Chart.defaults.global.layout is undefined

[acidjazz]

according to the documentation here

http://www.chartjs.org/docs/latest/configuration/layout.html#padding

I should be able to set default things like padding, but by default this is undefined. Not a huge deal since it still works fine via options.

simple workaround for now thanks to @simonbrunel

var global = Chart.defaults.global;
global.layout = global.layout || {};
global.layout.padding = { /* your values */ }