Allow time scale to offset using skipped ticks

docs/axes/cartesian/time.md

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Namespace: `options.scales[scaleId]`
 | `suggestedMax` | `number`\|`string` | | The maximum item to display if there is no datapoint behind it. [more...](../index.md#axis-range-settings)
 | `adapters.date` | `object` | `{}` | Options for adapter for external date library if that adapter needs or supports options
 | `bounds` | `string` | `'data'` | Determines the scale bounds. [more...](./index.md#scale-bounds)
+| `offsetAfterAutoskip` | `boolean` | `false` | If true, bar chart offsets are computed with auto skipped ticks.
 | `ticks.source` | `string` | `'auto'` | How ticks are generated. [more...](#ticks-source)
 | `time.displayFormats` | `object` | | Sets how different time units are displayed. [more...](#display-formats)
 | `time.isoWeekday` | `boolean`\|`number` | `false` | If `boolean` and true and the unit is set to 'week', then the first day of the week will be Monday. Otherwise, it will be Sunday. If `number`, the index of the first day of the week (0 - Sunday, 6 - Saturday)

src/core/core.scale.js

@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ export default class Scale extends Element {
     if (tickOpts.display && (tickOpts.autoSkip || tickOpts.source === 'auto')) {
       this.ticks = autoSkip(this, this.ticks);
       this._labelSizes = null;
+      this.afterAutoSkip();
     }
 
     if (samplingEnabled) {
@@ -619,6 +620,7 @@ export default class Scale extends Element {
   afterCalculateLabelRotation() {
     call(this.options.afterCalculateLabelRotation, [this]);
   }
+  afterAutoSkip() {}
 
   //
 

src/scales/scale.time.js

@@ -351,6 +351,14 @@ export default class TimeScale extends Scale {
     return ticksFromTimestamps(this, ticks, this._majorUnit);
   }
 
+  afterAutoSkip() {
+    // Offsets for bar charts need to be handled with the auto skipped
+    // ticks. Once ticks have been skipped, we re-compute the offsets.
+    if (this.options.offsetAfterAutoskip) {
+      this.initOffsets(this.ticks.map(tick => +tick.value));
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
 	 * Returns the start and end offsets from edges in the form of {start, end}
 	 * where each value is a relative width to the scale and ranges between 0 and 1.

test/fixtures/scale.time/offset-auto-skip-ticks.js

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+const data = {
+  labels: [],
+  datasets: [{
+    label: 'Dataset',
+    borderColor: '#2f54eb',
+    data: [{
+      y: 3,
+      x: 1646345700000
+    }, {
+      y: 7,
+      x: 1646346600000
+    }, {
+      y: 9,
+      x: 1646347500000
+    }, {
+      y: 5,
+      x: 1646348400000
+    }, {
+      y: 5,
+      x: 1646349300000
+    }],
+  }]
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+  description: 'https://github.com/chartjs/Chart.js/issues/10215',
+  config: {
+    type: 'bar',
+    data,
+    options: {
+      maintainAspectRatio: false,
+      scales: {
+        x: {
+          type: 'time',
+          offset: true,
+          offsetAfterAutoskip: true,
+          axis: 'x',
+          grid: {
+            offset: true
+          },
+        },
+        y: {
+          display: false,
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  options: {
+    spriteText: true,
+    canvas: {width: 600, height: 400}
+  }
+};

types/index.esm.d.ts

@@ -3202,6 +3202,13 @@ export type TimeScaleOptions = Omit<CartesianScaleOptions, 'min' | 'max'> & {
    */
   bounds: 'ticks' | 'data';
 
+  /**
+   * If true, bar chart offsets are computed with skipped tick sizes
+   * @since 3.8.0
+   * @default false
+   */
+  offsetAfterAutoskip: boolean;
+
   /**
    * options for creating a new adapter instance
    */