Reuse SVG DOM elements for scatter traces

src/components/errorbars/plot.js

@@ -34,15 +34,24 @@ module.exports = function plot(traces, plotinfo) {
             trace.marker.maxdisplayed > 0
         );
 
+        var keyFunc;
+
+        if(trace.key) {
+            keyFunc = function(d) { return d.key; };
+        }
+
         if(!yObj.visible && !xObj.visible) return;
 
-        var errorbars = d3.select(this).selectAll('g.errorbar')
-            .data(Lib.identity);
+        var selection = d3.select(this).selectAll('g.errorbar');
 
-        errorbars.enter().append('g')
+        var join = selection.data(Lib.identity, keyFunc);
+
+        join.enter().append('g')
             .classed('errorbar', true);
 
-        errorbars.each(function(d) {
+        join.exit().remove();
+
+        join.each(function(d) {
             var errorbar = d3.select(this);
             var coords = errorCoords(d, xa, ya);
 

src/plots/cartesian/index.js

@@ -25,61 +25,74 @@ exports.attrRegex = constants.attrRegex;
 
 exports.attributes = require('./attributes');
 
-exports.plot = function(gd) {
+exports.plot = function(gd, traces) {
+    var cdSubplot, cd, trace, i, j, k, isFullReplot;
+
     var fullLayout = gd._fullLayout,
         subplots = Plots.getSubplotIds(fullLayout, 'cartesian'),
         calcdata = gd.calcdata,
         modules = fullLayout._modules;
 
-    function getCdSubplot(calcdata, subplot) {
-        var cdSubplot = [];
-
-        for(var i = 0; i < calcdata.length; i++) {
-            var cd = calcdata[i];
-            var trace = cd[0].trace;
-
-            if(trace.xaxis + trace.yaxis === subplot) {
-                cdSubplot.push(cd);
-            }
-        }
-
-        return cdSubplot;
+    if (!Array.isArray(traces)) {
+      // If traces is not provided, then it's a complete replot and missing
+      // traces are removed
+      isFullReplot = true;
+      traces = [];
+      for (i = 0; i < calcdata.length; i++) {
+        traces.push(i);
+      }
+    } else {
+      // If traces are explicitly specified, then it's a partial replot and
+      // traces are not removed.
+      isFullReplot = false;
     }
 
-    function getCdModule(cdSubplot, _module) {
-        var cdModule = [];
+    for(var i = 0; i < subplots.length; i++) {
+        var subplot = subplots[i],
+            subplotInfo = fullLayout._plots[subplot];
 
-        for(var i = 0; i < cdSubplot.length; i++) {
-            var cd = cdSubplot[i];
+        // Get all calcdata for this subplot:
+        cdSubplot = [];
+        for(j = 0; j < calcdata.length; j++) {
+            var cd = calcdata[j];
             var trace = cd[0].trace;
 
-            if((trace._module === _module) && (trace.visible === true)) {
-                cdModule.push(cd);
+            // Skip trace if whitelist provided and it's not whitelisted:
+            // if (Array.isArray(traces) && traces.indexOf(i) === -1) continue;
+
+            if(trace.xaxis + trace.yaxis === subplot && traces.indexOf(trace.index) !== -1) {
+                cdSubplot.push(cd);
             }
         }
 
-        return cdModule;
-    }
-
-    for(var i = 0; i < subplots.length; i++) {
-        var subplot = subplots[i],
-            subplotInfo = fullLayout._plots[subplot],
-            cdSubplot = getCdSubplot(calcdata, subplot);
-
         // remove old traces, then redraw everything
-        // TODO: use enter/exit appropriately in the plot functions
-        // so we don't need this - should sometimes be a big speedup
-        if(subplotInfo.plot) subplotInfo.plot.selectAll('g.trace').remove();
+        // TODO: scatterlayer is manually excluded from this since it knows how
+        // to update instead of fully removing and redrawing every time. The
+        // remaining plot traces should also be able to do this. Once implemented,
+        // we won't need this - which should sometimes be a big speedup.
+        if(subplotInfo.plot) {
+            subplotInfo.plot.selectAll('g:not(.scatterlayer)').selectAll('g.trace').remove();
+        }
 
-        for(var j = 0; j < modules.length; j++) {
+        // Plot all traces for each module at once:
+        for(j = 0; j < modules.length; j++) {
             var _module = modules[j];
 
             // skip over non-cartesian trace modules
             if(_module.basePlotModule.name !== 'cartesian') continue;
 
             // plot all traces of this type on this subplot at once
-            var cdModule = getCdModule(cdSubplot, _module);
-            _module.plot(gd, subplotInfo, cdModule);
+            var cdModule = [];
+            for(k = 0; k < cdSubplot.length; k++) {
+                var cd = cdSubplot[k];
+                var trace = cd[0].trace;
+
+                if((trace._module === _module) && (trace.visible === true)) {
+                    cdModule.push(cd);
+                }
+            }
+
+            _module.plot(gd, subplotInfo, cdModule, isFullReplot);
         }
     }
 };

src/plots/plots.js

@@ -587,7 +587,8 @@ plots.cleanPlot = function(newFullData, newFullLayout, oldFullData, oldFullLayou
             oldFullLayout._paper.selectAll(
                 '.hm' + oldUid +
                 ',.contour' + oldUid +
-                ',#clip' + oldUid
+                ',#clip' + oldUid +
+                ',.trace' + oldUid
             ).remove();
         }
 

src/traces/scatter/link_traces.js

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/**
+* Copyright 2012-2016, 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 Plots = require('../../plots/plots');
+
+module.exports = function linkTraces(gd, plotinfo, cdscatter) {
+    var i, cd, trace;
+    var xa = plotinfo.x();
+    var ya = plotinfo.y();
+
+    var prevtrace = null;
+
+    for(i = 0; i < cdscatter.length; ++i) {
+        cd = cdscatter[i];
+        trace = cd[0].trace;
+
+        // console.log('visible:', trace.uid, trace.visible);
+        if(trace.visible === true && Plots.traceIs(trace, 'cartesian') &&
+            trace.xaxis === xa._id &&
+            trace.yaxis === ya._id) {
+
+            trace._nexttrace = null;
+
+            if(['tonextx', 'tonexty', 'tonext'].indexOf(trace.fill) !== -1) {
+                trace._prevtrace = prevtrace;
+
+                if(prevtrace) {
+                    prevtrace._nexttrace = trace;
+                }
+            }
+
+            prevtrace = trace;
+        } else {
+            trace._prevtrace = trace._nexttrace = null;
+        }
+    }
+};