Google Charts 'upcoming' release of v51

[Daniel LaLiberte]

Google Charts version '51' is now available.  You can use this upcoming version by loading 'upcoming'.  Please test the new features and let us know if you experience any issues.  

<script>
  google.charts.load('upcoming', 

    {packages: ['corechart']});
</script>

Anticipated production release date: June 22, 2021

At this time, the 'current' version is still '50'.

On the release date, loading either 'current' or 'upcoming' will load '51'. 

Note that this is a much shorter release cycle compared to previous releases.

This release includes many more internal refactorings and migrations to ES6 and TypeScript, in preparation for the first phase of open-sourcing Google Charts.

• VegaChart
  • Restore the previous behavior regarding the default or explicit sizing of charts via the options for 'height', 'width', 'padding', and 'autosize'.
  • Vega is updated to v5.20.1
  • Vega-lite is updated to v5.1.0
  • Vega-embed is updated to v6.17.0
• Timeline
  • Add the hidden accessibility table to Timeline.
  • New alternatingRowStyle option to enable setting the background style of alternating rows to lighter and darker colors. Default is true.
• Query
• Allow trailing ';' to be missing on Query responses.

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• Daniel LaLiberte  • SWE  • Cambridge MA  • dlaliberte@Google.com