How to display ipyleaflet map when rendering to pdf?

[mana-ma]

Description

Hello!

When I try to render a leaflet map using python and ipyleaflet the map doesn't displayed on the pdf. In html it works fine.

When using r and the knitr engine I can get the map displayed on a pdf.

Is there some trick to display the map on the pdf using ipyleaflet or is it simply not possible atm?

---
title: "Untitled"
format: pdf
execute:
  echo: false
  warning: false
---

```{python}

from ipyleaflet import Map


# Create a map
m = Map(center=[48.782121, 9.181676], zoom=7.8)
m
```

[cscheid]

The behavior you're seeing happens because ipyleaflet doesn't have code to handle PDF rendering as an image. The Python and R libraries are different pieces of code; you can't assume that the behavior in one will be replicated in the other.

So I think the answer is that you're right: it's not possible currently. If my diagnosis is correct, this needs changes in the ipyleaflet library itself.

[mana-ma]

Thanks!

I think the r leaflet library doesn't either but the knitr engine takes a screenshot of the output and pastes it.

[cscheid]

Ah, thank you for the clarification. In that case, the difference is the behavior of engine: knitr and engine: jupyter; they are different pieces of code as well.

We'd like to support transparent screenshotting of this way in engine: jupyter, but we haven't done that yet.