Add call to updatePlot in componentWillReceiveProps

Author: VeraZab

src/components/fields/TraceSelector.js

@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ class TraceSelector extends Component {
   }
 
   componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps, nextContext) {
+    if (
+      !nextProps.container.type ||
+      (nextProps.container.type === 'scatter' && !nextProps.container.mode)
+    ) {
+      this.updatePlot({type: 'scatter', mode: 'lines+markers'});
+    }
     this.setLocals(nextProps, nextContext);
   }
 

src/lib/customTraceType.js

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ export function plotlyTraceToCustomTrace(trace) {
     (!trace.mode || trace.mode === 'lines' || trace.mode === 'lines+markers')
   ) {
     return 'line';
+  } else if (!trace.type) {
+    return 'line';
   }
   return trace.type;
 }