Features

• New in Highcharts v8.0.4
  • Added new option, tooltip.stickOnContact, to allow the tooltip to stick when hovering it with the mouse or when touched.

Fixes

• Fixes in Highcharts v8.0.4
  • Fixed #13042, getTimezoneOffset callback passed inconsistent value type.
  • Fixed #13018, the vertical axis line and labels were incorrectly positioned when the pane.startAngle, xAxis.angle (inverted chart) or yAxis.angle (non-inverted chart) were set.
  • Fixed #9682, touching legend prevented page scroll.
  • Fixed #12870, hover point is not displayed when boost module is enabled.

Fixes

• Fixes in Highcharts v8.0.3
  • Fixed #13053, a regression that removed the compatibility feature of calling Highcharts.Color without the new keyword.
  • Fixed issue with wrong clipping during series animation when the chart was subject to responsive rules.

Fixes

• Fixes in Highcharts v8.0.2
  • Fixed #13056, the highcharts-3d.js file was not compiled and distributed to code.highcharts.com and npm.

Features

• New in Highcharts v8.0.1
  • 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.
  • Added new option annotations.labelOptions.accessibility.description.
  • Added new option, annotations.shapes.src.
  • 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.
  • 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.

The Highcharts.Color constructor will not work without the new keyword. Use either new Highcharts.Color or the Highcharts.color factory.

Fixes

• Fixes in Highcharts Gantt v8.0.1
  • Fixed #12617, when collapsing a parent node in the tree grid, its child tasks were still rendered.
• Fixes in Highcharts v8.0.1
  • Fixed wrong x-range drag handles issue with multiple series.
  • 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.
  • Fixed issues with tooltips and scrollable plot area.
  • 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.
  • Fixed #10162, RTL text was covered when using a text outline.
  • Fixed issue with updating legend's font-size.
  • Fixed issue with pie series update to 3d.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Fixed issue with tooltip wrong position on a bar chart when xAxis top or height set.
  • 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.

Features

• New in Highcharts v8.0.0
  • Added new series type, radial bar chart. Under the hood, this is a column series in an inverted and polar chart.
  • Added data sorting with animations on update.
  • Added marker clusters for scatter point series.
  • Added new option accessibility.linkedDescription.
  • Added new accessibility options with more flexibility for customizing the hidden screen reader regions.
  • Added flame chart demo.

Fixes

• Fixes in Highcharts Gantt v8.0.0
  • Fixed #11427, in certain date ranges, single years were displayed on both rows in the grid axis.
  • Fixed #10324, regression with xAxis.grid.cellHeight.
• Fixes in Highcharts v8.0.0
  • Fixed #12053 and #12152, pattern fill issues. Introduced color.patternIndex option.
  • Fixed #7255, trying to printing chart again, after cancelling in Safari, elements other than chart were not hidden.
  • Fixed #12488, selection zoomed to wrong area in the Treemap series.
  • Fixed issue with wrong extremes for bubble series when xAxis.max set.
  • Fixed #12549, disabling keyboard nav still added container tabindex.
  • Fixed #12438, a regression causing the reset zoom button not to work with the a11y module on mobile.
  • Fixed #12462, filename with forward slash (/) not being replaced with safe character when exported. Now replaced with -.
  • Fixed issue with data labels visible despite point placed outside the plot area, see #12370.
  • Fixed #12343, noData message was not visible with gauge series. Added 1 as default zIndex to render the message in front.
  • Fixed #12500, updating dataLabel color from contrast to a different one was not working.
  • Fixed #12459, annotation's control points were not draggable.
  • Fixed #12425, updating sunburst series used to disable traversing.
  • Fixed compatibility issues with menu navigation for screen readers.
  • Fixed #12161, legend textDecoration hidden style not working on IE11 with accessibility module enabled.
  • Improved handling of null point accessibility.
  • Fixed #12090, a11y module broke legend navigation.
  • Fixed minor bugs with keyboard navigation.
  • Fixed #12434 and #12097, regression in venn series label positioning causing JavaScript error.
  • Fixed #12445, updating borderColor and borderWidth didn't work for solid gauge series.
  • Fixed #12421, high contrast mode used to throw errors when the colorAxis module was not loaded.
  • Fixed #12390, not overlapping dataLabels after zoom in and zoom out were hidden.
  • Fixed #12262, Sunburst did not use 100% of the plot area.
  • Fixed #12374, sankey nodes were rearranged after redraw where the nodes.level option was used.
  • Fixed #12295, null was used as event listener in drilldown module, which caused a JavaScript error when called.
  • Fixed #12335, memory leaks in polar series after updating data set.
  • Fixed #12333, setting data in treemap series with points with the same ID's did not render new points.
  • Fixed #12289, sonification timeline issues with multiple charts.
  • Fixed #11617, support tooltip.split with chart.scrollablePlotArea.
  • Fixed #12267, error in waterfall chart when the series was invisible and the first value was below 0.
  • Fixed #12248, the Y axis' range was disturbed on stacked (overlapping) waterfall chart.
  • Fixed #11758, stackLabels in styled mode used to throw errors.