jrtechs-vis/HISTORY.md

vis.js history

http://visjs.org

not yet released, version 3.1.1

General

• Refactored Timeline and Graph2d to use the same core.

Graph2D

• Added visible property to the groups.
• Added getLegend() method.
• Added isGroupVisible() method.
• Fixed empty group bug.
• Added fit() and getItemRange() methods.

Timeline

• Fixed items in groups sometimes being displayed but not positioned correctly.

2014-07-22, version 3.1.0

General

• Refactored the code to commonjs modules, which are browserifyable. This allows to create custom builds.

Timeline

• Implemented function getVisibleItems(), which returns the items visible in the current window.
• Added options margin.item.horizontal and margin.item.vertical, which allows to specify different margins horizontally/vertically.
• Removed check for number of arguments in callbacks onAdd, onUpdate, onRemove, and onMove.
• Fixed items in groups sometimes being displayed but not positioned correctly.
• Fixed range where the end of the first is equal to the start of the second sometimes being stacked instead of put besides each other when item.margin=0 due to round-off errors.

Network (formerly named Graph)

• Expanded smoothCurves options for improved support for large clusters.
• Added multiple types of smoothCurve drawing for greatly improved performance.
• Option for inherited edge colors from connected nodes.
• Option to disable the drawing of nodes or edges on drag.
• Fixed support nodes not being cleaned up if edges are removed.
• Improved edge selection detection for long smooth curves.
• Fixed dot radius bug.
• Updated max velocity of nodes to three times it's original value.
• Made "stabilized" event fire every time the network stabilizes.
• Fixed drift in dragging nodes while zooming.
• Fixed recursively constructing of hierarchical layouts.
• Added borderWidth option for nodes.
• Implemented new Hierarchical view solver.
• Fixed an issue with selecting nodes when the web page is scrolled down.
• Added Gephi JSON parser
• Added Neighbour Highlight example
• Added Import From Gephi example
• Enabled color parsing for nodes when supplied with rgb(xxx,xxx,xxx) value.

DataSet

• Added .get() returnType option to return as JSON object, Array or Google DataTable.

2014-07-07, version 3.0.0

Timeline

• Implemented support for displaying a title for both items and groups.

• Fixed auto detected item type being preferred over the global item type.

• Throws an error when constructing without new keyword.

• Removed the 'rangeoverflow' item type. Instead, one can use a regular range and change css styling of the item contents to:

    .vis.timeline .item.range .content {
      overflow: visible;
    }
  

• Fixed the height of background and foreground panels of groups.

• Fixed ranges in the Timeline sometimes overlapping when dragging the Timeline.

• Fixed DataView not working in Timeline.

Network (formerly named Graph)

• Renamed Graph to Network to prevent confusion with the visualizations Graph2d and Graph3d.
  • Renamed option dragGraph to dragNetwork.
• Now throws an error when constructing without new keyword.
• Added pull request from Vukk, user can now define the edge width multiplier when selected.
• Fixed graph.storePositions().
• Extended Selection API with selectNodes and selectEdges, deprecating setSelection.
• Fixed multiline labels.
• Changed hierarchical physics solver and updated docs.

Graph2d

• Added first iteration of the Graph2d.

Graph3d

• Now throws an error when constructing without new keyword.

2014-06-19, version 2.0.0

Timeline

• Implemented function destroy to neatly cleanup a Timeline.
• Implemented support for dragging the timeline contents vertically.
• Implemented options zoomable and moveable.
• Changed default value of option showCurrentTime to true.
• Internal refactoring and simplification of the code.
• Fixed property className of groups not being applied to related contents and background elements, and not being updated once applied.

Graph

• Reduced the timestep a little for smoother animations.
• Fixed dataManipulation.initiallyVisible functionality (thanks theGrue).
• Forced typecast of fontSize to Number.
• Added editing of edges using the data manipulation toolkit.

DataSet

• Renamed option convert to type.

2014-06-06, version 1.1.0

Timeline

• Select event now triggers repeatedly when selecting an already selected item.
• Renamed Timeline.repaint() to Timeline.redraw() to be consistent with the other visualisations of vis.js.
• Fixed Timeline.clear() not resetting a configured options.start and options.end.

Graph

• Fixed error with zero nodes with hierarchical layout.
• Added focusOnNode function.
• Added hover option.
• Added dragNodes option. Renamed movebale to dragGraph option.
• Added hover events (hoverNode, blurNode).

Graph3D

• Ported Graph3D from Chap Links Library.

2014-05-28, version 1.0.2

Timeline

• Implemented option minHeight, similar to option maxHeight.
• Implemented a method clear([what]), to clear items, groups, and configuration of a Timeline instance.
• Added function repaint() to force a repaint of the Timeline.
• Some tweaks in snapping dragged items to nice dates.
• Made the instance of moment.js packaged with vis.js accessibly via vis.moment.
• A newly created item is initialized with end property when option type is "range" or "rangeoverflow".
• Fixed a bug in replacing the DataSet of groups via Timeline.setGroups(groups).
• Fixed a bug when rendering the Timeline inside a hidden container.
• Fixed axis scale being determined wrongly for a second Timeline in a single page.

Graph

• Added zoomable and moveable options.
• Changes setOptions to avoid resetting view.
• Interchanged canvasToDOM and DOMtoCanvas to correspond with the docs.

2014-05-09, version 1.0.1

Timeline

• Fixed width of items with type rangeoverflow.
• Fixed a bug wrongly rendering invisible items after updating them.

Graph

• Added coordinate conversion from DOM to Canvas.
• Fixed bug where the graph stopped animation after settling in playing with physics.
• Fixed bug where hierarchical physics properties were not handled.
• Added events for change of view and zooming.

2014-05-02, version 1.0.0

Timeline

• Large refactoring of the Timeline, simplifying the code.
• Great performance improvements.
• Improved layout of box-items inside groups.
• Items can now be dragged from one group to another.
• Implemented option stack to enable/disable stacking of items.
• Implemented function fit, which sets the Timeline window such that it fits all items.
• Option editable can now be used to enable/disable individual manipulation actions (add, updateTime, updateGroup, remove).
• Function setWindow now accepts an object with properties start and end.
• Fixed option autoResize forcing a repaint of the Timeline with every check rather than when the Timeline is actually resized.
• Fixed select event fired repeatedly when clicking an empty place on the Timeline, deselecting selected items).
• Fixed initial visible window in case items exceed zoomMax. Thanks @Remper.
• Fixed an offset in newly created items when using groups.
• Fixed height of a group not reckoning with the height of the group label.
• Option order is now deprecated. This was needed for performance improvements.
• More examples added.
• Minor bug fixes.

Graph

• Added recalculate hierarchical layout to update node event.
• Added arrowScaleFactor to scale the arrows on the edges.

DataSet

• A DataSet can now be constructed with initial data, like new DataSet(data, options).

2014-04-18, version 0.7.4

Graph

• Fixed IE9 bug.
• Style fixes.
• Minor bug fixes.

2014-04-16, version 0.7.3

Graph

• Fixed color bug.
• Added pull requests from kannonboy and vierja: tooltip styling, label fill color.

2014-04-09, version 0.7.2

Graph

• Fixed edge select bug.
• Fixed zoom bug on empty initialization.

2014-03-27, version 0.7.1

Graph

• Fixed edge color bug.
• Fixed select event bug.
• Clarified docs, stressing importance of css inclusion for correct display of navigation an manipulation icons.
• Improved and expanded playing with physics (configurePhysics option).
• Added highlights to navigation icons if the corresponding key is pressed.
• Added freezeForStabilization option to improve stabilization with cached positions.

2014-03-07, version 0.7.0

Graph

• Changed navigation CSS. Icons are now always correctly positioned.
• Added stabilizationIterations option to graph.
• Added storePosition() method to save the XY positions of nodes in the DataSet.
• Separated allowedToMove into allowedToMoveX and allowedToMoveY. This is required for initializing nodes from hierarchical layouts after storePosition().
• Added color options for the edges.

2014-03-06, version 0.6.1

Graph

• Bugfix graphviz examples.
• Bugfix labels position for smooth curves.
• Tweaked graphviz example physics.
• Updated physics documentation to stress importance of configurePhysics.

Timeline

• Fixed a bug with options margin.axis and margin.item being ignored when setting them to zero.
• Some clarifications in the documentation.

2014-03-05, version 0.6.0

Graph

• Added Physics Configuration option. This makes tweaking the physics system to suit your needs easier.
• Click and doubleClick events.
• Initial zoom bugfix.
• Directions for Hierarchical layout.
• Refactoring and bugfixes.

2014-02-20, version 0.5.1

• Fixed broken bower module.

2014-02-20, version 0.5.0

Timeline

• Editable Items: drag items, add new items, update items, and remove items.
• Implemented options selectable, editable.
• Added events timechange and timechanged when dragging the custom time bar.
• Multiple items can be selected using ctrl+click or shift+click.
• Implemented functions setWindow(start, end) and getWindow().
• Fixed scroll to zoom not working on IE in standards mode.

Graph

• Editable nodes and edges: create, update, and remove them.
• Support for smooth, curved edges (on by default).
• Performance improvements.
• Fixed scroll to zoom not working on IE in standards mode.
• Added hierarchical layout option.
• Overhauled physics system, now using Barnes-Hut simulation by default. Great performance gains.
• Modified clustering system to give better results.
• Adaptive performance system to increase visual performance (60fps target).

DataSet

• Renamed functions subscribe and unsubscribe to on and off respectively.

2014-01-31, version 0.4.0

Timeline

• Implemented functions on and off to create event listeners for events rangechange, rangechanged, and select.
• Implemented function select to get and set the selected items.
• Items can be selected by clicking them, muti-select by holding them.
• Fixed non working start and end options.

Graph

• Fixed longstanding bug in the force calculation, increasing simulation stability and fluidity.
• Reworked the calculation of the Graph, increasing performance for larger datasets (up to 10x!).
• Support for automatic clustering in Graph to handle large (>50000) datasets without losing performance.
• Added automatic initial zooming to Graph, to more easily view large amounts of data.
• Added local declustering to Graph, freezing the simulation of nodes outside of the cluster.
• Added support for key-bindings by including mouseTrap in Graph.
• Added navigation controls.
• Added keyboard navigation.
• Implemented functions on and off to create event listeners for event select.

2014-01-14, version 0.3.0

• Moved the generated library to folder ./dist
• Css stylesheet must be loaded explicitly now.
• Implemented options showCurrentTime and showCustomTime. Thanks @fi0dor.
• Implemented touch support for Timeline.
• Fixed broken Timeline options min and max.
• Fixed not being able to load vis.js in node.js.

2013-09-20, version 0.2.0

• Implemented full touch support for Graph.
• Fixed initial empty range in the Timeline in case of a single item.
• Fixed field className not working for items.

2013-06-20, version 0.1.0

• Added support for DataSet to Graph. Graph now uses an id based set of nodes and edges instead of a row based array internally. Methods getSelection and setSelection of Graph now accept a list with ids instead of rows.
• Graph is now robust against edges pointing to non-existing nodes, which can occur easily while dynamically adding/removing nodes and edges.
• Implemented basic support for groups in the Timeline.
• Added documentation on DataSet and DataView.
• Fixed selection of nodes in a Graph when the containing web page is scrolled.
• Improved date conversion.
• Renamed DataSet option fieldTypes to convert.
• Renamed function vis.util.cast to vis.util.convert.

2013-06-07, version 0.0.9

• First working version of the Graph imported from the old library.
• Documentation added for both Timeline and Graph.

2013-05-03, version 0.0.8

• Performance improvements: only visible items are rendered.
• Minor bug fixes and improvements.

2013-04-25, version 0.0.7

• Sanitized the published packages on npm and bower.

2013-04-25, version 0.0.6

• Css is now packaged in the javascript file, and automatically loaded.
• The library uses node style dependency management for modules now, used with Browserify.

2013-04-16, version 0.0.5

• First working version of the Timeline.
• Website created.