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