Options.datasets[type] sounds to do not exist

[stockiNail]

The PR #8090 should restore the old format to manage options.datasets object and, as written in the documentation, the dataset options can be changed at 3 different levels and are evaluated with the following priority:

• per dataset: dataset.*
• per chart: options.datasets[type].*
• or globally: Chart.defaults.controllers[type].datasets.*

My expectation is to have in my bar chart instance the chart.options.datasets.bar with all options of bar dataset.

Instead, see the console of CodePen https://codepen.io/stockinail/pen/GRjZGRK, chart.options.datasets.bar doesn't exist and the node chart.options.datasets doesn't contains any dataset type but the options of bar dataset.

I'm not sure if this is a bug or if I misunderstood the PR #8090.

Chart.js version: dist/master

[kurkle]

The defaults are just not merged there, but if you define it, it is used.

https://codepen.io/kurkle/pen/qBawVdo

[kurkle]

But looking at the output:

There might be something wrong still (the animations, barPercentage and categoryPercentage seem misplaced).

[stockiNail]

There might be something wrong still (the animations, barPercentage and categoryPercentage seem misplaced).

@kurkle yes, that's what I meant. If you add the options in your chart config (as you did in your example), you didn't use the object coming from controllers bar datasets.

[kurkle]

Should be ok after #8563

[stockiNail]

Should be ok after #8563

I confirm it works as expected! Thank you @kurkle