Hide Plotly Bar (and other config items)

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I’m asking/answering my own question here so others can learn. If you want to hide or remove some buttons from a Plotly plot this can only be accessed on the fig.show() method like so (this removes the Plotly modebar completely):

fig.show(config=dict(displayModeBar=False))

But in Anvil figures are shown automatically! So how are we supposed to change these config items? Well there is a conveniently accessible config dict available to you. The usage of which isn’t immediately obvious. To change config options you simply update the dict as you would any other Python dict. A la:

self.plot_name.config['displayModeBar'] = False

And there you go, you can tweak your config! Keep in mind this will have to be done for each chart.

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Solved. But putting here for others who like to Google.

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thank you so much - just tried to figure out (took 2 hours - no solve) than found you post!

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Hi there.
Sorry for reviving a 3 years old post …

However, the given solution seems to not work when using the following approach :

Creating a plotly express figure server side, and return this figure object in the client and do the following :

fig = anvil.server.call('create_plotly_express_figure')
self.plot_component.figure = fig
# then trying to hide the modebar doesnt work
self.plot_component.config['displayModeBar'] = False

If anyone knows how to do it with plotly express … I would love to read your solution !

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This one is marked as solved. To give your new question the visibility it deserves, you’re probably better off starting a new (unsolved) topic instead.

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