Re: ListLinePlot and Tooltip
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- Subject: [mg91275] Re: ListLinePlot and Tooltip
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:39:09 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- References: <g7rik4$ia0$1@smc.vnet.net>
dkr wrote: > Start with a simple plot: > > (1) ListLinePlot[{{{1, 1}, {2, 2}}}] (We get the expected result.) > > Now just add tooltips to the two points of the curve: > > (2) ListLinePlot[{{Tooltip[{1, 1}], Tooltip[{2, 2}]}}] (A pair of > axes are drawn but no curve.) > > Next add a third point to the list, also with Tooltip: > > (3) ListLinePlot[{{Tooltip[{1, 1}], Tooltip[{2, 2}], > Tooltip[{3, 2.5}]}}] (Now we get the curve drawn correctly.) > > Next take (1) and add a second curve: > > (4) ListLinePlot[{{{1, 1}, {2, 2}}, {{1, 1.5}, {2, 2.5}}}] (We get > both curves drawn as expected.) > > Next add Tooltips to the points on the second curve: > > (5) ListLinePlot[{{{1, 1}, {2, 2}}, {Tooltip[{1, 1.5}], > Tooltip[{2, 2.5}]}}] (Neither curve is drawn.) > > In these examples, whenever we have a curve with exactly two points > and Tooltips (see (2) and (5)), ListLinePlot does not draw the curves. > Removing the Tooltips (see (1) and (4)) or just adding a third point > (see (3)) restores the drawing of the curves. Can anyone explain why? A short explanation could be, "A bug." > Mathematica 6.0.1 on OS10.5.2 Same behavior on my system 64-bit Intel Core 2 Duo Mac OS X Leopard 1.5.4 Mathematica 6.0.3. Regards, -- Jean-Marc