Popup attribute of a layer is not a popup instance

[martinRenou]

The popup attribute of a Layer is not a Popup instance, it's created in the frontend, which means that we cannot control the popup attributes from the backend (close_button, max_width, min_width, class_name...). We can only control the content of the popup from the backend.

[afonit]

I just ran into this when I was adding bqplot into the popup.

Here is an example:

import ipyleaflet as ipyl
import bqplot as bq
import random

random.seed(10)

####################
# build the map
####################

center = (33.8, -84.2)
m = ipyl.Map(center=center, zoom=9)
m.layout.height = '700px'

####################
# add rect
####################

rect = ipyl.Rectangle(
    bounds=((33.92450383333333, -84.3598925), (34.013317, -84.25771166666667)),
    fill_color = 'red',
)

m.add_layer(rect)

####################
# buld plot for popup
####################

countof = [random.randint(1, 100) for i in range(100)]
x_values_int = [x for x in range(len(countof))]

x_vals = x_values_int
y_vals = countof

x_scale = bq.LinearScale()
y_scale = bq.LinearScale()

ax_x = bq.Axis(
    scale=x_scale,
    grid_lines='none',
    visible=False,
)

ax_y = bq.Axis(
    scale=y_scale,
    orientation='vertical',
    grid_lines='none',
    visible=False,
)

bars = bq.Bars(
    x=x_vals,
    y=y_vals,
    colors=['red'],
    scales={'x': x_scale, 'y': y_scale},
)


base_plot = bq.Figure(marks=[bars], axes=[ax_x, ax_y])
base_plot.title = """some title"""
base_plot.layout.height = '300px'
base_plot.layout.width = '600px'

rect.popup = base_plot

m

Screenshot:

I have tried things such as:

rect.popup.min_width = 800
rect.popup.max_width = 900

Then I can inspect

rect.popup.min_width

and the value shows 800, so it is being stored.

I see this ticket is from 2018 - so I am not sure if there is a workaround that I have missed or if anyone has any ideas of how to control the popup width.