drop hover bbox display

Author: archmoj

src/components/fx/hover.js

@@ -171,15 +171,6 @@ exports.loneHover = function loneHover(hoverItems, opts) {
                 y0: y0 + gTop,
                 y1: y1 + gTop
             };
-
-            d3.select('.hover-bbox')
-                .attr('x', x0)
-                .attr('y', y0)
-                .attr('width', Math.max(4, x1 - x0))
-                .attr('height', Math.max(4, y1 - y0))
-                .attr('stroke', 'black')
-                .attr('fill', 'lightgray')
-                .attr('opacity', '0.5');
         } else {
             eventData = false;
         }
@@ -824,15 +815,6 @@ function _hover(gd, evt, subplot, noHoverEvent) {
                 y0: y0 + gTop,
                 y1: y1 + gTop
             };
-
-            d3.select('.hover-bbox')
-                .attr('x', x0)
-                .attr('y', y0)
-                .attr('width', Math.max(4, x1 - x0))
-                .attr('height', Math.max(4, y1 - y0))
-                .attr('stroke', 'black')
-                .attr('fill', 'lightgray')
-                .attr('opacity', '0.5');
         }
 
         pt.eventData = [eventData];

src/plot_api/plot_api.js

@@ -3772,8 +3772,6 @@ function makePlotFramework(gd) {
     fullLayout._zoomlayer = fullLayout._toppaper.append('g').classed('zoomlayer', true);
     fullLayout._hoverlayer = fullLayout._hoverpaper.append('g').classed('hoverlayer', true);
 
-    fullLayout._hoverpaper.append('svg').append('rect').classed('hover-bbox', true);
-
     // Make the modebar container
     fullLayout._modebardiv
         .classed('modebar-container', true)