Add a new `offset` option to scales to add extra space at edges and remove the `includeOffset` argument from `getPixelForValue()` and `getPixelForTick()`. The bar controller now automatically calculates the bar width to avoid overlaps. When `offsetGridLines` is true, grid lines move to the left by one half of the tick interval, and labels don't move.
For consistency, enable ESLint `one-var` rule to require multiple variable declarations for initialized variables per scope. Uninitialized variables can still be declared together (preferred) or separately.
http://eslint.org/docs/rules/one-var
The `bounds` option makes more sense directly under `scale` since it defines the scale limits strategy when no explicit min/max are specified. Also change the `bounds: 'labels'` option value for `bounds: 'ticks'` because it really means: "ensure ticks to be fully visible in the scale, whatever the ticks `source`.
Allow to create a chart on a canvas not yet attached to the DOM (detection based on CSS animations described in https://davidwalsh.name/detect-node-insertion). The resize element (IFRAME) is added only when the canvas receives a parent or when `style.display` changes from `none`. This change also allows to re-parent the canvas under a different node (the resizer element following). This is a preliminary work for the DIV based resizer.
Fix `ticks.mode` behavior when `ticks.source` is `auto`: the lookup table is now built from the data and not from the ticks, so data (and ticks) are correctly distributed along the scale. Rename the option to `distribution` (more explicit than `mode`) and since this option applies from now on the data, it seems better to have it under `scale` instead `scale.ticks`.
Internal ticks are now stored as objects in the PRIVATE this._ticks member and must not be accessed directly from outside this class. this.ticks is around for a long time and hasn't been marked as private, so we can't change its structure without unexpected breaking changes. If you need to access the scale ticks, use scale.getTicks() instead.
The original implementation tries to intercept events from the chart internal iframe, which ones failing on Chrome 60. Checking internals doesn't seem the best approach, instead we could consider that a chart has been resized after the resize method has been called and processed. So let's hook `Chart.resize` and callback once it's done.
`ticks.bounds` (`'data'`(default)|`'label'`): `data` preserves the data range while `labels` ensures that all labels are visible. This option is bypassed by the min/max time options.
Remove the useless time scale `_model` object containing private members: instead, make these members private (prefixed by `_`) part of the scale.
Move time helpers back into time scale, remove the `Chart.helpers.time namespace` and attempt to make the auto generation logic a bit simpler. The generate method doesn't anymore enforce min/max, the calling code needs to clamp timestamps if needed.
For time series charts it may make more sense to specify the horizontal axis using the variable `t`. This change will make it much easier to use the time scale with the financial chart, which takes in the data points `{t, o, h, l, c}`.
The title plugin and scale title now accept lineHeight specified using unitless value (1.4), length ('1.4em' or '12px'), percentage ('200%') or keyword ('normal' === 1.2). The line height parsing has been refactored under the 'Chart.helpers.options' namespace. Also fix incorrect text positioning in the title plugin.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/line-height
`ticks.source` (`'auto'`(default)|`'labels'`): `auto` generates "optimal" ticks based on min, max and a few more options (current `time` implementation`). `labels` generates ticks from the user given `data.labels` values (two additional trailing and leading ticks can be added if min and max are provided).
`ticks.mode` (`'linear'`(default)|`series`): `series` displays ticks at the same distance from each other, whatever the time value they represent, while `linear` displays them linearly in time: the distance between each tick represent the amount of time between their time values.
Default options can now be accessed by importing `core/core.defaults`. The returned object acts as a singleton and is populated when importing classes that expose their own default values (meaning that importing only `code.defaults` results in an empty object). Also make `Chart.Ticks` and `Chart.Interaction` importable since existing defaults rely on these values.
Add the `defaults._set` method that make easier declaring new defaults by merging given values with existing ones for a specific scope (`global`, `scale`, `bar`, etc).
Properly export helpers and remove dependencies to `Chart.helpers`. Helpers can now be accessed from `src/helpers/index.js` (`var helpers = require('path/to/helpers/index')`, instead of `var helpers = Chart.helpers`).
* Fix relative links in documentation of configurations
* Fix relative link of 'Time Units'
* Fix relative links for chart types documentations
* Fix the release version link in developers/plugins
The `clone` method now accepts any type of input but also recursively perform a deep copy of the array items. Rewrite the `configMerge` and `scaleMerge` helpers which now rely on a new generic and customizable `merge` method, that one accepts a target object in which multiple sources are deep copied. Note that the target (first argument) is not cloned and will be modified after calling `merge(target, sources)`. Add a `mergeIf` helper which merge the source properties only if they do not exist in the target object.
