When dealing with time-delineated datasets, often we have data for known
intervals of time. For example, we may have a dataset which represents number
of purchases per day:
```json
{
labels: ['2016-01-01', '2016-01-02', '2016-01-03']
datasets: [
{
data: [12, 87, 42]
}
],
'...': '...'
}
```
In this case, Chart.js will attempt to figure out the best interval to display
the data, and could pick `hours` as the unit. However, in this case, we would
prefer to just use the `days` interval since our data's granularity can not be
represented well with `hours`.
To remedy this, this commit adds the `minUnit` option which allows
users to (optionally) specify what the minimum unit they would like
to use.
Previously buildLabelDiffs() was called at the end of buildTicks() and
hence labelDiffs cache was calculated twice (in getMinimumBoxSize() and
then in fitBox()).
Change the linter in gulp tasks to be consistent with Code Climate results which are based on ESLint using .eslintrc options. However, defaults Code Climate rules are too strict, so turn as warnings the 'complexity' and 'max-statements' rules (other errors has been fixed). Note that the Gulp task name has been changed for `gulp lint`.
Zooming in can cause the params `datasetIndex` and `index` to be null in method `getLabelMoment`. This happens when no ticks are visible on scale. It also throws an error and the chart becomes broken.
In case of charts with over 4000 points, smallestLabelSeparation
calculation contributes significantly to total cpu usage (about 25% according
to built-in Chrome profiler). Important thing to note is that result
of this calculation is not used at all.
Related commits:
* 677c249b61
introduced smallestLabelSeparation. It was used in calculateBaseWidth
function.
* d198157fb8
removed last use of smallestLabelSeparation. Since then the calculated
value was never used.
Previously, calling getLabelMoment with an out of bound index would cause an
error such as this:
```
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'null' of undefined
```
This happens because there is not always guaranteed to be a labelMoment on
at the current datasetIndex.
One example of this is practice comes from a this function call:
```js
// since the are not always guaranteed to be at least two labelMoments
// \ / this index can be out of bounds
// |
var tickWidth = me.getPixelForTick(1) - me.getPixelForTick(0) - 6;
```
This patch simply ensures that the `labelMoments` for the `datasetIndex` are
defined before accessing properties on it.
* Category scale can now read from the xLabels and yLabels properties.
* Update docs with section regarding the data object.
* Add sample file with non numeric Y and fix animations
This change allows for smaller minified code in the final version, resulting in a smaller file size. Some files had previously used _this, but that has been changed to me to keep consistency throughout the project.
