = ((isVertical ? xRatio * outerThickness : 0));
+        var yShift = ((isVertical ? 0 : (1 - yRatio) * outerThickness - moveY));
+        xShift = isPaperX ? gs.l - xShift : -xShift;
+        yShift = isPaperY ? gs.t - yShift : -yShift;
+
         g.attr('transform', strTranslate(
-            gs.l - (isVertical ? xRatio * outerThickness : 0),
-            gs.t - (isVertical ? 0 : (1 - yRatio) * outerThickness - moveY)
+            xShift,
+            yShift
         ));
 
         if(!isVertical && (
@@ -802,8 +817,30 @@ function drawColorBar(g, opts, gd) {
                 marginOpts.yb = optsY + thickness * bFrac;
             }
         }
+        var sideY = opts.y < 0.5 ? 'b' : 't';
+        var sideX = opts.x < 0.5 ? 'l' : 'r';
+
+        gd._fullLayout._reservedMargin[opts._id] = {};
+        var possibleReservedMargins = {
+            r: (fullLayout.width - lx - xShift),
+            l: lx + marginOpts.r,
+            b: (fullLayout.height - ly - yShift),
+            t: ly + marginOpts.b
+        };
 
-        Plots.autoMargin(gd, opts._id, marginOpts);
+        if(isPaperX && isPaperY) {
+            Plots.autoMargin(gd, opts._id, marginOpts);
+        } else if(isPaperX) {
+            gd._fullLayout._reservedMargin[opts._id][sideY] = possibleReservedMargins[sideY];
+        } else if(isPaperY) {
+            gd._fullLayout._reservedMargin[opts._id][sideX] = possibleReservedMargins[sideX];
+        } else {
+            if(isVertical) {
+                gd._fullLayout._reservedMargin[opts._id][sideX] = possibleReservedMargins[sideX];
+            } else {
+                gd._fullLayout._reservedMargin[opts._id][sideY] = possibleReservedMargins[sideY];
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     return Lib.syncOrAsync([

diff --git a/test/image/baselines/zz-container-colorbar.png b/test/image/baselines/zz-container-colorbar.png
diff --git a/test/image/mocks/zz-container-colorbar.json b/test/image/mocks/zz-container-colorbar.json
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+    "data": [
+        {
+            "colorbar": {
+                "orientation": "v",
+                "xref": "container",
+                "thickness": 10,
+                "ticks": "outside",
+                "bgcolor": "rgba(255,255,0,0.5)",
+                "borderwidth": 4,
+                "bordercolor": "gray",
+                "title": {
+                  "side": "top",
+                  "text": "Colorbar<br>title",
+                  "font": {
+                    "size": 16
+                  }
+                }
+            },
+            "z": [
+               [
+                  1,
+                  3,
+                  5
+               ],
+               [
+                  4,
+                  7,
+                  10
+               ],
+               [
+                  7,
+                  11,
+                  14
+               ]
+            ],
+            "type": "heatmap"
+        }
+    ],
+    "layout": {
+        "margin": {"l": 0, "r": 0, "t": 0, "b": 0},
+        "height": 300,
+        "width": 400,
+        "yaxis": {"automargin": true, "side": "right", "title": {"text": "Y-axis title"}},
+        "title": {"text": "Colorbar with `xref='container'`", "automargin": true}
+    }
+}
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		- Add `colorbar.xref` and `colorbar.yref` to enable container-referenced positioning for plot colorbars [[#6593](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/6593)], with thanks to [Gamma Technologies](https://www.gtisoft.com/) for sponsoring the related development.