From d12c162594f6a54f69504a87f414ea8465b5b74d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron DeCoster <cameron.decoster@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 09:59:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Handle arrays in BooleanValidator

---
 _plotly_utils/basevalidators.py               | 19 ++++++++---
 .../validators/test_boolean_validator.py      | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/_plotly_utils/basevalidators.py b/_plotly_utils/basevalidators.py
index c4d40f9e178..7cf4a0ad6c1 100644
--- a/_plotly_utils/basevalidators.py
+++ b/_plotly_utils/basevalidators.py
@@ -632,24 +632,35 @@ class BooleanValidator(BaseValidator):
         "description": "A boolean (true/false) value.",
         "requiredOpts": [],
         "otherOpts": [
+            "arrayOk",
             "dflt"
         ]
     },
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, plotly_name, parent_name, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, plotly_name, parent_name, array_ok=False, **kwargs):
         super(BooleanValidator, self).__init__(
             plotly_name=plotly_name, parent_name=parent_name, **kwargs
         )
+        self.array_ok = array_ok
 
     def description(self):
-        return """\
-    The '{plotly_name}' property must be specified as a bool
-    (either True, or False)""".format(plotly_name=self.plotly_name)
+        desc = """\
+    The '{plotly_name}' property is a boolean and must be specified as:
+      - A boolean value: True or False""".format(plotly_name=self.plotly_name)
+        if self.array_ok:
+            desc += """
+      - A tuple or list of the above"""
+        return desc
 
     def validate_coerce(self, v):
         if is_none_or_typed_array_spec(v):
             pass
+        elif self.array_ok and is_simple_array(v):
+            invalid_els = [e for e in v if not isinstance(e, bool)]
+            if invalid_els:
+                self.raise_invalid_elements(invalid_els[:10])
+            v = to_scalar_or_list(v)
         elif not isinstance(v, bool):
             self.raise_invalid_val(v)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_plotly_utils/validators/test_boolean_validator.py b/tests/test_plotly_utils/validators/test_boolean_validator.py
index f4f80335a85..8a0827058f2 100644
--- a/tests/test_plotly_utils/validators/test_boolean_validator.py
+++ b/tests/test_plotly_utils/validators/test_boolean_validator.py
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ def validator(request):
     return BooleanValidator("prop", "parent", dflt=request.param)
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(params=[True, False])
+def validator_aok(request):
+    return BooleanValidator("prop", "parent", dflt=request.param, array_ok=True)
+
+
+# Array not ok (default)
+
+
 # Acceptance
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("val", [True, False])
 def test_acceptance(val, validator):
@@ -25,3 +33,27 @@ def test_rejection(val, validator):
         validator.validate_coerce(val)
 
     assert "Invalid value" in str(validation_failure.value)
+
+
+# Array ok
+
+
+# Acceptance
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("val", [(True, False), [True, False]])
+def test_acceptance_aok(val, validator_aok):
+    v = validator_aok.validate_coerce(val)
+    if isinstance(val, list):
+        assert val == v
+    else:
+        assert val == tuple(v)
+
+
+# Rejection
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "val", [(True, "Planet Express"), ["Hubert Farnsworth", False]]
+)
+def test_rejection_aok(val, validator_aok):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError) as validation_failure:
+        validator_aok.validate_coerce(val)
+
+    assert "Invalid elements" in str(validation_failure.value)