Different plots when using `Observable`

[DylanMMarques]

Hello,

The axes are not permuted and reordered when plotting Observable{DimArray} creating different plots when using Observable. Also, the axes label are not displayed.

using DimensionalData, CairoMakie
dimarray = rand(Y(3), X(7))
fig, ax, plt = series(dimarray)
series(fig[1,2], Observable(dimarray))

Probably related with #724

[rafaqz]

I didn't know that dispatch was even a thing in Makie, doesn't it need to be series! ? We are modifying an existing object...

[felixcremer]

This might be a dispatch that I did not catch in #743. Does this with a normal array?

[felixcremer]

Can you try an Axis as first argument?

[DylanMMarques]

series! would require a axis. series creates an axis in fig[1,2]

As far as I am aware, the code I posted above is equivalent to:

using DimensionalData, CairoMakie
dimarray = rand(Y(3), X(7))
fig, ax, plt = series(dimarray)
ax2 = Axis(fig[1,2])
series!(ax2, Observable(dimarray))
fig 

Yes, it does work with a normal array both using series and series! (not sure if this is what you were asking):

array = rand(3, 7)
fig, ax, plt = series(array)
ax2 = Axis(fig[1,2])
series!(ax2, Observable(array))
fig 

[rafaqz]

I'm saying series without ! may work, but it shouldn't ;)

Also wondering if this is a Makie bug.

@asinghvi17 should Makie conversions always happen to the contents of an observable too?

[asinghvi17]

Yes always, if they don't it's because we override the plot functions...

[asinghvi17]

Yes always, if they don't it's because we override the plot functions...

[felixcremer]

The problem seems to be specific to series because with plot I get the same plot from an Observable and from a plain DimArray. The only thing is, that the plot! function does not add the labels, because they are set on the Axis I think. But the dimension lookup is used.

With the Observable it is using a fallback method in MakieCore and takes the dimarray as a normal array.

[asinghvi17]

With the Observable it is using a fallback method in MakieCore and takes the dimarray as a normal array.

This should never be the case. I wonder if we're missing a convert for series...