🐛 (stacked bar/area) show timeline on table tab

packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/Grapher.tsx

@@ -1030,7 +1030,19 @@ export class Grapher
         )
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Plots time on the x-axis.
+     */
+    @computed private get hasTimeDimension(): boolean {
+        return this.isStackedBar || this.isStackedArea || this.isLineChart
+    }
+
     @computed get startHandleTimeBound(): TimeBound {
+        // If time is plotted on the x-axis and the timeline is hidden, we always want to show the authored `minTime`
+        // irrespective of the time range the user might have selected on the table tab
+        if (this.hasTimeDimension && this.hideTimeline && this.isOnChartTab) {
+            return this.authorsVersion.minTime ?? -Infinity
+        }
         if (this.onlySingleTimeSelectionPossible) return this.endHandleTimeBound
         return this.timelineHandleTimeBounds[0]
     }
@@ -1056,6 +1068,11 @@ export class Grapher
     }
 
     @computed get endHandleTimeBound(): TimeBound {
+        // If time is plotted on the x-axis and the timeline is hidden, we always want to show the authored `maxTime`
+        // irrespective of the time range the user might have selected on the table tab
+        if (this.hasTimeDimension && this.hideTimeline && this.isOnChartTab) {
+            return this.authorsVersion.maxTime ?? -Infinity
+        }
         return this.timelineHandleTimeBounds[1]
     }
 
@@ -1422,11 +1439,16 @@ export class Grapher
             case GrapherTabOption.map:
                 return !this.map.hideTimeline
 
-            // use the chart-level `hideTimeline` option for the table, too
-            case GrapherTabOption.table:
+            // use the chart-level `hideTimeline` option
             case GrapherTabOption.chart:
                 return !this.hideTimeline
 
+            // use the chart-level `hideTimeline` option for the table, with some exceptions
+            case GrapherTabOption.table:
+                // always show the timeline for charts that plot time on the x-axis
+                if (this.hasTimeDimension) return true
+                return !this.hideTimeline
+
             default:
                 return false
         }