Gutenberg: Add support for chartJS

[DanyCaissy]

Upon clicking this menu: https://i.imgur.com/5cCkdOh.png

Tables and google charts will be displayed in that menu, but chartjs charts are not displayed. They can only be included using the old tag.

As this behaviour is inconsistent it may confuse users.

[contactashish13]

@DanyCaissy this should go into its own version (maybe 2 versions in the future) as it will monopolize all of my time and it should not hold back other releases.

[DanyCaissy]

@contactashish13 I'd like this to be addressed in this release as it is causing inconsistent behavior on an important feature of the plugin, and I think could arguably be considered a bug.

If there is really no way to fix this in a reasonable amount of time, at a minimum I'd want this to be investigated in detail as to why it cannot be added, and reviewed by another developer that is familiar with Gutenberg.

[contactashish13]

Sure. Please ask Hardeep.

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On Mar 12, 2020, 14:54, at 14:54, Dany Caissy ***@***.***> wrote: @contactashish13 I'd like this to be addressed in this release as it is causing inconsistent behavior on an important feature of the plugin, and I think could arguably be considered a bug. If there is really no way to fix this in a reasonable amount of time, at a minimum I'd want this to be investigated in detail as to why it cannot be added, and reviewed by another developer that is familiar with Gutenberg. -- You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: #619 (comment)

[DanyCaissy]

@HardeepAsrani

Could you answer the following questions, in relation to this ticket?

• Is it possible at all to add ChartJS to the gutenberg plugin?
• If not, why is it not possible (you can go into technicals), and is there any workaround?
• If yes, is there a lot of complexity involved? How long would it take to get a fix approximately?

[HardeepAsrani]

@DanyCaissy @contactashish13

• It is possible and if you decide to do this, you can use this package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-chartjs-2

• Things can be a little complex because Google Charts & ChartsJS probably don't accept the same formats but I'm saying this as an outsider as I've not really seen what format ChartsJS accepts. There will be few points to figure out.

• It should take 2-3 days of work most likely, more if there's something to get you stuck.

[DanyCaissy]

@HardeepAsrani Thanks!

@contactashish13 Could you try and resolve this for this release? Even if it takes more development time I think this issue should get resolved sooner than later.