Enhanced Grid Layouts and Multi-Span Colorbars

[cvanelteren]

🎨 UltraPlot v1.65 release notes

This release introduces substantial improvements to subplot layout flexibility and configuration management for scientific visualization.

Key Features

Non-Rectangular Grid Layouts with Side Labels (#376)
Asymmetric subplot arrangements now support proper axis labeling, enabling complex multi-panel figures without manual positioning workarounds.

Multi-Span Colorbars (#394)
Colorbars can span multiple subplots, eliminating redundant color scales in comparative visualizations.

RC-Configurable Color Cycles (#378)
Cycle objects can be set via rc configuration, enabling consistent color schemes across figures and projects.

Improved Label Sharing (#372, #387)
Enhanced logic for axis label sharing in complex grid configurations with expanded test coverage.

Infrastructure

• Automatic version checking (#377)
• Demo gallery unit tests (#386)
• Optimized CI/CD workflow (#388, #389, #390, #391)

Impact

These changes address common pain points in creating publication-quality multi-panel figures, particularly for comparative analyses requiring consistent styling and efficient use of figure space.

What's Changed

• Allow non-rectangular grids to use side labels by @cvanelteren in Allow non-rectangular grids to use side labels #376
• Test/update label sharing tests by @cvanelteren in Test/update label sharing tests #372
• Add version checker for UltraPlot by @cvanelteren in Add version checker for UltraPlot #377
• Feature: allow cycle objects to be set on rc by @cvanelteren in Feature: allow cycle objects to be set on rc #378
• Add unittest for demos by @cvanelteren in Add unittest for demos #386
• Increase timeout on GHA by @cvanelteren in Increase timeout on GHA #388
• bump to 60 minutes by @cvanelteren in bump to 60 minutes #389
• Skip test_demos on gha by @cvanelteren in Skip test_demos on gha #391
• Hotfix: minor update in sharing logic by @cvanelteren in Hotfix: minor update in sharing logic #387
• Housekeeping for ultraplot-build.yml by @cvanelteren in Housekeeping for ultraplot-build.yml #390
• Feature: Allow multi-span colorbars by @cvanelteren in Feature: Allow multi-span colorbars #394

Full Changelog: v1.63.0...v1.65.0

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