Add auto text positioning for scatter traces - #8065

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Commits on Sep 21, 2026

Add *auto* textposition to scatter traces
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Give clustered labels a leader line in *auto* textposition
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Keep *auto* leader lines off neighboring markers
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Judge *auto* label ambiguity by the label, not the point
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Measure *auto* label ambiguity as a distance of one font size
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Place *auto* labels by their measured box
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Set the corner reach of *auto* labels from the marker symbol
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Cover more cases in the *auto* textposition mock
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Hide *auto* labels of points outside the plot area
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Use a twelve-point clock as the cluster in the *auto* textposition mock
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Add placement benchmarks to the *auto* textposition mock
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Try *auto* label positions in the direction away from nearby markers
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Add a real-world mock for *auto* textposition
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Drop dead code from the *auto* textposition placement
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Add a dense time-series mock for *auto* textposition
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Keep *auto* labels off the line of a lines+text trace
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Document what *auto* text placement does not avoid
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Name the draftlog after the pull request
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Point the draftlog at pull request 8065
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Commits on Sep 22, 2026

Keep *auto* out of the map textposition attributes
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Handle MathJax labels and animated leader lines in *auto* textposition
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Move the label placement engine into Lib.placeLabels
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Add textpriority to order the *auto* text placement
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Keep an *auto* label in place across a pan or zoom while it is free
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Keep the leader line of an *auto* label across a pan too
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