From ab7136d087c32b24cfdf52f76a530d58d6db0ae0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: archmoj <mojtaba@plot.ly>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 16:51:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix issue 5235 - do not try to style backgrounds when
 subplots still do not have ax._offset

---
 src/plot_api/subroutines.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/plot_api/subroutines.js b/src/plot_api/subroutines.js
index 7b8fc4c1766..9769f214392 100644
--- a/src/plot_api/subroutines.js
+++ b/src/plot_api/subroutines.js
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ function lsInner(gd) {
         xa = plotinfo.xaxis;
         ya = plotinfo.yaxis;
 
-        if(plotinfo.bg) {
+        if(plotinfo.bg && xa._offset !== undefined && ya._offset !== undefined) {
             plotinfo.bg
                 .call(Drawing.setRect,
                     xa._offset - pad, ya._offset - pad,