holoviz / hvplot

A high-level plotting API for pandas, dask, xarray, and networkx built on HoloViews
https://hvplot.holoviz.org
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Change explorers default kind to scatter #886

Open MarcSkovMadsen opened 1 year ago

MarcSkovMadsen commented 1 year ago

Request

Change the explorers default kind from line to scatter.

A scatter point is a good first starting point. A line plot is for continuous data. That is what is written in the reference guides.

A line plot also depends on the order/ sort of the data.

So for a lot of data a line plot does not work. While a scatter plot sort of does. Its friction that the first thing you get is not useful, you have to figure out you need to select something else and then select it.

Line

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Scatter

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jbednar commented 1 year ago

Agreed; scatter is more universal.