NEWS.md

In highdir: Unified Data Visualization Framework for Dynamic and Static Graphics

highdir 0.6.1

• The version in Github.

highdir 0.6.0

• Add hd_reset_theme() function (#21)
• Add venn diagram with gg_venn or hc_venn backends.
• New feature added to support for

hd_make(mode = "dynamic")
hd_make(mode = "static")
# or equivalent functions
hd(mode = "dynamic")
hd(mode = "static")

dynamic replaces the previous highcharter backend and static replaces the previous ggplot2 backend.

• Renamed the stack argument to facet in hd_geom_stacked_column() to avoid ambiguity with R's partial matching behavior (#27).
• Improved the static implementation of hd_geom_ranked_bar() by switching from ggplot2::geom_bar(stat = "identity") to ggplot2::geom_col(). This does not change the visual output but clarifies that ranked bars are drawn from pre-computed values.

Breaking changes

• Introduced a new mode argument with values "dynamic" and "static" to replace backend-specific values.
• The backend argument in hd_make() and hd() functions is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
• Existing code using:

hd_make(backend = "highcharter")
hd_make(backend = "ggplot2")
# or equivalent functions
hd(backend = "highcharter")
hd(backend = "ggplot2")

continues to work but produces a deprecation warning.

• The stack argument in hd_geom_stacked_column() has been renamed to facet. Update existing code to use facet instead of stack.

highdir 0.5.0

• First CRAN release version.

highdir 0.3.0

• Replace the Highdir logo to reflect its historical origin.
• Add option to hide x‑ and y‑axis labels (#13).
• Implement flip support for bar and ranked‑bar charts in the Shiny app (#12).
• Include standard ggplot2 themes.
• Implement bar figure with no space below the bars but 10% above them in ggplot2 engine.
• Deploy to shinyapps.io https://ybkamaleri.shinyapps.io/highdir/
• DESCRIPTION version bumped to 0.3.1.
• Added option to deactivate CDN-loaded modules available from https://api.highcharts.com/highcharts/. (#2)
• Fixed Shiny app GUI issues related to downloading and axis labels.
• Moved xlab and ylab arguments to hd_opts(), since they relate to figure presentation rather than data specification. Use NULL to hide axis labels. (#5)
• Corrected ggplot2 color palette selection to follow the standard rules defined by resolve_colors().
• Improved the overall visual appearance of the highdir Shiny app.
• Implemented modules in the Shiny app.
• Added a registry for optional arguments for specific geoms. List them using geom_args().
• Shiny app now displays optional geom arguments along with explanatory comments.
• Add arg percent to hd_opts() to show % in tooltip and y-axis if TRUE.
• Add arg xtick to hd_opts to select column for custom x‑axis tick labels when these differ from the numeric x values. Note that Highcharts uses zero-based indexing, while R uses one-based indexing.
• DESCRIPTION version bumped to 0.3.0.
• Fix hd_save() #3
• Renaming some functions to be consistence
• Rename function run_app() to hd_app()
• Rename function fig_opts() to hd_opts()

highdir 0.2.0

• Initial release with column, line, scatter, arearange geometries.
• highcharter and ggplot2 backends.
• hd_save(), hd_set_theme(), hd_add_js().
• Shiny GUI via run_app().

highdir 0.1.0

• Implement registry to control geoms
• Just a skeleton for highdir structure with very basic functions

highdir 0.0.0.9000

• Initial prototype of highdir using existing functions.
• No defined structure.
• Created for demonstration purposes to illustrate the potential of highdir.

highdir documentation built on July 31, 2026, 5:06 p.m.