fix issue where some scatter traces would lose fill after series of hide/show operations in legend

Author: emilykl

src/traces/scatter/plot.js

@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ function createFills(gd, traceJoin, plotinfo) {
 
         var trace = d[0].trace;
 
+        // Clear any existing fill element references to ensure clean state
+        // This prevents stale references when fill configuration changes
+        trace._ownFill = null;
+        trace._nextFill = null;
+
         var fillData = [];
         if(trace._ownfill) fillData.push('_ownFill');
         if(trace._nexttrace) fillData.push('_nextFill');
@@ -91,9 +96,7 @@ function createFills(gd, traceJoin, plotinfo) {
 
         fillJoin.enter().append('g');
 
-        fillJoin.exit()
-            .each(function(d) { trace[d] = null; })
-            .remove();
+        fillJoin.exit().remove();
 
         fillJoin.order().each(function(d) {
             // make a path element inside the fill group, just so