Single and multi arguments

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Plotly.js has many properties that can be either a single value or a collection of values.

In Plotly.NET, this is modelled by 2 arguments in the constructors:

  • The "single value version" (e.g. Opacity) that sets one value in the target property
  • The "multi value version" (e.g. MultiOpacity) that sets a collection of values in the target property

Multi-arguments always have precedence over single arguments, meaning setting both will always set the multi version

Here is an example for bar charts:

open Plotly.NET

let bar1 =
    Chart.Bar(
        keysValues = [ "first", 1; "second", 2; "third", 3 ],
        MarkerColor =
            Color.fromColors
                [ // one color for each individual bar
                  Color.fromKeyword Salmon
                  Color.fromKeyword SteelBlue
                  Color.fromKeyword Azure ],
        MultiMarkerPatternShape =
            [ // individual pattern shape for each bar
              StyleParam.PatternShape.DiagonalAscending
              StyleParam.PatternShape.Dots
              StyleParam.PatternShape.HorizontalLines ],
        Opacity = 0.75, // opacity for the whole trace
        MultiText =
            [ // individual text associated with each bar
              "first bar"
              "second bar"
              "third bar" ],
        TextPosition = StyleParam.TextPosition.Inside // Textposition for every text item associated with this trace
    )

Here is the exact opposite chart to the above, with single values for multi and vice versa

let bar2 =
    Chart.Bar(
        keysValues = [ "first", 1; "second", 2; "third", 3 ],
        MarkerColor = Color.fromKeyword Salmon, // one color for every bar
        MarkerPatternShape = StyleParam.PatternShape.DiagonalAscending, // one pattern shape for the whole trace
        MultiOpacity = [ 0.75; 0.5; 0.25 ], //Different opacity for each bar
        Text = "its a bar", // one text item for the whole trace
        MultiTextPosition =
            [ // Textposition for every individual text item associated with this trace
              StyleParam.TextPosition.Outside
              StyleParam.TextPosition.Outside
              StyleParam.TextPosition.Inside ]
    )
namespace Plotly
namespace Plotly.NET
module Defaults from Plotly.NET
<summary> Contains mutable global default values. Changing these values will apply the default values to all consecutive Chart generations. </summary>
val mutable DefaultDisplayOptions: DisplayOptions
Multiple items
type DisplayOptions = inherit DynamicObj new: unit -> DisplayOptions static member addAdditionalHeadTags: additionalHeadTags: XmlNode list -> (DisplayOptions -> DisplayOptions) static member addDescription: description: XmlNode list -> (DisplayOptions -> DisplayOptions) static member combine: first: DisplayOptions -> second: DisplayOptions -> DisplayOptions static member getAdditionalHeadTags: displayOpts: DisplayOptions -> XmlNode list static member getDescription: displayOpts: DisplayOptions -> XmlNode list static member getPlotlyReference: displayOpts: DisplayOptions -> PlotlyJSReference static member init: ?AdditionalHeadTags: XmlNode list * ?Description: XmlNode list * ?PlotlyJSReference: PlotlyJSReference -> DisplayOptions static member initCDNOnly: unit -> DisplayOptions ...

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new: unit -> DisplayOptions
static member DisplayOptions.init: ?AdditionalHeadTags: Giraffe.ViewEngine.HtmlElements.XmlNode list * ?Description: Giraffe.ViewEngine.HtmlElements.XmlNode list * ?PlotlyJSReference: PlotlyJSReference -> DisplayOptions
type PlotlyJSReference = | CDN of string | Full | Require of string | NoReference
<summary> Sets how plotly is referenced in the head of html docs. </summary>
union case PlotlyJSReference.NoReference: PlotlyJSReference
val bar1: GenericChart.GenericChart
type Chart = static member AnnotatedHeatmap: zData: seq<#seq<'a1>> * annotationText: seq<#seq<string>> * ?Name: string * ?ShowLegend: bool * ?Opacity: float * ?X: seq<'a3> * ?MultiX: seq<seq<'a3>> * ?XGap: int * ?Y: seq<'a4> * ?MultiY: seq<seq<'a4>> * ?YGap: int * ?Text: 'a5 * ?MultiText: seq<'a5> * ?ColorBar: ColorBar * ?ColorScale: Colorscale * ?ShowScale: bool * ?ReverseScale: bool * ?ZSmooth: SmoothAlg * ?Transpose: bool * ?UseWebGL: bool * ?ReverseYAxis: bool * ?UseDefaults: bool -> GenericChart (requires 'a1 :> IConvertible and 'a3 :> IConvertible and 'a4 :> IConvertible and 'a5 :> IConvertible) + 1 overload static member Area: x: seq<#IConvertible> * y: seq<#IConvertible> * ?ShowMarkers: bool * ?Name: string * ?ShowLegend: bool * ?Opacity: float * ?MultiOpacity: seq<float> * ?Text: 'a2 * ?MultiText: seq<'a2> * ?TextPosition: TextPosition * ?MultiTextPosition: seq<TextPosition> * ?MarkerColor: Color * ?MarkerColorScale: Colorscale * ?MarkerOutline: Line * ?MarkerSymbol: MarkerSymbol * ?MultiMarkerSymbol: seq<MarkerSymbol> * ?Marker: Marker * ?LineColor: Color * ?LineColorScale: Colorscale * ?LineWidth: float * ?LineDash: DrawingStyle * ?Line: Line * ?AlignmentGroup: string * ?OffsetGroup: string * ?StackGroup: string * ?Orientation: Orientation * ?GroupNorm: GroupNorm * ?FillColor: Color * ?FillPatternShape: PatternShape * ?FillPattern: Pattern * ?UseWebGL: bool * ?UseDefaults: bool -> GenericChart (requires 'a2 :> IConvertible) + 1 overload static member Bar: values: seq<#IConvertible> * ?Keys: seq<'a1> * ?MultiKeys: seq<seq<'a1>> * ?Name: string * ?ShowLegend: bool * ?Opacity: float * ?MultiOpacity: seq<float> * ?Text: 'a2 * ?MultiText: seq<'a2> * ?MarkerColor: Color * ?MarkerColorScale: Colorscale * ?MarkerOutline: Line * ?MarkerPatternShape: PatternShape * ?MultiMarkerPatternShape: seq<PatternShape> * ?MarkerPattern: Pattern * ?Marker: Marker * ?Base: #IConvertible * ?Width: 'a4 * ?MultiWidth: seq<'a4> * ?TextPosition: TextPosition * ?MultiTextPosition: seq<TextPosition> * ?UseDefaults: bool -> GenericChart (requires 'a1 :> IConvertible and 'a2 :> IConvertible and 'a4 :> IConvertible) + 1 overload static member BoxPlot: ?X: seq<'a0> * ?MultiX: seq<seq<'a0>> * ?Y: seq<'a1> * ?MultiY: seq<seq<'a1>> * ?Name: string * ?ShowLegend: bool * ?Text: 'a2 * ?MultiText: seq<'a2> * ?FillColor: Color * ?MarkerColor: Color * ?Marker: Marker * ?Opacity: float * ?WhiskerWidth: float * ?BoxPoints: BoxPoints * ?BoxMean: BoxMean * ?Jitter: float * ?PointPos: float * ?Orientation: Orientation * ?OutlineColor: Color * ?OutlineWidth: float * ?Outline: Line * ?AlignmentGroup: string * ?OffsetGroup: string * ?Notched: bool * ?NotchWidth: float * ?QuartileMethod: QuartileMethod * ?UseDefaults: bool -> GenericChart (requires 'a0 :> IConvertible and 'a1 :> IConvertible and 'a2 :> IConvertible) + 2 overloads static member Bubble: x: seq<#IConvertible> * y: seq<#IConvertible> * sizes: seq<int> * ?Name: string * ?ShowLegend: bool * ?Opacity: float * ?MultiOpacity: seq<float> * ?Text: 'a2 * ?MultiText: seq<'a2> * ?TextPosition: TextPosition * ?MultiTextPosition: seq<TextPosition> * ?MarkerColor: Color * ?MarkerColorScale: Colorscale * ?MarkerOutline: Line * ?MarkerSymbol: MarkerSymbol * ?MultiMarkerSymbol: seq<MarkerSymbol> * ?Marker: Marker * ?LineColor: Color * ?LineColorScale: Colorscale * ?LineWidth: float * ?LineDash: DrawingStyle * ?Line: Line * ?AlignmentGroup: string * ?OffsetGroup: string * ?StackGroup: string * ?Orientation: Orientation * ?GroupNorm: GroupNorm * ?UseWebGL: bool * ?UseDefaults: bool -> GenericChart (requires 'a2 :> IConvertible) + 1 overload static member Candlestick: ``open`` : seq<#IConvertible> * high: seq<#IConvertible> * low: seq<#IConvertible> * close: seq<#IConvertible> * ?X: seq<'a4> * ?MultiX: seq<seq<'a4>> * ?Name: string * ?ShowLegend: bool * ?Opacity: float * ?Text: 'a5 * ?MultiText: seq<'a5> * ?Line: Line * ?IncreasingColor: Color * ?Increasing: FinanceMarker * ?DecreasingColor: Color * ?Decreasing: FinanceMarker * ?WhiskerWidth: float * ?ShowXAxisRangeSlider: bool * ?UseDefaults: bool -> GenericChart (requires 'a4 :> IConvertible and 'a5 :> IConvertible) + 2 overloads static member Column: values: seq<#IConvertible> * ?Keys: seq<'a1> * ?MultiKeys: seq<seq<'a1>> * ?Name: string * ?ShowLegend: bool * ?Opacity: float * ?MultiOpacity: seq<float> * ?Text: 'a2 * ?MultiText: seq<'a2> * ?MarkerColor: Color * ?MarkerColorScale: Colorscale * ?MarkerOutline: Line * ?MarkerPatternShape: PatternShape * ?MultiMarkerPatternShape: seq<PatternShape> * ?MarkerPattern: Pattern * ?Marker: Marker * ?Base: #IConvertible * ?Width: 'a4 * ?MultiWidth: seq<'a4> * ?TextPosition: TextPosition * ?MultiTextPosition: seq<TextPosition> * ?UseDefaults: bool -> GenericChart (requires 'a1 :> IConvertible and 'a2 :> IConvertible and 'a4 :> IConvertible) + 1 overload static member Contour: zData: seq<#seq<'a1>> * ?Name: string * ?ShowLegend: bool * ?Opacity: float * ?X: seq<'a2> * ?MultiX: seq<seq<'a2>> * ?Y: seq<'a3> * ?MultiY: seq<seq<'a3>> * ?Text: 'a4 * ?MultiText: seq<'a4> * ?ColorBar: ColorBar * ?ColorScale: Colorscale * ?ShowScale: bool * ?ReverseScale: bool * ?Transpose: bool * ?ContourLineColor: Color * ?ContourLineDash: DrawingStyle * ?ContourLineSmoothing: float * ?ContourLine: Line * ?ContoursColoring: ContourColoring * ?ContoursOperation: ConstraintOperation * ?ContoursType: ContourType * ?ShowContourLabels: bool * ?ContourLabelFont: Font * ?Contours: Contours * ?FillColor: Color * ?NContours: int * ?UseDefaults: bool -> GenericChart (requires 'a1 :> IConvertible and 'a2 :> IConvertible and 'a3 :> IConvertible and 'a4 :> IConvertible) static member Funnel: x: seq<#IConvertible> * y: seq<#IConvertible> * ?Name: string * ?ShowLegend: bool * ?Opacity: float * ?Width: float * ?Offset: float * ?Text: 'a2 * ?MultiText: seq<'a2> * ?TextPosition: TextPosition * ?MultiTextPosition: seq<TextPosition> * ?Orientation: Orientation * ?AlignmentGroup: string * ?OffsetGroup: string * ?MarkerColor: Color * ?MarkerOutline: Line * ?Marker: Marker * ?TextInfo: TextInfo * ?ConnectorLineColor: Color * ?ConnectorLineStyle: DrawingStyle * ?ConnectorFillColor: Color * ?ConnectorLine: Line * ?Connector: FunnelConnector * ?InsideTextFont: Font * ?OutsideTextFont: Font * ?UseDefaults: bool -> GenericChart (requires 'a2 :> IConvertible) static member Heatmap: zData: seq<#seq<'a1>> * ?X: seq<'a2> * ?MultiX: seq<seq<'a2>> * ?Y: seq<'a3> * ?MultiY: seq<seq<'a3>> * ?Name: string * ?ShowLegend: bool * ?Opacity: float * ?XGap: int * ?YGap: int * ?Text: 'a4 * ?MultiText: seq<'a4> * ?ColorBar: ColorBar * ?ColorScale: Colorscale * ?ShowScale: bool * ?ReverseScale: bool * ?ZSmooth: SmoothAlg * ?Transpose: bool * ?UseWebGL: bool * ?ReverseYAxis: bool * ?UseDefaults: bool -> GenericChart (requires 'a1 :> IConvertible and 'a2 :> IConvertible and 'a3 :> IConvertible and 'a4 :> IConvertible) + 1 overload ...
static member Chart.Bar: keysValues: seq<#System.IConvertible * #System.IConvertible> * ?Name: string * ?ShowLegend: bool * ?Opacity: float * ?MultiOpacity: seq<float> * ?Text: 'c * ?MultiText: seq<'c> * ?MarkerColor: Color * ?MarkerColorScale: StyleParam.Colorscale * ?MarkerOutline: Line * ?MarkerPatternShape: StyleParam.PatternShape * ?MultiMarkerPatternShape: seq<StyleParam.PatternShape> * ?MarkerPattern: TraceObjects.Pattern * ?Marker: TraceObjects.Marker * ?Base: #System.IConvertible * ?Width: 'e * ?MultiWidth: seq<'e> * ?TextPosition: StyleParam.TextPosition * ?MultiTextPosition: seq<StyleParam.TextPosition> * ?UseDefaults: bool -> GenericChart.GenericChart (requires 'c :> System.IConvertible and 'e :> System.IConvertible)
static member Chart.Bar: values: seq<#System.IConvertible> * ?Keys: seq<'a1> * ?MultiKeys: seq<seq<'a1>> * ?Name: string * ?ShowLegend: bool * ?Opacity: float * ?MultiOpacity: seq<float> * ?Text: 'a2 * ?MultiText: seq<'a2> * ?MarkerColor: Color * ?MarkerColorScale: StyleParam.Colorscale * ?MarkerOutline: Line * ?MarkerPatternShape: StyleParam.PatternShape * ?MultiMarkerPatternShape: seq<StyleParam.PatternShape> * ?MarkerPattern: TraceObjects.Pattern * ?Marker: TraceObjects.Marker * ?Base: #System.IConvertible * ?Width: 'a4 * ?MultiWidth: seq<'a4> * ?TextPosition: StyleParam.TextPosition * ?MultiTextPosition: seq<StyleParam.TextPosition> * ?UseDefaults: bool -> GenericChart.GenericChart (requires 'a1 :> System.IConvertible and 'a2 :> System.IConvertible and 'a4 :> System.IConvertible)
type Color = override Equals: other: obj -> bool override GetHashCode: unit -> int static member fromARGB: a: int -> r: int -> g: int -> b: int -> Color static member fromColorScaleValues: c: seq<#IConvertible> -> Color static member fromColors: c: seq<Color> -> Color static member fromHex: s: string -> Color static member fromKeyword: c: ColorKeyword -> Color static member fromRGB: r: int -> g: int -> b: int -> Color static member fromString: c: string -> Color member Value: obj
<summary> Plotly color can be a single color, a sequence of colors, or a sequence of numeric values referencing the color of the colorscale obj </summary>
static member Color.fromColors: c: seq<Color> -> Color
static member Color.fromKeyword: c: ColorKeyword -> Color
union case ColorKeyword.Salmon: ColorKeyword
union case ColorKeyword.SteelBlue: ColorKeyword
union case ColorKeyword.Azure: ColorKeyword
module StyleParam from Plotly.NET
type PatternShape = | None | DiagonalDescending | DiagonalAscending | DiagonalChecked | HorizontalLines | VerticalLines | Checked | Dots member Convert: unit -> obj override ToString: unit -> string static member convert: (PatternShape -> obj) static member toString: (PatternShape -> string)
union case StyleParam.PatternShape.DiagonalAscending: StyleParam.PatternShape
union case StyleParam.PatternShape.Dots: StyleParam.PatternShape
union case StyleParam.PatternShape.HorizontalLines: StyleParam.PatternShape
type TextPosition = | TopLeft | TopCenter | TopRight | MiddleLeft | MiddleCenter | MiddleRight | BottomLeft | BottomCenter | BottomRight | Auto ... member Convert: unit -> obj override ToString: unit -> string static member convert: (TextPosition -> obj) static member toString: (TextPosition -> string)
<summary> Sets the positions of the `text` elements. Note that not all options work for every type of trace, e.g. Pie Charts only support "inside" | "outside" | "auto" | "none" - Cartesian plots: Sets the positions of the `text` elements with respects to the (x,y) coordinates. - Pie Charts and derivatives: Specifies the location of the text with respects to the sector. </summary>
union case StyleParam.TextPosition.Inside: StyleParam.TextPosition
module GenericChart from Plotly.NET
<summary> Module to represent a GenericChart </summary>
val toChartHTML: gChart: GenericChart.GenericChart -> string
val bar2: GenericChart.GenericChart
union case StyleParam.TextPosition.Outside: StyleParam.TextPosition