exit early in axis defaults when visible is false

- no need to coerce attribute that don't have an effect

Author: etpinard

src/plots/cartesian/axis_defaults.js

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ module.exports = function handleAxisDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce,
         return Lib.coerce2(containerIn, containerOut, layoutAttributes, attr, dflt);
     }
 
-    coerce('visible', !options.cheateronly);
+    var visible = coerce('visible', !options.cheateronly);
 
     var axType = containerOut.type;
 
@@ -58,6 +58,20 @@ module.exports = function handleAxisDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce,
 
     setConvert(containerOut, layoutOut);
 
+    var autoRange = coerce('autorange', !containerOut.isValidRange(containerIn.range));
+
+    if(autoRange) coerce('rangemode');
+
+    coerce('range');
+    containerOut.cleanRange();
+
+    handleCategoryOrderDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce);
+    containerOut._initialCategories = axType === 'category' ?
+        orderedCategories(letter, containerOut.categoryorder, containerOut.categoryarray, options.data) :
+        [];
+
+    if(!visible) return containerOut;
+
     var dfltColor = coerce('color');
     // if axis.color was provided, use it for fonts too; otherwise,
     // inherit from global font color in case that was provided.
@@ -70,17 +84,9 @@ module.exports = function handleAxisDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce,
         color: dfltFontColor
     });
 
-    var autoRange = coerce('autorange', !containerOut.isValidRange(containerIn.range));
-
-    if(autoRange) coerce('rangemode');
-
-    coerce('range');
-    containerOut.cleanRange();
-
     handleTickValueDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce, axType);
     handleTickLabelDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce, axType, options);
     handleTickMarkDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce, options);
-    handleCategoryOrderDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce);
 
     var lineColor = coerce2('linecolor', dfltColor),
         lineWidth = coerce2('linewidth'),
@@ -111,10 +117,5 @@ module.exports = function handleAxisDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce,
         delete containerOut.zerolinewidth;
     }
 
-    // fill in categories
-    containerOut._initialCategories = axType === 'category' ?
-        orderedCategories(letter, containerOut.categoryorder, containerOut.categoryarray, options.data) :
-        [];
-
     return containerOut;
 };