There are two main ways to do this (using either data or ‘paper’ coordinates). Assuming data coordinates, the easiest current way is via add_segments():
plot_ly() %>%
add_segments(x = 4, xend = 4, y = 0, yend = 10) %>%
add_segments(x = 3, xend = 5, y = 5, yend = 5)
Notice how we’ve hard coded the extent of these lines in data coordinates; so when zooming and panning the plot, the line will be “clipped” at those values. If you don’t want these lines to be clipped, use a line shape with xref/yref set to paper (this puts the graph region on a 0-1 scale, rather than on the x/y data scale):
vline <- function(x = 0, color = "red") {
list(
type = "line",
y0 = 0,
y1 = 1,
yref = "paper",
x0 = x,
x1 = x,
line = list(color = color)
)
}
hline <- function(y = 0, color = "blue") {
list(
type = "line",
x0 = 0,
x1 = 1,
xref = "paper",
y0 = y,
y1 = y,
line = list(color = color)
)
}
plot_ly() %>%
layout(shapes = list(vline(4), hline(5)))
