v0.5.5

What's Changed

Major

• New Scatter Widget based on PyQtGraph, replacing the previous Matplotlib-based widget by @fjorka in #270
  • New Features:
    • Separate color controls for continuous and discrete data:
      • Continuous: Histogram of values, LUT adjustment, contrast control.
      • Discrete: Scrollable legend, class color modification.
    • Pseudohistogram plot for single-axis data.
    • Highlight nearby data points under the cursor with dynamic status display.
    • Expanded ROI annotations (lasso and rectangle tools)
    • Multiple disjointed ROIs with modifiable options.
    • Annotation name dialog for saving annotations.
  • Documentation: Notebooks updated with the new Scatter Widget information and screenshots.

Changed

• Move loading data to separate thread to prevent freezing viewer by @Czaki in #283
• Sort element names in widgets by @aeisenbarth in #285
  • Global setting variables for showing circles as points and point size for scatter widget #309 #334
  • Sorting the element names and coordinate system names alphabetically #285

Fixed

• re-enable showing circles as points by @LucaMarconato in #309
• Small fix/circles as points by @LucaMarconato in #334
• fix plot categorical with colors, on labels by @LucaMarconato in #337

New Contributors

• @fjorka made their first contribution in #270

Full Changelog: v0.5.4...v0.5.5