The issue can be reproduced on the Plotly website itself. Navigate to https://plot.ly/javascript/custom-buttons/#update-button When you hover over the chart, you can view the modebar. <img width="773" alt="Screen Shot 2019-05-01 at 11 57 30 AM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3678012/57011067-83e6f400-6c08-11e9-9930-eee87e681463.png"> When you click on any button, the modebar disappears. <img width="817" alt="Screen Shot 2019-05-01 at 11 57 40 AM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3678012/57011080-8d705c00-6c08-11e9-8112-a60355b5b8aa.png">