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Chart.js v2.9.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2019-10-26 // over 4 years ago

  • 💥 Breaking changes

    • #6131 helpers._decimalPlaces is now private

    ✨ Enhancements

    • #6527 Hover styling for dataset in 'dataset' mode
    • #6268 Implement dataset.order
    • #6509 Make autoSkip aware of major ticks
    • 👍 #6460 Implemented RTL support for legends and tooltips
    • 🏗 #6490 HTML DOM building
    • #6326 Draw the rightmost grid line when offsetGridLines is true
    • 👍 #6343 Handle reverse support in core.scale
    • 👍 #6289 Support spanGaps in radar charts
    • 👍 #6323 Support object values for bar charts
    • 💅 #6287 Support rotation for pointStyle image
    • #6257 Allow specifying labels in time scale options
    • 👍 #6281 Support boundary filling modes in radialLinear scale
    • 👍 #6056 Add support for floating bar chart ([start, end])
    • #6241 Implement layers (z-index) for layout items
    • #5621 Make legend appearance consistent with chart elements
    • 0️⃣ #5999 Implement per-dataset type (default and per-chart) options
    • #6097 Specify time scale min and max in standard manner
    • #6141 Legend align option. Thanks @dkichler
    • #6128 Make line options scriptable. Thanks @janelledement

    🐎 Performance

    • 🚚 #6594 Remove a couple calls to helpers.each
    • 🏗 #6247 Remove duplicate scale building
    • #6579 Cache resolved data element options
    • #6575 Simplify line drawing
    • #6508 Add ticks.sampleSize option
    • #6354 Perf improvement for ticks.source:'labels'
    • #6301 Replace helpers.each with for-loops
    • 🔨 #6304 Refactor core.layout
    • #6307 Faster major tick calculation
    • #6250 Cache getScaleForId() calls in the line controller
    • #6148 Replace helpers.extend

    🐛 Bug Fixes

    • #6249 Bar options should be defined on dataset instead of scale
    • 💅 #6556 Inject styles into Shadow DOM when inside Shadow DOM
    • #6583 Fix unit determination when autoSkip is enabled
    • #6581 Return correct index/value id in radar/polarArea
    • ✅ #6580 Fix logarithmic test to use correct scale
    • #6528 Make sure zeroLineIndex is defined
    • #6523 Fix right side scale ticks
    • #6423 Clamp argument of toExponential between 0 and 20. Thanks @veggiesaurus
    • #6328 Fix getValueForPixel in time scale
    • #6292 Adjust vertical alignment of tooltip items
    • 📇 #6321 Update dataset metadata when axisID changes
    • #6291 Assign unique scale IDs
    • #6288 Fix regression in lineTension
    • #6282 Treat null as NaN in radialLinear scale
    • #6285 Keep lines on the left and right edges from being cut
    • 💅 #6269 Apply lineJoin style at the first point in radar charts
    • #6280 Fix point label counting in radialLinear scale
    • #6279 Treat 0 as a valid point label
    • #6265 Utilize tick.major in tickFormatFunction
    • #6264 Apply offset regardless of min/max setting
    • #6258 Fix ticks generation for vertical time scale
    • #6259 Fix determineUnitForFormatting floating point error
    • #6115 Fix overlapping auto-generated ticks on time scale
    • #6238 Fix tooltip title in radar charts
    • #6224 Fix arc size calculation when circumference is under 2*PI
    • #6215 Fix arc border with circumference over 2*PI
    • #5961 Fix tick label rotation and layout issues
    • #6182 Use the appropriate time format for auto tick generation
    • #6208 Fill before drawing lines
    • #6209 Fix missing tooltip value in radar charts
    • #6177 Normalize angle for index in radialLinear scale
    • #6102 Fix ticks.minor and ticks.major issues
    • #6129 Fix hover animation
    • #6120 Improved helpers.almostWhole

    📚 Documentation

    • 📚 #6585 Add a note to the perf documentation about rotation
    • #6554 Add link to linear radial axis for radar chart doc
    • 📚 #6491 Add elements.arc.angle in documentation
    • 🛠 #6466 Fixed incorrect spelling in pie dataset options. Thanks @SeppPenner
    • 📄 #6435 Add link back to home page from docs
    • #6393 Add radar chart config options
    • #6293 Correct descriptions on ticks.display and add pointLabels.display
    • #6263 Add sample for radar scriptable options
    • #6244 Fix data in timeseries sample
    • 📚 #6186 Typo in doughnut documentation. Thanks @joshuamcewen
    • 📄 #6132 Make docs consistent for cubicInterpolationMode and fill. Thanks @stockiNail
    • #6119 Demonstrate multiple units on timeseries example
    • #6139 Documented tooltip alignment options
    • #6134 Documented date adapter

    Development

    • #6507 Improved minimization when calling helpers
    • #6497 Reduce indentation
    • ⚡️ #6355 Do autoSkip in update
    • ⬆️ #6493 Upgrade rollup and plugins
    • #6362 Improved code minimization
    • #6360 Create helpers.math._factorize
    • #6351 Lazily compute label sizes
    • ✅ #6347 Render charts only once in time scale tests
    • ✅ #6246 Avoid time related deprecation warnings in tests

    ✅ Thanks to the maintainers and collaborators for their help to improve and test Chart.js (@nagix, @kurkle, @benmccann, @etimberg and @simonbrunel).