NUKnightLab / NUKnightLab/TimelineJS3
Control timeline display period and auto-scroll to today
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Description
Hello,
I am using Javascript to instantiate a Timeline3 object and populate it with my own JSON. This working fine.
I have reviewed the API documentation and cannot find a way to:
(a) precisely control the time period displayed initially (e.g. I want to be able to say "Show me all events between 1/1/2023 and 31/12/2024")
(b) alternatively, specify to show a 24 month forward looking period, automatically starting from today
(c) I'd also love to be able to show over-lapping Eras. Default behaviour seems to be for the later Era to overwrite any earlier Eras when there is a time overlap.
Any assistance with this would be much appreciated!
Kind regards,
James
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Research direction
Start with the Timeline3 initialization API and the existing API documentation, then trace how the supplied JSON events and eras determine the initial view. Define and document support for an explicit date range or a forward-looking period from today, and clarify the expected behavior for overlapping eras. Done means these display options work with user-provided JSON and overlapping eras no longer unexpectedly replace one another.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100