Select/Copy Plotly Hovertext

Question

Is there a way to lock hovertext in place when I click a datapoint? I would like to be able to click and HTML hyperlink in the text, or copy a key from the text into another system.

Answer 1

I don't think there is a plotly native way to do so. But if you use jupyter notebooks, you can get the text using inspect mode.

1. open inspect mode (in chrome, right click + inspect).
2. click on your point of interest in plot
3. cmd+f or ctrl+f to search in HTML code.
4. search for hovertext

You will find the text there.