Merge pull request #2439 from plotly/bug_2437

Don't disable validation when constructing FigureWidget's template.

Author: nicolaskruchten

packages/python/plotly/plotly/basedatatypes.py

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class BaseFigure(object):
     }
 
     _set_trace_uid = False
+    _allow_disable_validation = True
 
     # Constructor
     # -----------
@@ -1947,7 +1948,8 @@ def _initialize_layout_template(self):
         if self._layout_obj._props.get("template", None) is None:
             if pio.templates.default is not None:
                 # Assume default template is already validated
-                self._layout_obj._validate = False
+                if self._allow_disable_validation:
+                    self._layout_obj._validate = False
                 try:
                     template_dict = pio.templates[pio.templates.default]
                     self._layout_obj.template = template_dict

packages/python/plotly/plotly/basewidget.py

@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ class BaseFigureWidget(BaseFigure, widgets.DOMWidget):
     _last_trace_edit_id = Integer(0).tag(sync=True)
 
     _set_trace_uid = True
+    _allow_disable_validation = False
 
     # Constructor
     # -----------