Legend is missing for type "mesh3d" unless some surface trace is added

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plotly.js added support for more trace legends but, for mesh3d, there is no legend below unless showlegend = TRUE for the mesh and a surface is added.

GH issue for more trace legends
merge for above

library(plotly)
library(rmarchingcubes)

R <- 2
f1 <- function(x, y, z){
  x^2 + y^2 + z^2 - R^2
}
f2 <- function(x, y, z){
  (x-2)^2 + (y-2)^2 + (z-2)^2 - R^2
}
g <- function(x, y, z) {
  pmax(f1(x, y, z), f2(x, y, z))
}

n <- 100
x_ <- y_ <- z_ <- seq(-R, R, length.out = n) 
Grid <- expand.grid(X = x_, Y = y_, Z = z_)
voxel <- with(Grid, array(g(X, Y, Z), dim = c(n, n, n)))
surf <- contour3d(voxel, level = 0, x_, y_, z_)
vertices <- surf$vertices
indices  <- surf$triangles - 1L

plot_ly(
  x = vertices[, 1], y = vertices[, 2], z = vertices[, 3],
  i = indices[, 1], j = indices[, 2], k = indices[, 3],
  type = "mesh3d",
  name = "hello world",
  showlegend = TRUE
) %>% layout(scene = list(aspectmode = "data"))

z <- c(
  c(8.83,8.89,8.81,8.87,8.9,8.87),
  c(8.89,8.94,8.85,8.94,8.96,8.92),
  c(8.84,8.9,8.82,8.92,8.93,8.91),
  c(8.79,8.85,8.79,8.9,8.94,8.92),
  c(8.79,8.88,8.81,8.9,8.95,8.92),
  c(8.8,8.82,8.78,8.91,8.94,8.92),
  c(8.75,8.78,8.77,8.91,8.95,8.92),
  c(8.8,8.8,8.77,8.91,8.95,8.94),
  c(8.74,8.81,8.76,8.93,8.98,8.99),
  c(8.89,8.99,8.92,9.1,9.13,9.11),
  c(8.97,8.97,8.91,9.09,9.11,9.11),
  c(9.04,9.08,9.05,9.25,9.28,9.27),
  c(9,9.01,9,9.2,9.23,9.2),
  c(8.99,8.99,8.98,9.18,9.2,9.19),
  c(8.93,8.97,8.97,9.18,9.2,9.18)
)
dim(z) <- c(15,6)

plot_ly(
  x = vertices[, 1], y = vertices[, 2], z = vertices[, 3],
  i = indices[, 1], j = indices[, 2], k = indices[, 3],
  type = "mesh3d",
  name = "hello",
  showscale = FALSE,
  showlegend = TRUE
) %>% 
  plotly::layout(scene = list(aspectmode = "data")) %>% 
  add_surface(z = ~z, name = "placeholder")