Custom Color in Legend resets if you change the CustomLabel

[schwin007]

Kibana version: 4.5

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Server OS version: Mac OS X El Capitan

Browser version: Chrome

Browser OS version: 54.0.2840.98 (64-bit)

Description of the problem including expected versus actual behavior:

Custom legend color is not saved if you change the CustomLabel

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a visualization, bar, line, almost any except for Pie
2. Click on an item in the legend and change the color
3. Now apply a CustomLabel to the item.
4. Press play, the custom color will reset.

NOTE: If you change the label first and then the color it is fine, but sometimes you need to change the Label at a later time and this is when it breaks.

[marius-dr]

Colors seem to be tied to label name, because if you change it back to the default one(or remove the CustomLabel), it goes back to your custom color.

[thomasneirynck]

@marius-dr is correct. The custom coloring is tied to the label identifier. I agree that a more robust implementation would not do this.

[flash1293]

Closing this issue because this is supported in Lens visualizations. The reference between color and metric series uses a unique id which allows it to keep custom colors even if the label changes

Since this would require a large development effort to implement in Visualize/TSVB and our efforts are focused on extending the functionality of Lens in easy-to-use and consistent way. We aim to provide the best possible visualization editing experience in Lens and are working to improve that tool and help users migrate.