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Set the 'colab' renderer only for Colab web notebooks #5473

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Set the 'colab' renderer only for Colab web notebooks
kevineger Jan 21, 2026
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Merge branch 'main' into colab
camdecoster Apr 21, 2026
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test and changelog entry
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Trim some text from the test description
camdecoster Apr 21, 2026
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9 changes: 3 additions & 6 deletions plotly/io/_renderers.py
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Expand Up @@ -488,13 +488,10 @@ def show(fig, renderer=None, validate=True, **kwargs):
elif ipython and ipython.get_ipython():
# Try to detect environment so that we can enable a useful
# default renderer
if not default_renderer:
try:
import google.colab # noqa: F401

default_renderer = "colab"
except ImportError:
pass
# Check if we're running in a Colab web notebook
if not default_renderer and "COLAB_NOTEBOOK_ID" in os.environ:
default_renderer = "colab"

# Check if we're running in a Kaggle notebook
if not default_renderer and os.path.exists("/kaggle/input"):
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