Nodal attributes do not display on network plot on hover

statnet / statnetWeb

A graphical user interface for network modeling with the 'statnet' software

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Nodal attributes do not display on network plot on hover #77

Closed martinamorris closed 4 years ago

martinamorris commented 4 years ago

can be reproduced using built-in net faux.mesa.high

netterie commented 4 years ago

Jeanette's replication of the problem

Installed R 4.0.2
Installed following packages using CRAN: shiny, ergm, sna, RColorBrewer, latticeExtra
Set working directory to statnetWeb/inst/shiny/statnetWeb
Launched with shiny::runApp()
In the Network Descriptives tab, an Interactive plot of faux.mesa.high makes the nodes BIGGER on hover but attribute name is not displayed:

In addition, before looking at the plot, just selecting faux.mesa.high gives this warning in the console:

martinamorris commented 4 years ago

Interesting, I don't get the node enlargement using Windows.

But I do get the warning/error in the console.

netterie commented 4 years ago

After browsing the code for a super long time, I realized that lines 1400 to 1418 specifically code the attributes to display UPON CLICK only when Interactive Plot is selected. Indeed, this works!

Whether or not coordinates could or should display on hover rather than click:

my low familiarity with this app and with network descriptives makes this a somewhat deeper question
let me move on to #78 for now - it's related, and by the time I fix it I should be able to answer this question more quickly!

martinamorris commented 4 years ago

Ok then, thanks for that. It works for me too when I select the interactive plot.

I didn't even notice that option, even though it was the very first choice up top...

Whether or not coordinates could or should display on hover rather than click

If by "coordinates" you mean nodal attributes, then display on click is fine. It might be helpful to come up some context specific help to let users know that when they switch to interactive plot that clicking the node brings up the attributes. Will file a (not urgent) issue for this specifically.

netterie commented 4 years ago

Great, I see the new issue you've opened. Yes, by "coordinates" I did actually mean nodal attributes!