Project Releases

• The backup function for ColorAllTraces() is now much more robust.
• Improved copying of graph sizes via the Graph Size panel.
• Added panel-updater functions for both the Graph Size and Trace Offset panels.
• Removed code for backwards compatibility.
• Fixed bug in QuickLegendStyle(): Placement of tags were inconsistent.
• The Graph Size panel now better recognizes which options are set in an annotation.
• Code optimizations using the IPT tool (ver. 0.9) from BytePhysics. No errors or warnings for:
  • ipt lint --exclude CodeStyleDefaultPragmas '.\Spectra Tools for Graphs.ipf'
• Added 'Append as Waterfall' to plot menu.
• ColorSpectrumFromTable() now accepts a string list of traces to colorize as optional 'traces' parameter.
• Fixed bug with the Quick-scale panel: Erratic behavior with multiple cursors present.
• Fixed bug with the Quick-scale panel: Y-direction step size was not properly set.
• The Quick-scale tool now issues a warning when too much data is marked for deletion.

• QuickRescale: photon energy values are now updated when changing traces or placing new cursors.
• QuickRescale: photon energy changes color depending on successful (green), failed (red) read or manual input (black).
• Fixed bug: wrong keyboard shortcut for normalization while keeping offset the same.
• Trace Offsets: Removed hard limit of 10e-8 for single-trace scaling.
• Trace Offsets: Now the corresponding wave points are displayed next to the trace name in the single trace tab.
• Made ColorAllTraces() backup more robust; now the number of traces must be the same.
• Copying styles now applies a few default settings beforehand to transfer styles better.
• Applying a style other than copied ones will not reset the graph style anymore.
• Fixed QuickLegendStyle(): Add annotation could not parse liberal trace names correctly.
• Fixed bug: Bad definition of color popups which were problematic in Igor 8.
• Fixed bug: Copy Style also accidentally copied image settings.
• Removed custom scaling options for left axis.

• Annotations for images now contain the image (wave) name and can also be switched to a TextBox (displaying only the name).
• Fixed bug: QuickLegendStyle() had issues with instanced traces.
• Removed legacy hook functions for old panels.
• Fixed Trace Offset bug: Page up / down keys were not caught when end of the trace list was reached.
• Fixed Graph Size bug: Error when using the graph size controls with the custom axes tab open.
• Fixed QuickLegendStyle(): Changes were not properly applied to multi-column legends with space / tab characters.
• Fixed bug: Options for ScaleAllTraces() were not honored in the main menu.
• Optimized the code for ScaleAllTraces() to be more readable.
• Fixed bug: The search range for ScaleAllTraces() was not adjusted for the x-axis scaling.
• Fixed bug: ScaleAllTraces() threw an error if designated position was out-of-bounds of the x wave.
• ColorAllTraces() backs up trace colors to the clipboard, which are reset for the same graph via a second call of the function.

• Fixed bug with live offsets: Providing the wrong graph name to GT_liveOff() gave an error.
• Trace Offset: Improved granularity for individual trace movement with the keyboard.
• Trace Offset: Keyboard movement of individual traces can now be accelerated with the shift key.
• Trace Offset: Scale all trace offsets - holding the ctrl /cmd key now scales the offsets including the baseline.
• Trace Offset: Added keyboard movements on a per-tab basis (multiple or single traces).
• Trace Offset: Now traces can also be modified with the graph in focus.
• Fixed error when AddTraceProfile is missing while the 'Profileleft' axis is still available.
• Graph Size: Removed custom graph macros and margin changes from tick label toggle.
• Graph Size: Improved aspect-ratio code and added custom aspect ratio input.
• Graph Size: Added support for modifying custom axes.
• Graph Size: Axis label position is now aware of positioning mode.
• Graph Size: Increased the overall size of the Panel.
• Graph Size: Now it is possible to set a width aspect ratio.
• Graph Size: Axis range can now be omitted when applying a graph style.
• Optimized color selection for ColorAllTraces().
• QuickOffsetLegend() now supports setting of frame and background via optional parameters.
• The legend created by QuickOffsetLegend() is now generic (unnamed).
• Graph Size: Added feature for changing and adding graph legends to the top graph.
• Graph Size: More settings are now saved in the new V_GTStyleOptions variable.
• Graph Size: Axis label and tick settings can now be toggled to different parameters.
• Added the function QuickLegendStyle() to change the style and layout of existing legends.
• Changed GT_liveOff() into GT_liveInfo() which allows to define the number of significant digits for each entry.
• Streamlined the code for QuickOffsetLegend(), since live information can now be added via QuickLegendStyle().
• Graph Size: Merged the size and style sub-sections into one.
• Graph Size: Fixed bug with reading size values when a sub-graph was present.
• Graph Size: Improved sizes for preset formats and made them axis-aware.
• Graph Size: Added plot and window color selectors.

• Added 'Plot as ...' menu entries to the Data Browser menu (Igor 9).
• Quick Trace Offset and Quick Legend calls are now printed to the history.
• QuickOffsetLegend() anchor codes are now strings instead of numbers.
• Added delete-from-cursor function to the Quick-Scale panel.
• Fixed bug: Axis shift was not working correctly for images.
• Redesigned the Quick-Scale panel for improved usability.
• Fixed bug with the Quick-Scale panel: Photon energies were always overwritten by the automatic fetch function.
• Fixed sudden magnitude jump when scaling traces with the Trace Tool.

• Fixed bug: Quick-scaling failed sometimes when data had NaNs.
• Fixed bug: Quick-scaling was not working for the zero-offset setting.
• The Y Reset and X Reset buttons honor filter settings now.
• Upgraded code to Igor 8.
• Alphanumerical sorting now works for plots of 2D data.
• Improved XY-plot support for scaling/offsetting and the Trace Tool.
• Fixed various small inconsistencies and edge cases.
• Fixed bug: Copy Style did not work properly with swapped axes and a fixed aspect ratio.
• Graph Size and Trace Offset panels are now displayed next to the top graph and otherwise centered on the screen.
• Overhauled the Trace Normalize menu to be less confusing.
• Added 'Export Offsets' option to normalize menu.

• Trace offset panel: Filter now accepts lists and got a right-click menu to add traces to the list.
• Trace offset panel: Fixed error when there is only one trace on the graph.
• Graph Size panel: Added 'copy style to / paste style from clipboard' functionality.
• Quick normalization can now be done to an arbitrary y value.
• Fixed bug: Normalization to small values did not work properly.
• All actions now work for vertical graphs and non-standard axes.

• Optimized code for ScaleTo1 and added smoothing option to the right-click menu.
• Added Mean Around Cursor to ScaleTo1.
• Added mouse cursor as a target for quick normalization.
• Added normalization to the right-click menu of the graph marquee.
• Added smoothing option for normalization.
• Modifying traces now works for vertical graphs and non-standard axes.

• Quick-offset legend now ignores traces from ksTraceIgnoreList.
• New keyboard shortcut for ScaleTo1() => hold caps lock to keep current offsets.
• Added alphanumerical trace ordering.
• Added new Normalize functions to the graph's right-click menus and reorganized menu entries.
• Live-offset legend: Support for trace instances and fixed some bugs.
• Fixed bug: Reverse sorting was not re-applying offsets correctly.

• New right-click shortcut to add legend with live trace offset information.
• Moved all graph related menu entries into Offset Spectra sub-menu.
• Fixed bug: Quick-Scale panel did not react when trace together with cursor was removed.
• Made the Quick-Scale panel x-wave aware.

• Normalize to cursor now honors x-offsets of traces.
• Added support for keyboard-shortcut (and other future) settings via external text file.
• Added quick-scale tool to modify data directly from a graph.
• Trace tool now shows color of currently selected trace.

• Added support for sub-graphs (also in layouts and panels) in all tools.
• Trace offset panel: Fixed bug - cursors on shared image plots were not caught properly and led to errors.
• Graph Size panel: Doubled the increment for size changes for faster adjustments.
• Graph Size panel: Added controls for label margin.
• Graph Size panel: Tick and label margins will be copied & pasted between graphs as well.

• Fixed bug: Commands got printed anyway when an old Graph Size panel (without the print checkbox) was used.
• Graph Size panel: Overhaul of the panel controls.
• Graph Size panel: Added tick label margin controls.
• Trace offset panel: Moved controls into tabs for better organization.
• Trace offset panel: The Prev and Next cursor placement controls honor trace offsets now.
• Trace offset panel: New cursors get placed in the center of the current bottom-axis range.

• Slightly adjusted the axis-label graph macros.
• Graph size panel: Now switching the axes keeps the axis label visible.
• Offset menu: Works now for 1-column 2D waves as well.
• Graph Size panel: Hold shift while changing the font size to change the global axes font instead.
• Graph Size panel: Added print checkbox to enable print-to-history function for most controls.

• Graph Size panel: The last selected size unit setting is now saved in the current experiment.
• Trace offset panel: Fixed a few error messages triggered by very old versions of the panel.
• Trace offset panel: Trace scaling increment steps now get smaller and bigger depending on the order of magnitude of the current scaling (helps to work with very big or small scaling factors).
• Trace offset panel: Added a button to quickly set a new cursor onto the graph.
• The currently selected trace name is now displayed in the panel title.

• Now it is possible to choose whether offsets are set or added.
• Fixed bug: Closing a graph did not properly update active window.
• Now the total shift is also displayed for single traces.

• Added global constant for the multiplier step and made keyboard control more precise.
• Added Offset Traces functionality to the graph and traces right-click menus.

A cursor set on an image triggered an error message for the TraceOffset panel.

Fixes and updates in version 1.1:

• Quick normalization did not work properly when the data included NaNs.
• Graph Size panel: Axes margins did not copy correctly from one graph to the other.
• The Graph Size panel threw an error on Mac because of a wrong ModifyControl command.
• Trace Offset panel: Added keyboard shortcuts for selecting and moving the cursor.
• Trace Offset panel: It is now possible to move and scale selected traces with the cursor keys.

Initial public release.