make the created `chart` object available outside `renderValue()`

dev/dev.Rmd

@@ -501,3 +501,4 @@ where `data` is the `data` part of the initial options object.
 To make this work we will:
 
 1. refactor the JS-side data processing code
+1. make the created `chart` object available outside `renderValue()`

inst/htmlwidgets/frappeChart.js

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ HTMLWidgets.widget({
 
     // TODO: define shared variables for this instance
 
+    // we'll create chart in renderValue but want to access it elsewhere
+    let chart = null
+
     // helper function to prep the data
     const prepareChartData = function(data) {
       const chartData = {labels: [], datasets: []}
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ HTMLWidgets.widget({
       renderValue: function(x) {
         x.data = prepareChartData(x.data)
 
-        const chart = new frappe.Chart(el, x)
+        chart = new frappe.Chart(el, x)
       },
 
       resize: function(width, height) {