Remove widget container after plotly widget view gets destroyed (#178)

Author: cpsievert

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ All notable changes to shinywidgets will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [UNRELEASED] - 2025-01-23
+
+* Fixed an issue with plotly graphs sometimes not getting fully removed from the DOM. (#178)
+
 ## [0.4.2] - 2024-12-18
 
 * Fixed an issue where `@render_widget` would sometimes incorrectly render a new widget without removing the old one. (#167)

js/src/output.ts

@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ Shiny.addCustomMessageHandler("shinywidgets_comm_close", async (msg_txt) => {
             // way to drop the resize event listener (see the diff in the link above)
             // https://github.com/posit-dev/py-shinywidgets/issues/166
             delete v.model;
+            // Ensure sure the lm-Widget container is also removed
+            v.remove();
           }
 
 

shinywidgets/__init__.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 __author__ = """Carson Sievert"""
 __email__ = "carson@posit.co"
-__version__ = "0.4.2"
+__version__ = "0.4.2.9000"
 
 from ._as_widget import as_widget
 from ._dependencies import bokeh_dependency