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Google Spreadsheets getting Charts soon?
To quench my curiosity, I had to take a closer look at the source code for Google Spreadsheets after it was updated yesterday. To my surprise (or not), it shows clearly that Google has definitely been working on a "Chart Create" feature that many users have been waiting for.
The snippet that mentions chart functionality is not referenced anywhere else in the javascript -- and from what I can tell, it would be a waste of time trying to create a greasemonkey script to hardwire the function in there. This code gives us a tiny glimpse into the future of the product, but leaves us on the edge of our seat while we wait patiently for the implementation:
...Why is this important? Google Spreadsheets has been under scrutiny since the product launched -- mostly due to the lack of support for advanced features like charts, macros and pivot tables. Even though charts are definitely in the works, I was unable to find anything that suggests a future for macros and other "missing" features.
colInsertAfter:69,
undo:71,
redo:72,
Pc:73,
ye:74,
newIM:75,
mode:81,
chartCreate:91,
sort:151
...
t.prototype.lm = function(){
this.activeGrid.jb(q.chartCreate, 0, Q)
}
...