Suppress default text in tooltip using plot_ly

Question

With plot_ly(), I am able to add what I want in the tool tip, but I don't manage to get rid of the default value. Is there way to do this ?

In the example below, for the first point, the tooltip is "250 company1". I would like to get only "company1". I have a solution using ggplot2 and then ggplotly() with the tooltip option, but I would rather remain with plotly only.

require(plotly)

seq <- 1:10
name <- c(paste0("company",1:10))
value <- c(250,125,50,40,40,30,20,20,10,10)
d <- data.frame(seq,name,value)
plot_ly(data=d,x=seq,y=value,text=name)

Answer 1

You need the hoverinfo parameter for plot_ly:

seq <- 1:10
name <- c(paste0("company",1:10))
value <- c(250,125,50,40,40,30,20,20,10,10)
d <- data.frame(seq,name,value)
plot_ly(data=d,x=seq,y=value,text=name,hoverinfo="text")

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