[Python] Configure plotly in shiny for Python

How do I configure a plotly graph in shiny for Python?

Consider the following minimal shiny example.

from shiny import ui, App
from shinywidgets import output_widget, render_widget
import plotly.express as px
import plotly.graph_objects as go

app_ui = ui.page_fluid(
output_widget("plotly")
)

def server(input, output, session):
@render_widget
def plotly():
df = px.data.gapminder().query("country=='Canada'")
fig = px.line(df, x="year", y="lifeExp", title='Life expectancy in Canada')
return go.FigureWidget(fig)

app = App(app_ui, server)


How do I set the config = {'displayModeBar': False}.

I cannot use fig.show(config=config) as this opens a seperate tab with just the plotly graph.

@render_widget and go.FigureWidget() also do not seem to be able to accept the option.

All online resources point to using fig.show(), which I cannot use in shiny for Python. Using fig.show(config=config) opens a seperate tab with just the plotly graph. I have searched the internet, but I have not come yet to a workaround.

In R, I can just add the config to the fig object.

Why is this not the case in Python?

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