Timeline: attach end of item to current time future about vis HOT 3 CLOSED

I think there are plenty of different use cases to deal with present/past events, so I don't think there is a single solution for this which suites everybodies needs.

It is however not difficult to implement this functionality yourself: create a timer which regularly checks whether the current time passed the end of any of your items, if so, adjust this item. If you use a DataSet, the changes will be automatically reflected in the timeline.

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Why not? :) I had in mind a special keyword for "end" of ongoing events (like end: "present"), for which we know that they will be ranges, but the end is not known yet. Here is my solution: if the "start" date is in the future, they will be displayed like boxes or points, but if the "start" is in the past, "end" will be aligned to CurrentTime line, until the "end" is not fixed in the DataSet by user interaction or SSE event. Such kind of functionality will allow to build interactive web interface based on your Timeline, like selling rental products, or for managing internet cafe, or what ever.
Anyway, I gonna fork you, just wanted to share this idea, that can give a new aspect of using your product, which is great.
BR

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I understand your point, it is indeed an interesting case. Not sure, but would it be possible to create a new Item type for this, extending the default Range? Then this item should regularly update its own view?

Regarding past/future items: it will be interesting to add css classes to the items denoting whether they are in the past or future. So you can easily give items in the past an other styling than future items. And the same with the time axis and weekdays, so you can give weekends a different styling and things like that.

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