version-4.1.md

ScottPlot 4.0 → 4.1 Notes

The largest changes between ScottPlot 4.0 and ScottPlot 4.1 are noted here

Name Changes

• Plottables have been moved and renamed
  • e.g., ScottPlot.PlottableBar is now ScottPlot.Plottable.BarPlot
• Plottable-creating helper methods have been renamed
  • e.g., Plot.PlotScatter() is now Plot.AddScatter()
• Axis() has been replaced by SetAxisLimits() and GetAxisLimits()
• Plottable fields are now capitol
  • e.g., fillColor is now FillColor

Modifying Data in Plottables

• Value types can be modified by editing public fields
  • e.g., vline1.X = 123;
• Values in arrays can be modified at any time
  • e.g., scatterplot1.Xs[10] = 123;
• Replacing arrays requires calling a helper method
  • e.g., scatterplot1.Update(newXs, newYs);

Render System

The render system was largely refactored to improve multi-threaded support in user controls.

• Bitmaps are now never stored in the Plot module
• Bitmaps can be passed-in to the Render() method (for the plot to be rendered onto), or created when Render() is called and returned.

User Controls

• User controls now use a central back-end so behavior of all controls is managed by a single class
• Configuration is no longer achieved by calling formsPlot1.Configure() but instead interacting with formsPlot.Configuration
• Controls have new event handlers to allow users to customize:
  • Right-click action (defaults to a drop-down menu)
  • Drag/Drop actions
  • What happens when axes change (useful for linking multiple plots together)