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New

Features

• Malta map added to world-countries map
• Added ASIA, AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, NORTHAMERICA, SOUTHAMERICA, and WORLDCOUNTRIES to tilemap.
• Added legend to the list of objects which can be queried using getobjectinfo
• Added adjustFontSize as option to option->style->label on maps.

Bug Fixes

• Visual updates on boxes borderTop/Right/Bottom/Left
• Added ability to set inline js-rule functions
• Max value on X Log scales can now be forced.
• Fixed issue with pattern output on NodeJS environment
• Fixed issue with GeoJSON parsing

New

Release Information

• Added typeimagesrc attribute to allow image src to be partially formed from index values
• Fixed bug with image sizing

Bug Fixes

• Added pageRowIndex to click event to show the index on the page of the selected cell
• Fixed bug with custom menu items click throughs
• Fixed bug with resizing after container is hidden on load
• Fixed bugs that occur when no data or src attributes are set.
• Fixed issue with double arrows on heirarchical columns
• Fixed issue with resizing into card mode
• Fixed issues with draggable reordering after hiding columns
• Fixed issues with grid padding on resize
• Fixed issues with initial layout when grid is hidden on render
• Improved updateRecord Functionality
• Updated removeRecord to work with array of object data
• Fixed alignment of header tooltips
• Fixed column resizing after editing a cell or row
• Fixed column resizing on manually call to updateSize
• Added recordIndex and columnIndex into cell event data
• Added updateCellByPosition API method
• Added updateCellByID API method
• Fixed spacing in edit modals
• Fixed casing in edit modals
• Fixed layout in status messages
• Fixed dynamic updates in status positions
• Added decimal steps, min, and max to range columns
• Added support for comma separated lists in zebra values
• Fixed issues with selector column type and iconSet
• Fixed conflicts with staticMenu and contextMenu
• Fixed displaying staticMenu and selector column when no caption
• Updated getEditor API method to return dynamic value instead of user set value
• Fixed issues with celleditor
• Fixed dynamic changes to footcell
• Fixed bug with sorting null values
• Fixed bug with editing escape characters

New

Features

• Rankflow charts now allow null values
• New Malta map and Tilemap options

Bug Fixes

• Fixed inconsistent number of elements being displayed on scrolling an HBar chart
• Fixed issues with null values on pie charts
• Fixed issues with valueBox style & appearance on fast mode line/area plots
• Fixed sizing issues on preview bubble markers
• Fixed zooming on maps when multiple maps are placed on same page

New

Features

• Added markersOnTop attribute for plot/series items (true by default). Setting it to false will cause the plot markers to be obscured by the subsequent plots instead of always being on the top layer.
• Improved default formatting of crosshair scaleLabel objects.
• Implemented listener for double tap event on mobile devices (however, the event will be triggered as dblclick, shape_dblclick, label_dblclick)
• Added %plot-N-value tokens for use in rules, tooltips, valueBox objects.
• Added minValue and maxValue options for Treemaps (filters applicable for leaf nodes)
• Add support for irregular [k,v] format in radar charts (also [k, v1, v2] for range aspect)
• Improved minor ticks/items display logic on logarithmic X scales.
• Extended Selection Tool's set of features and functionalities:
  1. Added a poly free form tool as an alternative to the lasso tool (both activated by SHIFT key). Setting is controlled via selectionTool > freeFormType (poly | lasso)
  2. Added visual cursor to improve UX. Aspect is controlled via selectionTool > cursor.
• Added %previous-node-value and %next-node-value as available tokens to use on rules, tooltips, valueBox objects.
• Added stepMultiplier option for scales for better control of items display interval.
• Implemented preview object for inverted charts (HBAR, VLINE, VAREA)
• Tree updates:
  1. Implemented separated tokens for %value (accumulated) and %node-value
  2. Implemented number formatting options

Bug Fixes

• Fix issue with sequence call of removeplot APIs.
• Fixed bug with calculated maximum value on datetime scale.
• Fixed issue with log scale label "1" being placed in a wrong position.
• Fixed issue with negative values in TreeMaps crashing the charts. Negative values will be set to 0.
• Fixed issue with spline charts slowing the browser in specific scenarios.
• Increased the minimum width of whisker nodes on stock charts to 4px.
• Fixed bug with calculated maximum value on datetime scale.
• Fixed bug with selection getting corrupted after adding/removing plots.
• Fixed issues with plot highlighting when using legendItem > order attributes.

New

Release Information

• Major Performance Enhancement Changes (tested at 1k/10k rows)
• Added updateRowOptions as an option for <zgparam> as a shortcut for updateOptions: {row: ...
• Added updateCellOptions as an option for <zgparam> as a shortcut for updateOptions: {cell: ... If serverErrorPath is set, but serverErrorMessage is not, serverErrorMessage defaults to [[serverMessage]]
• Added typeurlsrc as an attribute to <zg-column>
• Allow typeurlsrc to have tokens
• Updated edit templates to allow <select> elements to have token values set: <select name="storyType" value="[[record.story_type]]">
• Updated typeselectoptions attribute to allow the first entry to be set with value '' and name to be displayed for the blank entry: typeselectoptions='[{"name": "ALL", "value": ""}, 123, 456, 789]'
• Added in card object to new ZingGrid config syntax Fixed bugs with typebuttonicon, typebuttonlabel, typebuttondisabled being updated on change
• Added typedatefromnow attribute to date columns to display date as 'ago/in' times
• Added F token to date format to display formatted columns in ago/in times
• Added zgRef.formatDate and zgRef.fromNow API methods to use in renderers
• Added ZingGrid.formatDate and ZingGrid.fromNow API methods
• Added textarea to be able to use with tokens in add/edit forms
• Added [columnwidth] attribute to <zinggrid> to set the column width for every column
• Added typenumbermaxdecimals attribute to number columns to indicate the maximum number of decimals to display
• Added typenumberdecimals attribute to number columns to indicate the exact number of decimals to display
• Added color editor to save as original type
• Added typeselectoptions to accept name/value pairs
• Added gravatar celltype Added support for array based data in columns
• Added arrayindex attribute to indicate which property of an array object to use after the slice: In the case of status[0].title, the arrayindex would be set to title.
• Added arrayslice attribute to indicate which index or indexes to render to the column
• Added support for direct array access in <zg-column> index attribute: status.0 or status.1
• Added support for last item in an array access in <zg-column>index` attribute: status.1
• Added details renderer to view more details on column click
• Added detailsrenderer attribute to <zg-column>
• Added detailstemplate attribute to <zg-column>
• Added render support for \n in string
• Updated button column type to have the following attributes: typebuttonlabel, typebuttonicon, typebuttondisabled, typebuttonurl, typebuttonhandler
• Update first four attributes above to accept values in token format: [[record.label]]
• Added in card attribute to <zinggrid> which will take an object with the card settings

Bug Fixes

• Allow server error messages to be set on read requests
• Fixed bug with serverErrorMessage being set to [[serverMessage]]
• Fixed bug with setCardTemplate to not require a card to already exist before using
• Fixed bug with firebase collection and deleting rows
• Fixed bug when setting columns after load
• Changed removeRow and updateRow to take a row index as parameter
• Added removeRecord and updateRecord that takes a row ID as parameter
• Allow nodata text to display when no src or data is set
• Fixed nodata dynamic change Fixed bugs with modifying cell edit status after load
• Modified detailsRenderer to be able to return a string that will be the contents of the dialog
• Modified renderer to be able to return a string that will be the contents of the cell
• Fixed bug with arrayslice Fixed minor spanish issues in es.js
• Fixed bug with toggle name/value pairs
• Fixed bug with celleditor being disabled
• Fixed loadByPage issues with startAtValue and paging
• Fixed loadByPage issues with inserts that return the full dataset
• Dynamically update <zg-column> typeelementattributename and typeelementtagname attributes
• Dynamically update <zg-column> typeiframeratio attribute
• Fixes with iframe width render
• Dynamically update <zg-column>, typeimagealt and typeimagemask attributes
• Dynamically update <zg-column> typeurltext and typeurlicon attributes
• Dynamically update <zginput> type attribute
• Dynamically update <zginput> action attribute
• Added card header when row selector is turned on, but edit controls are not
• Fixed issues with insert record showing up in context menu when it should not
• Fixed issue with insert record here showing up in context menu when it should not
• Fixed typeselectoptions to be flexible in data received in array format
• Fixed setNoData() issues
• Fixed dynamic update of typenumberformatting
• Fixed sorting of checkboxes
• Fixed sorting of mixed data types
• Fixed dynamic update of typecheckboxlabel
• Fixed typeRadioOptions with object instansitation
• Fixed filter with comma separated items
• Updated local updates to display update message
• Updated registerNamespace to allow for an unnamed default
• Fixed issues with server side sorting Small performance fixes
• Fixed bug with editor when index is in array form
• Fixed bug with editor when index is in negative array form
• Fixed bug with details renderer when arrayslice is used
• Fixed bug with server sorter
• Fixed big bug with nodata and then loading data
• Fixed bug with cell:render event
• Fixed bug with <zgsearch> losing focus on click
• Fixed <zg-pager> Border Issue
• Fixed the pager's borderbottom variable to include the missing generic zgpagerborder value as its fallback, to match the other borderside values.
• Namespaced boxshadow CSS variableChanged boxshadow to a namespaced zgboxshadow to better help avoid parentscope bleed,and to bring it in line with the other grid variables.
• Fixed issue with header width after removing all rows
• Update value attribute on <zgcell> if value is updated Display no label on button if index is undefined
• Allow filterColumn API method to match on value or text Fixed bug with typeselectoptions not updating the filter
• Updated server side sort to work with URL tokens
• Fixed bug with sort attribute not dynamically updating
• Updated range column type to display as a number
• Fixed bug with range validation Fixed bug with contextmenu "Insert Here" option
• Fixed bug with rownumber not presenting in card header
• Fixed bug with selector column not being displayed with editorcontrols turned on
• Fixed bug with editor column not being displayed with selectorcontrol turned on
• Fixed discrepencies with numbers attributes and being set via attribute or property
• Fixed bugs with server side sorting/searching and refreshing
• Fixed bug between staticmenu and selector
• Cleaned up data returned in grid:select event
• Fixed bug with removing grid with custom buttons
• Fixed issues with user's custom <zg-menu>
• Removed dead code Fixed issues with changing index on <zg-column>
• Fixed header issues with details dialog
• Fixed display bugs with details dialog
• Fixed issues with server side sorting on load
• Fixed dynamic updating of cellbreak on <zg-column>
• Fixed bug with cellbreak not being honored on <zg-column>
• Fixed bug with clearing typeselectoptions attribute
• Fixed bug with setting sorter attribute to invalid method
• Fixed bug with removing sort attribute from <zg-column>
• Fixed bug with copying null data
• Fixed expected behavior for [confirmDelete] when set to false in js
• Add ZGCaption when [rowSelector] enabledAdding the caption when feature is enables allows access to button to remove selected rows.

New

Features

• jsRule attribute can now be applied on main crosshairX and crosshairY objects, allowing crosshair line customization. This feature will allow you more flexible styling of crosshairs based on chart values. Like hiding the crosshair if the value is null
  • Custom data tokens can now be added on dynamic labels using %plot-IDX-data-customname constructs. This is good to display plot information in a static label.
  • Implemented display logic for overlapping scaleX crosshair items (alpha applied on obscured elements).
  • plot_click event information includes now plottext attribute.

New Documentation

• New gallery layout with search and filters by: chart type, features and use cases

Notable Fixes

• Added plotid as parameter for select and deselect API's.
• Fixed issue with bubble pack labels.
• Tilemap plugin fixes
• Fixed positioning issues.
• Fixed ability to use multiple tilemaps in same graphset.
• Fixed issue when zooming range chart with spline aspect.
• Fixed issue with maps flipping when negative zoom is applied.
• Fixed formatting issues on value-box objects.
• Added support for custom data-xxx tokens in sunburst charts.
• Fixed navigation reset on sunburst when the chart is deleted and reloaded with a different data.
• Fixed bug with timestamp formatting on data table view and data export when timezone parameter is used.
• Fixed issue with sorting crosshair plots by value when using "sort-by-value" : "asc" | "desc" attribute.
• Fixed issue with objects API not working when applied directly on map elements.
• Fixed broken scrolling logic on charts with y-axis scrolling

New

Features

• Change <zgparam> buildRestUrl to restmode
• Added celleditor attribute to turn off cell editing when editor or editorcontrols are set When celleditor is set to disabled and editor is turned on, double click edits the row
• Added XHTTPMethodOverride header when sending POSTs for PUT, DELETE, and PATCH Modified before CRUD events to allow manipulation of data
• Modified validator to allow manipulation of data
• Added ability to connect to Firebase SDK subscription
• Added <zgparam> name subscription to set to true
• Added ability to cancel certain actions via before event handlers. Use event.preventDefault:
  
  • data:record:beforedelete
  • data:record:beforechange
  • data:cell:beforechange
  • data:record:beforeinsert
• Added display message when no records are found in the grid
  
  • To customize message, added [nodata] attribute on <zinggrid>
  • To customize message, added <zgnodata> element that can be created under <zinggrid>
• Return the value of the id field on <zgcolumn index="recordkey"></zgcolumn> when data is array of objects (previously only worked on named objects)
• Added <zgparam> options for setting server error message
  
  • serverErrorMessage Sets the error message to display for the server error
  • serverErrorPath Sets the path to the error message in the case of a JSON response
• Added token [[serverMessage]] to place returned message from the server in the error message
• Added numbertypeformatter attribute to turn off auto formatting
• Added validators
  
  • date
  • url
  • email
  • range
• Added support for custom validators
• Added ZingGrid.registerValidator API method
• Added built in Number Validator
• Added validation error class to ZGDialog and ZGEditorRow
• Added validation error message to ZGDialog and ZGStatus
• Added <zinggrid> attribute validationerrormessage
• <zgparam> New Options
  
  • buildRestUrl True by default. Set to false to prevent REST URLs from being constructed
  • urlSuffix If using REST URLs, set a suffix to be appended to the URL. Usually an extension or a slash
• <zgparam> Shortcuts
  
  • createSrc
  • readSrc
  • updateRowSrc
  • updateCellSrc
  • deleteSrc
  • createMethod
  • readMethod
  • updateRowMethod
  • updateCellMethod
  • deleteMethod
• Added record token parsing within a URL Added django as an adapter option
• Added support for required columns for editing
• Added [required] attribute for <zgcolumn>
• Added [validationrequiredmessage] for <zgcolumn>
• Added [validationrequiredmessage] for <zinggrid>

Notable Fixes

• Fixed issue with src being set on <zgdata> or in <zgparam>
• Fixed issues with 204 responses on PUT, PATCH, and DELETE
• Fixed the 'multicell' selector in card layout from overlapping the cell content below it. Changed the location of the selector checkbox inside the card cell to the righthand edge.
• Added fullwidth to the <cite> element inside <zgsource> shadowDOM to fill the horizontal space. zgsourcetextalign now works as intended.
• Fixed issues with zgstatus closing
• Fixed bug where data is added to grid when server returns error Fixed bug where editor mode is turned on when editorcontrols is set to "false" or "disabled"
• Fixes for dynamic <zgparam> additions and removals
• Fixed bug with custom deleteBody
• Fixed issues with dynamic updating of <zgcolumn>

New

Notable Fixes

• Updates to zoom related events - added ev parameter which holds the event object - added beforezoom event which can completely stop zooming operation if event handler returns false
• Fixes issue with scrolling legend not properly displaying markers and text items
• Fixes issue affecting vector chart plugin
• Fixes issue with selection tool throwing errors on null nodes
• Fixes issue with value boxes not appearing on line3d and area3d charts
• Fixes issues related to log scales allowing overlapping items
• Fixed sorting of legend items using order attribute
• Fixed formatting on %pietotalvalue token
• Fixed issues with bad parsing of < and > tokens

New

Features

• Accessibility - All grids are WCAG 2.0 AA & 508 compliant
• Keyboard navigation and shortcuts added
• Screen reader compatibility, tested with JAWS and VoiceOver
• Inclusion of ARIA attributes for screen readers
• Screen size adjustments will not break layout or content of grid

New Documentation

• Accessibility

Notable Fixes

• Added reference to DOM cell on cell events
• grid:select will include cell and cells in the case of multiple cells selected
• Added zg-source to keyboard navigable region
• Fixed keyboard nav issues when card mode is rendered based on width
• Fixed focus issues with cancelling edit via esc key
• Fixed navigation issues for removing rows button
• Fixed selection of internal column types
• Added ability to navigate to user elements within zg-footer
• Added ability to navigate to zg-status
• Added ability to navigate to zg-watermark
• Added ability to navigate to user elements within zg-caption
• Fixed issue with up key navigating down
• Fixed issue with modal editor losing focus on close
• Fixed issue with width based card mode acting like row mode
• Fixed dialog focus bug
• Fixed keyboard nav after search and filter remove rows
• Fixed keyboard nav when all columns are hidden
• Saved focus state after using insert row
• Fixed inability to double tap edit on mobile
• Fixed mobile edit sporadic closing editor issue
• Fixed issue with cancel button appearing on edit when no delete button is in the row
• Fixed navigation issues when sort and/or filter of single columns are turned off
• Fixed select editor focusing issues
• Fixed bug with ZingGrid.setLanguage global function
• Fixed issue with grid click and then keyboard press not selecting correct item

New

Features

• New Chart Type: Violin Charts
• New Chart Type: Flame Charts
• Added item > highlightstate and marker > highlightstate on legend
• Extended boxplot format of data to [key, min, lowerq, med, upperq, max] format demo here

New Documentation

• New Flame Chart Docs
• New Violin Chart Docs
• New JSON Docs

Notable Fixes

• Added legendmouseover and legendmouseout events
• Added option to set license information to zingchart namespace with `zingchart.
• BoxPlot updates:
  • Fixed issue with attributes from series items not being transferred to boxplot series
• Data export updates: Fixed issue with datetime values in HTML table ignoring utc and timezone parameters
• Added data_export event which fires for every value being exported and allows for optional preformatting
• Added more flexibility to range plots in mixed chart context
• BubblePie charts work now when placed in a multichart graphset
• Cleared WorldCountries map removed specific @EUROPE filters for NOR and ISL. RUS@EUROPE and RUS@ASIA will however stay as a different tokens due to geographic specificity
• Fixed sorting of plots via legend
• Fixed bug with chart auto layout when browsing legend pages
• Fixed issue with ring charts loaded via custom build
• Fixed problem with custom builds (created via build generator) failing to render ring charts.
• Fixed issue with shadow not being rendered in specific cases
• Fixed issues with global 'mouseout' event
• Fixed issues with legend items text setup
• Fixed issues with scale string labels being treated as numbers
• Fixed issues with selection not being reset in specific cases
• Fixed maps blocking page scroll (via mouse wheel). Page scroll is no longer blocked by map charts. In case scrolling on maps is enabled, use the ALT key to force page scroll instead of map zooming.
• Renamed conflicting API's. Renamed object related 'getobjectinfo' API to 'getlabelinfo' and 'getshapeinfo' to prevent name conflict with the generic 'getobjectinfo' API
• Added Math.log10() polyfill for IE