What's new in FigTree 1.4.5 Pre-release
Feb 23, 2024
- This is an experimental pre-release of FigTree v.1.4.5. There are various changes to the features and functionality, some bug fixes but these are still work in progress. The main aim for this pre-release is to test the binary packaging on modern Mac and Windows environments with recent versions of Java.
- Issues about running this version are welcome but please give full details if possible about OS, Java version etc.
New in FigTree 1.4.4 (Nov 4, 2020)
- Fixed issues with FigTree on Java 9 (on any platform) and Mac OS X High Sierra and later.
New in FigTree 1.4.3 (Oct 7, 2016)
- New features:
- Node shape option can now show shapes for internal or external nodes or both.
- Copying selected taxon labels when these are selected, subtree when branches are selected.
- Selecting 'reverse axis' should automatically reverse the Time Scale scale factor. Previously the user needed to set this to -1.0.
- When searching for text, scrolls to show highlighted tip.
- Bugs fixed:
- Issue 102: Large SVG files from figtree are broken
- Issue 95: Changing the origin value for the Scale Axis does not work
- Issue 94: The trait legend overlaps the tree.
- Issue 93: Command-line PDF/SVG export options not working
- Issue 92: Reading a file with a mix of integer and real node labels causes exception.
- Issue 90: Export picture cuts the top of the higest tip label
- Issue 79: Export of .SVG produces corrupt files
New in FigTree 1.4.2 (Jul 10, 2014)
- Bug fixes:
- New features:
- New -url command line option allows reading of trees from URLs in pipelines.
- Bugs fixed:
- Issue 76: Scale axis should only show as many decimal places as necessary.
- Issue 75: Export PNG & JPEG produce blank images.
- Issue 64: Putting node bars on translates the tree to the right (now really fixed, I think).
New in FigTree 1.4.1 (Jun 27, 2014)
- New Features:
- Added a 'Node Shape' option which can draw circles, squares or diamonds on each node. These can be coloured and sized by attributes.
- Added a 'Legend' option which can produce a colour legend for any attribute/colour scheme being used.
- New colour scheme for discrete attributes based on a HSB colour wheel. This replaces the old fixed sequence of colours and is more customizable. Attribute values can be re-ordered.
- New colour scheme for continuous attributes also based on HSB. The old interpolating colour scheme is still available.
- Colour schemes are now selectable for particular attributes and these are saved and loaded in FigTree files.
- Numerous tweaks to the controls to make things more convenient. These include the reintroduction of font size spinners (in addition to font selection dialogs) and scrolling of the entire control panel when larger than the window.
- New zooming/expansion. The maximum extent of zooming is now proportional to the number of tips in the tree. I.e., the bigger the tree the more you can zoom in. Also added a non-linearity to zooming (starts slower).
- Bug Fixes:
- Issue 52: Significant figure spinners don't currently have an effect.
- Issue 51: Preference fonts initially set to first font in list
- Issue 50: Problem with MidPoint rooting a tree
- Issue 48: Taxon labels not displaying traits of nodes
- Issue 45: Nexus importer doesn't ignore unrecognised commands
- Issue 42: Collapsed clades are clipped at the top of the page
- Issue 39: Rerooting doesn't always work.
New in FigTree 1.3.1 (Oct 28, 2010)
- Bug Fixes:
- Re-introduced the graphic export formats that were inadvertently omitted in the previous version.
- Node bar panel now shows available attributes to display (bug introduced in previous version).