mv coerce('hoverformat') out of handleTickLabelDefaults

... so that `visible: false` have access to it.

Author: etpinard

src/plots/cartesian/axis_defaults.js

@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ module.exports = function handleAxisDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce,
         orderedCategories(letter, containerOut.categoryorder, containerOut.categoryarray, options.data) :
         [];
 
+
+    if(axType !== 'category' && !options.noHover) coerce('hoverformat');
+
     if(!visible) return containerOut;
 
     var dfltColor = coerce('color');

src/plots/cartesian/tick_label_defaults.js

@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 var Lib = require('../../lib');
 var layoutAttributes = require('./layout_attributes');
 
-/**
- * options: inherits font, outerTicks, noHover from axes.handleAxisDefaults
- */
 module.exports = function handleTickLabelDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce, axType, options) {
     var showAttrDflt = getShowAttrDflt(containerIn);
 
@@ -48,8 +45,6 @@ module.exports = function handleTickLabelDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coe
             }
         }
     }
-
-    if(axType !== 'category' && !options.noHover) coerce('hoverformat');
 };
 
 /*

test/jasmine/tests/axes_test.js

@@ -535,6 +535,18 @@ describe('Test axes', function() {
                 expect(layoutOut[axName].scaleratio).toBeUndefined();
             });
         });
+
+        it('should coerce hoverformat even on visible: false axes', function() {
+            layoutIn = {
+                xaxis: {
+                    visible: false,
+                    hoverformat: 'g'
+                }
+            };
+
+            supplyLayoutDefaults(layoutIn, layoutOut, fullData);
+            expect(layoutOut.xaxis.hoverformat).toEqual('g');
+        });
     });
 
     describe('constraints relayout', function() {