From b996453a1fb99a45df38774bef915e819ef323c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jukka Kurkela <jukka.kurkela@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2021 23:01:34 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Ignore items outside chart area for interaction

---
 src/core/core.interaction.js | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/core/core.interaction.js b/src/core/core.interaction.js
index b9676492385..fbfaf6ebbd7 100644
--- a/src/core/core.interaction.js
+++ b/src/core/core.interaction.js
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ function getNearestItems(chart, position, axis, intersect, useFinalPosition) {
     }
 
     const center = element.getCenterPoint(useFinalPosition);
+    if (!_isPointInArea(center, chart.chartArea, chart._minPadding)) {
+      return;
+    }
     const distance = distanceMetric(position, center);
     if (distance < minDistance) {
       items = [{element, datasetIndex, index}];