vega-lite: duplicate parameter definition error in layered charts (because of `"point": true`)
Original observed in this Altair issue comment: https://github.com/altair-viz/altair/pull/2528#issuecomment-992989438. Open the Chart in the Vega Editor
{
"params": [
{
"name": "highlight",
"select": {"type": "point", "clear": "mouseout", "on": "mouseover"}
}
],
"vconcat": [
{
"height":100,
"mark": {"type": "line", "point": true},
"encoding": {
"x": {"field": "date", "timeUnit": "year", "type": "nominal"},
"y": {"aggregate": "mean", "field": "price", "type": "quantitative"}
}
},
{
"mark": {"type": "rect"},
"encoding": {
"fill": {"aggregate": "mean", "field": "price", "type": "quantitative"},
"stroke": {
"condition": {"value": "black", "param": "highlight", "empty": false},
"value": null
},
"x": {"field": "date", "timeUnit": "year", "type": "temporal"}
}
}
],
"data": {"url": "data/stocks.csv"},
"$schema": "https://vega.github.io/schema/vega-lite/v5.2.0.json"
}
gives
When setting -upon first sight unrelated- "point": true to "point": false it will work:

Defining the parameter on the view, it will also work with "point": true.
{
"vconcat": [
{
"height": 100,
"mark": {"type": "line", "point": true},
"encoding": {
"x": {"field": "date", "timeUnit": "year", "type": "nominal"},
"y": {"aggregate": "mean", "field": "price", "type": "quantitative"}
},
"params": [
{
"name": "highlight",
"select": {"type": "point", "clear": "mouseout", "on": "mouseover"}
}
]
},
{
"mark": {"type": "rect"},
"encoding": {
"fill": {"aggregate": "mean", "field": "price", "type": "quantitative"},
"stroke": {
"condition": {"value": "black", "param": "highlight", "empty": false},
"value": null
},
"x": {"field": "date", "timeUnit": "year", "type": "temporal"}
}
}
],
"data": {"url": "data/stocks.csv"},
"$schema": "https://vega.github.io/schema/vega-lite/v5.2.0.json"
}

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- Created 3 years ago
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- Comments: 18 (17 by maintainers)
There is a contributing page in the repo. It mentions VS Code as preferable IDE: https://github.com/vega/vega-lite/blob/next/CONTRIBUTING.md#suggested-programming-environment.
But I’ve no much experience in this either.