[BUG] Chart update from category to datetime xAxis type

[Veoth]

Hello,

I've encountered a bug when updating a chart.

The initial chart is a line chart with 2 series & a set a predifined categories. xAxis type is set to 'category'.
Then I update the chart, setting the xAxis type to 'datetime', fillings series data with a x value (timestamp) to get a timeline chart

Here is a stackblitz: The xAxis is not showing proper formatted ticks
https://stackblitz.com/edit/highcharts- ... e=index.js

Regards

[dominik.c]

Hello Veoth!

Welcome to our forum and thanks for contacting us with your question!

When updating chart's elements with new options, old options are not removed, so in this case categories array is still there and is causing chart to act strange. Set categories (axis option) to false on chart update and axis type will be changed.

Demo: https://stackblitz.com/edit/highcharts- ... e=index.js

Best regards!

[Veoth]

Hello Dominik,

Thanks for the quick answer I appreciate !

The things is that i'm building a chart using angualr alongside with typescript, and the provided type for XAxisOptions does not allow categories to be set to false.
It can be either an array of string or undefined.

Any ideas ?

Thanks, have a good day !

[dominik.c]

Hi again!

That's strange. Are you sure that it's not possible?

You can try to delete the whole chart and create it one more time with datetime axis instead of categories one. Probably there are no other ways to do that.

Best regards!