NUKnightLab / NUKnightLab/TimelineJS3
Smarter zoom levels
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Description
In a zendesk ticket, a user showed a screenshot of a Timeline with a date range of ~75 years, but most of the events clustered in the last 3-5 years.
Should we implement something which sets the initial zoom level based on when the "most" events are? Alternatively, is there a method for smoothly adjusting the zoom when someone moves from a sparse region of the timeline to a dense region?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing TimelineJS3's existing zoom behavior and the linked Zendesk example, since the issue names no files or tests. Define whether the work should choose an initial zoom from event density, adjust zoom during navigation, or both; done requires an agreed behavior and a reproducible test or example for the sparse-to-dense timeline case.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100