more merging upstream changes

Author: JoeGermuska

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+3.9.8 (2025-05-23)
+-------------------------
+#894 Fixes previous/next button positioning when a timeline is a child of an element with dir="rtl"
+
+3.9.7 (2025-03-11)
+-------------------------
+* #834 Improved timegroup-message element contrast
+* #890 Fixes to support modern Google Sheets publish-to-web URL format
+
 3.9.6 (2025-01-10)
 -------------------------
 * Change initial computation of component heights to address axis labels overflowing 

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Timeline uses `webpack` for bundling, and uses the `webpack-dev-server` as part
 
 ### Building
 
-In order to "compile" TimelineJS for use in other contexts, after following the instructions above, run the command `npm run dist`. This will populate a directory, `dist/` in the rool of your checked-out repository, with the javascript and CSS necessary to self-host TimelineJS.
+In order to "compile" TimelineJS for use in other contexts, after following the instructions above, run the command `npm run dist`. This will populate a directory, `dist/` in the root of your checked-out repository, with the javascript and CSS necessary to self-host TimelineJS.
 
 
 ### Testing

package-lock.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@knight-lab/timelinejs",
-    "version": "3.9.6",
+    "version": "3.9.8",
     "license": "MPL-2.0",
     "description": "TimelineJS v3: A Storytelling Timeline built in JavaScript, made by Northwestern University Knight Lab.",
     "dependencies": {

package.json

@@ -136,7 +136,14 @@
 
             for (var i = 0; i < param_str.length; i++) {
                 var uv = param_str[i].split('=');
-                url_vars[uv[0]] = uv[1];
+                let k = uv[0], v = uv[1];
+                try {
+                    k = decodeURIComponent(k);
+                } catch (e) {} // some legacy values are not properly encoded
+                try {
+                    v = decodeURIComponent(v);
+                } catch (e) {} // some legacy values are not properly encoded esp width=100%
+                url_vars[k] = v;
             }
 
             return url_vars;