future_changes.md

[4.6.3] - 2025-mm-dd

Added

• More named colors, including all HTML/CSS colors.

• Support different color naming styles like dark-gray, darkgrey, dark_grey, DARKGRAY, etc.

• Grayscale colors from gray0 (black) to gray100 (white).

• Geometries:

  • geom_sina() [#1298].

    See: example notebook.

  • geom_text_repel() and geom_label_repel() for avoiding text overlaps in plots [#1092].
    See: example notebook.

• Combining Discrete and Continuous Layers [#1279].
  See: example notebook.

• waterfall_plot - extra layers support [#1344].
  See: example notebook.

• Time Series Plotting [#278], [discussion], [#678], [LPK-129]:

  • Support for Python time and date objects.
  • Support for timezone-aware datetime objects and Pandas/Polars Series.

Changed

• [BREAKING] The position_dodgev() function and the 'dodgev' value for the position parameter are deprecated and will be removed in future releases.
• [BREAKING] The y-oriented boxplot now use the aesthetics xlower/xmiddle/xupper instead of lower/middle/upper.
• Updated RGB values for lightgray and green. To restore the previous colors, use gray75 and lime, respectively.
• geom_violin: tooltips are not shown in the centerline of the violin if show_half != 0.
• geom_crossbar: the midline is not shown in the legend when fatten is set to 0, or when there is no mapping for it.
• waterfall_plot: the appearance of the legend has been improved.
• geom_pointrange: the midpoint will not be drawn if the y aesthetic is set to None.
• geom_band: the alpha aesthetic only affects the inner part of the geometry, as in geom_rect().
• geom_band: show tooltip over the whole band, not just at the edges.

Fixed

• geom_boxplot: unable to draw a y-oriented plot with stat='identity' [#1319]
• Can't add layer which uses continuous data to a plot where other layers use discrete input [#1323].
• Multiline legend labels are not vertically centered with their keys [#1331]
• Poor alignment in legend between columns [#1332]