Highcharts v8.0.1

Core v8.0.1 ·
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  • Added new option for polar charts, pane.innerSize.
  • Removed the experimental “Open in Highcharts Cloud” menu item of the export-data module.
  • Added pie series dataLabel x and y position per point, see #12985.
  • Added new option annotations.labelOptions.accessibility.description.
  • Added accessibility functionality for annotations. Also added new option accessibility.point.valueDescriptionFormat.
  • Added support for useHTML property to rotated data labels.
  • Changed the default inactive.opacity for venn diagrams to ease perception, see #10663.
  • Added new option pattern.patternTransform that allows SVG patternTransform functions on a pattern.
  • Fullscreen module added. Allows using the chart.toggleFullscreen() method.
  • Automatically dismiss popup content, such as tooltips, when user presses ESC key.
  • Changed the behavior of keyboard navigation. It no longer opens export menu automatically, but sets focus to the button.
  • Improvements to sonification.
  • Introduced the new options plotOptions.series.custom, series.custom, and series.data.custom to store additional data for custom formatters and custom event callbacks.
UPGRADE NOTES EXPAND COLLAPSE
  • The Highcharts.Color constructor will not work without the new keyword. Use either new Highcharts.Color or the Highcharts.color factory.
34 BUGFIXES EXPAND COLLAPSE
  • Fixed wrong x-range drag handles issue with multiple series, see #12878.
  • Fixed #12934, responsive rules didn’t work for drill-up button initially.
  • Fixed #12949, using multiple drilldown with data sorting threw an error.
  • Fixed tooltip position on sankey diagram links and nodes when tooltip.followPointer was false.
  • Fixed #12926, dumbbell marker was incorrectly colored after mouse out when series.marker.fillColor was defined.
  • Fixed #11917, errors and failed rendering of sankey chart if the number of nodes was too great. Fixed by reducing the nodePadding below its setting to allocate space for all nodes.
  • Added new option, annotations.shapes.src, see #12890.
  • Fixed issues with tooltips and scrollable plot area. See #12416 and #12498.
  • Fixed #11993, wordcloud looked incorrect after running setData().
  • Fixed #12566, in the data module, empty points should be parsed to null instead of undefined.
  • Fixed #12812, high contrast mode not detected in new Edge.
  • Fixed #12666, node render to null increase the sum by set weight.
  • Fixed #12514, data label position for column pyramid with 0 value.
  • Fixed issue with wrong axis options after drilldown to treemap series, see #12326.
  • Fixed #10162, RTL text was covered when using a text outline.
  • Fixed issue with updating legend’s font-size, see #12705.
  • Fixed issue with pie series update to 3d, see #12714.
  • Fixed #11148, a point should not be trackable when is out of his pane. Also, isInsidePlot() works for panes now.
  • Fixed #12718, markers invisible on chart update from null points with a11y module.
  • Fixed #12690, a11y module caused render issues for 3D funnel.
  • Fixed issue with not visible column data label when a point has a small value, see #12688.
  • Fixed #12711, missing border and background for split tooltip’s header in styled mode.
  • Fixed #12513, deselecting previously selected nodes did not work for networkgraph series.
  • Fixed #12156, added series.inactive.enabled option to disable inactive state.
  • Fixed #12453, node with 0 value was rendered on the Sankey and dependency wheel.
  • Fixed #12424, enabling network graph series in legend used to throw errors.
  • Fixed #12515, updating depth in 3D pie chart did not work.
  • Fixed #4369, 3D columns had wrong zIndex with long charts.
  • Fixed issue with disabled animation for empty pie, see #12619.
  • Fixed issue with tooltip wrong position on a bar chart when xAxis top or height set, see #12589.
  • Fixed #12648, datetime axis ticks were wrong in Indian time zone when close to the DST crossover.
  • Fixed #12627, legend items in pie chart overlapped on drilldown.
  • Fixed #5508, data labels were wrongly positioned on inverted 3D charts.
  • Fixed #12484, drag markers for columns were not showing when highcharts-3d and draggable-points were loaded.