The style() function doesn't support partial updates

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The Plotly.restyle() JavaScript method has long supported "partial updates" (i.e. modification of a particular property of an object, rather than the entire object). Here is a mini example:

https://codepen.io/cpsievert/pen/MqLxOM

The style() function in R is meant to mimic Plotly.restyle(), but it doesn't currently support the same "partial update" API.

p <- plot_ly(x = 1:10, y = 1:10, symbol = I(15))
# as expected, produces red circles
style(p, marker = list(color = "red"))
# should produce red squares
style(p, marker.color = "red")