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Superset Dev d1a7c9e82f fix(plugin-chart-country-map): control-panel UX — validators, dynamic choices, visibility
Four UX bugs reported on the new country map chart:

1. **"Country: cannot be empty" stuck on the Data tab even at Admin 0.**
   The Country control had a hard `validators: [validateNonEmpty]`, but
   it's only rendered (and only meaningful) when admin_level != 0 and no
   composite is set. The validator was firing for the hidden empty value
   and trapped the user — the Update Chart button was permanently
   disabled with no visible control to satisfy. Switched to a dynamic
   validator via mapStateToProps so it only fires when the field is
   actually needed.

2. **"Aggregated regions" threw TypeError: t.map is not a function.**
   The region_set control used `choices: ({ controls }) => ...`, but
   SelectControl's `choices` must be a literal array. Moved the
   country-dependent choice computation into `mapStateToProps` (same
   pattern other plugins use).

3. **Composite map always visible and "sticky" overriding admin_level.**
   At Admin 0 (world choropleth) the composite override produced a map
   that didn't change when you toggled admin_level. Hidden composite
   control at Admin 0 entirely, and hidden it whenever the build
   pipeline didn't emit any composites — leaves room for future
   per-country scoping (e.g. only show france_overseas when country=FRA).

4. **Show flying islands checkbox was a no-op.** The build pipeline
   doesn't currently tag features as flying, so the runtime drop logic
   had nothing to act on. Removed from the control set rather than ship
   a misleading control; a single line brings it back once the build
   tags features.

Tests updated to cover all four behaviors.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-13 09:29:03 -07:00
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@superset-ui/plugin-chart-country-map

Modern country/region choropleth chart for Apache Superset. Replaces legacy-plugin-chart-country-map.

Status

🚧 Work in progress — see SIP_DRAFT.md in this directory for the full design rationale and implementation phases. This plugin lives in the same PR as the build pipeline that produces its data; both are currently scaffolded and being progressively fleshed out.

What it offers vs. the legacy plugin

Legacy New
Backend endpoint explore_json chart/data (modern)
Disputed-region handling Hardcoded NE editorial Configurable per-deployment + per-chart worldview (NE _ukr default)
Subdivisions level Country-only Country (Admin 0) and Subdivisions (Admin 1) and Aggregated regions
Data pipeline Jupyter notebook Reproducible script + YAML configs (see scripts/)
Per-deployment customization Fork required superset_config.COUNTRY_MAP block + chart-level controls
Composite maps (e.g. France-with-Overseas) Hardcoded in notebook Declarative in composite_maps.yaml
Regional aggregations (NUTS-1 etc.) Hardcoded Declarative in regional_aggregations.yaml

Layout

src/
  index.ts          — package entry; exports CountryMapChartPlugin and types
  types.ts          — TypeScript types for form data + transform props
  CountryMap.tsx    — React component; renders the SVG chart
  plugin/
    index.ts        — ChartPlugin class with metadata
    buildQuery.ts   — modern chart/data query builder
    controlPanel.tsx— form controls (worldview, admin level, country, ...)
    transformProps.ts — form_data → renderer props
scripts/            — build pipeline (NE shapefile → simplified GeoJSON outputs)
SIP_DRAFT.md        — design draft for the eventual SIP issue

See also

  • SIP_DRAFT.md — design rationale, audit of legacy notebook, obsolescence findings, open questions
  • scripts/README.md — build pipeline operating principles
  • scripts/config/*.yaml — declarative transform configs (5 schemas for the 5 transform categories)
  • scripts/procedural/README.md — escape hatch for edge cases YAML can't express