subcoordinate_y: respect ylim

holoviews/plotting/bokeh/element.py

@@ -508,11 +508,14 @@ def _axis_props(self, plots, subplots, element, ranges, pos, *, dim=None,
                 l, b, r, t = b, l, t, r
             if pos == 1 and self._subcoord_overlaid:
                 if isinstance(self.subcoordinate_y, bool):
-                    offset = self.subcoordinate_scale / 2.
-                    # This sum() is equal to n+1, n being the number of elements contained
-                    # in the overlay with subcoordinate_y=True, as the traversal goes through
-                    # the root overlay that has subcoordinate_y=True too since it's propagated.
-                    v0, v1 = 0-offset, sum(self.traverse(lambda p: p.subcoordinate_y))-2+offset
+                    if self.ylim and all(np.isfinite(val) for val in self.ylim):
+                        v0, v1 = self.ylim
+                    else:
+                        offset = self.subcoordinate_scale / 2.
+                        # This sum() is equal to n+1, n being the number of elements contained
+                        # in the overlay with subcoordinate_y=True, as the traversal goes through
+                        # the root overlay that has subcoordinate_y=True too since it's propagated.
+                        v0, v1 = 0-offset, sum(self.traverse(lambda p: p.subcoordinate_y))-2+offset
                 else:
                     v0, v1 = 0, 1
             else:

holoviews/plotting/plot.py

@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ class GenericElementPlot(DimensionedPlot):
        If specified, takes precedence over data and dimension ranges.""")
 
     ylim = param.Tuple(default=(np.nan, np.nan), length=2, doc="""
-       User-specified x-axis range limits for the plot, as a tuple (low,high).
+       User-specified y-axis range limits for the plot, as a tuple (low,high).
        If specified, takes precedence over data and dimension ranges.""")
 
     zlim = param.Tuple(default=(np.nan, np.nan), length=2, doc="""

holoviews/tests/plotting/bokeh/test_subcoordy.py

@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ def test_invisible_yaxis(self):
         plot = bokeh_renderer.get_plot(overlay)
         assert not plot.state.yaxis.visible
 
+    def test_overlay_set_ylim(self):
+        ylim = (1, 2.5)
+        overlay = Overlay([Curve(range(10), label=f'Data {i}').opts(subcoordinate_y=True) for i in range(2)])
+        overlay.opts(ylim=ylim)
+        plot = bokeh_renderer.get_plot(overlay)
+        y_range = plot.handles['y_range']
+        assert y_range.start, y_range.end == ylim
+
     def test_axis_labels(self):
         overlay = Overlay([Curve(range(10), label=f'Data {i}').opts(subcoordinate_y=True) for i in range(2)])
         plot = bokeh_renderer.get_plot(overlay)