Hi @rh680 ,

Thank you for your feedback. We haven't forgotten about this issue.
Can you please rename the issue to "Point shaping options for dot plots"?
I think this states more specifically the feature you're requesting.

While offering a dropdown to select a variable for the shape aesthetic is straightforward, note that this feature requires the slightly less trivial task of identifying and restricting choices to 'discrete' (i.e., categorical) variables (point shape does not make sense for continuous variables). In other words, if we don't restrict choices to only 'groupable' variables, there is a risk of the app freezing if the default (i.e. first) variable in the dropdown is continuous.
This issue being also relevant for #181 which is ongoing, we'll probably fix both simultaneously, and make it available in the next release.

Best wishes

Progress report: shape control is implemented in b458acc , although the faceting feature is currently unstable here due to ongoing work

I'll mark this issue closed by a9b3fb3
It will be made available in the next version of the package.