Zoom graph

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It seems that there is no way to zoom it. Why?

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I believe now the more appropriate question is: When? :wink:

The current graph is a raster graphic driven by matplotlib, the new one is close to hitting the shelves I believe and is driven by d3js.
Also see this request for SVG.

With the new graphing comes vector graphics for the graph I assume. Why they haven’t turned on the SVG output of matplotlib I do not know but maybe one of the devs can comment on that.

In the meantime I use the screen zoom feature of macOS to zoom in. Or you can use the zoom level in your browser. It ain’t pretty but for the time being…

Also you can manually zoom by adjusting the settings of the graph:
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That’s a pretty good summary!

Don’t forget, you can go to https://road.beeminder.com/ and get an interactive zoomable graph.

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ah, this is super useful, thank you for linking it!!
(i’ve yet to ever use the graph editor, so this page hasn’t really been on my mind.)

around a hundred-ish days/data points is where the visuals start to get a bit blurry for me, i guess, and now i absolutely crave that zoom feature for some of my oldest goals :sweat_smile:

edit to add: i first looked in the help docs on zoom info, and the first page that came up was the the article How do I interpret the graph? - Beeminder Help. the only mention of “zoom” on there is under the section Can I change where the graph starts, or make the end-date of my goal visible?

You can adjust the range shown on the graph in your goal settings by changing the “x-min” (initial value on the x-axis), “x-max” (maximum value for the x-axis, e.g. the date you want the goal to end), y-min (initial value displayed on the y-axis) and y-max (maximum value on the y-axis). This is useful if you ever want to hide an earlier portion of the graph, or if you want to temporarily zoom in on one section for a closer look!

it might be useful to add there as well that graph.beeminder.com can help you zoom / make the end-date of your goal visible! (i think road.beeminder.com now fully redirects to graph.beeminder.com? at least they both send me to the same page more or less.)