Bar charts should have the option to have data split into buckets so that the graph is more readable

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

I'm using the latest nightly of webkit r65825
and flot r265

Attached is a bar graph over time, where there is a lot of dead space.

So, I think it would be handy to have the option to put the data into a set 
amount of buckets and add the values (then show date ranges on the x axis).  So 
for the attached graph, maybe it would be a good idea to use maybe 5 evenly 
spaced buckets spanning about a month each.  This way the bars will be wider, 
and easier to read.

I might start working on this myself, If I don't get any feedback by the end of 
today... shouldn't be too hard. =)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Lt.Sego@gmail.com on 24 Aug 2010 at 3:06

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

lol, so flot is bigger than I though 3000+ lines. Would be a nice feature to 
have.
(For now, I'm just going to bucketize through ruby.

Original comment by Lt.Sego@gmail.com on 25 Aug 2010 at 1:16

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

This would work well as a plug-in, but it's too specialized for the core 
library; marking as won't-fix.

Original comment by dnsch...@gmail.com on 4 Jun 2012 at 9:30

Changed state: WontFix

faheem801 / flot

Bar charts should have the option to have data split into buckets so that the graph is more readable #401