Add an "Additional raw settings" text area to the config form

Created on 2 December 2015, over 9 years ago
Updated 11 March 2025, 2 months ago

There's currently a lot of options, especially of the Highcharts library, that this module doesn't support. The reasons are multiple:

  • Each option needs some time to be implemented, especially the UI.
  • Options need to be supported by both Highcharts and Google Charts, and also need to be implemented for both in order to be added to the module.
  • Adding too many, sometimes only rarely used option will be detrimental to the UX since the UI becomes too complicated.

One solution for all of these would be to just have a text area for "Additional raw settings" in the UI where the user can input JSON (or any other format – could be an additional option) to be included in the options sent to whichever library is being used. That way, with a single stroke, we have complete, if somewhat second-class, support for all features of any library. Additional proper UI options could then be added only if they are properly implemented and requested by enough people – which won't prevent people from using the feature directly in the meantime, though, at least in most cases.

Would you be open to add such an option? If so, I could probably provide a patch.

✨ Feature request
Status

Closed: outdated

Version

2.0

Component

Chart API

Created by

πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΉAustria drunken monkey Vienna, Austria

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