Update release notes for 0.7.0a1

docs/release/release_0_7_0.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # napari 0.7.0
 ⚠️ *Note: these release notes are still in draft while 0.7.0 is in release candidate testing.* ⚠️
 
-*Fri, Jan 09, 2026*
+*Tue, Jan 27, 2026*
 
 We're happy to announce the release of napari 0.7.0!
 napari is a fast, interactive, multi-dimensional image viewer for Python.
@@ -47,25 +47,27 @@ coming to one of our [community meetings](meeting-schedule).
 ...
 
 
-- Add grid overlay ([#7827](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7827))
 - Multilayer features table ([#8189](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8189))
 - Fix camera angles‽ ([#8281](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8281))
 - Remove `numpydoc` as a base and testing dependency ([#8338](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8338))
-- (WIP) Histogram ([#8391](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8391))
+- Histogram ([#8391](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8391))
 - Texture tiling ([#8395](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8395))
 - Fix overlay initialization and layer addition slowdown ([#8443](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8443))
 - Remove shim setting and warning dialog ([#8448](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8448))
 - Remove PySide2 support ([#8450](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8450))
 - Speed up the deletion of layers by deduplicating the function calls  ([#8479](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8479))
+- Remove `npe1` settings and theme loading ([#8540](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8540))
+- Use negative indexing for viewer dims axis labels ([#8565](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8565))
 
 ## New Features
 
-- Add grid overlay ([#7827](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7827))
 - Use information about units when calculate scale of layers when render ([#7889](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7889))
 - Cursor overlay ([#8017](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8017))
+- Welcome widget as an overlay ([#8117](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8117))
 - Multilayer features table ([#8189](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8189))
 - Better text overlay (and subclasses) ([#8236](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8236))
-- (WIP) Histogram ([#8391](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8391))
+- Allow create Shapes and Points per selected Layer ([#8357](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8357))
+- Histogram ([#8391](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8391))
 
 ## Improvements
 
@@ -74,26 +76,36 @@ coming to one of our [community meetings](meeting-schedule).
 - Enh: clarify Points selection keybinding behavior: select_in_slice not append by default, add new select_append_in_slice ([#8339](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8339))
 - Enh: Improve zarr reading by builtins ([#8355](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8355))
 - ENH: Speedup multiple shapes removal by concat'ing and np.deleting as a batch ([#8375](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8375))
+- Enh: Speed up shapes box selection by using bounding boxes and vectorization ([#8378](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8378))
 - Reordering default colormap to split channels  ([#8383](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8383))
 - change default blending mode of images on split RGB ([#8385](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8385))
 - Texture tiling ([#8395](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8395))
 - Enh: simple speed up of Shapes `_extent_data` ([#8401](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8401))
 - Enh: performance optimizations to ShapeList outlines ([#8403](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8403))
+- Enh: Throttle shapes highlight ([#8404](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8404))
 - Set viewer dimension based on number of axis labels ([#8436](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8436))
 - Enh: Add label value to the labels tooltip ([#8495](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8495))
 - Use 10x10 pixels rect around mouse position to invalidate tooltip ([#8500](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8500))
 - Bump to vispy 0.16 ([#8501](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8501))
+- Enable antialiasing on all Lines ([#8515](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8515))
 - Avoid materializing property views when updating points highlight ([#8517](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8517))
+- Add caching of outlines to reduce delay on Shapes zoom ([#8536](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8536))
+- Use negative indexing for viewer dims axis labels ([#8565](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8565))
 
 ## Performance
 
 - perf: reallocate instead of clearing and repopulating set of selected points ([#6895](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/6895))
 - ENH: Speedup multiple shapes removal by concat'ing and np.deleting as a batch ([#8375](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8375))
+- Enh: Speed up shapes box selection by using bounding boxes and vectorization ([#8378](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8378))
 - Enh: simple speed up of Shapes `_extent_data` ([#8401](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8401))
 - Enh: performance optimizations to ShapeList outlines ([#8403](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8403))
+- Enh: Throttle shapes highlight ([#8404](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8404))
 - Fix unnecessary overlay initialization on scenegraph update ([#8423](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8423))
 - Fix overlay initialization and layer addition slowdown ([#8443](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8443))
 - Cap point highlight size ([#8504](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8504))
+- Add caching of outlines to reduce delay on Shapes zoom ([#8536](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8536))
+- Fix the Shapes mode setter to use _is_creating for _finish_drawing and clear selection when going to ADD_* ([#8551](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8551))
+- Delay scipy imports until needed ([#8561](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8561))
 
 ## Bug Fixes
 
@@ -113,15 +125,20 @@ coming to one of our [community meetings](meeting-schedule).
 - Bump to vispy 0.16 ([#8501](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8501))
 - Cap point highlight size ([#8504](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8504))
 - Bugfix: recurse through sub-fields when making connections in EventedSettings Config ([#8520](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8520))
-
-## API Changes
-
-- Expose force_sync context manager ([#7908](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7908))
+- Fix rendering of 2D rgb data in 3D mode ([#8522](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8522))
+- Fix numpy warning for pure python edge triangulation ([#8523](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8523))
+- Do not use keyword argument when creating tooltip ([#8528](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8528))
+- Fix angle label values in ndim popup widget ([#8535](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8535))
+- Fix update of shape that lead to wrong rendering ([#8543](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8543))
+- Fix the Shapes mode setter to use _is_creating for _finish_drawing and clear selection when going to ADD_* ([#8551](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8551))
+- Do not expose legacy angle ([#8557](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8557))
+- ensure overlays are reused properly when gridded mode is enabled ([#8569](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8569))
 
 ## Build Tools
 
 - Bump urllib3 from 2.5.0 to 2.6.0 in /resources ([#8484](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8484))
 - Migrate overlays to psygnal ([#8492](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8492))
+- Bump urllib3 from 2.6.2 to 2.6.3 in /resources ([#8544](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8544))
 
 ## Documentation
 
@@ -132,14 +149,19 @@ coming to one of our [community meetings](meeting-schedule).
 - Enhance documentation build process with pixi integration and Windows… ([docs#876](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/876))
 - Pixi cross platform support ([docs#879](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/879))
 - Refactor contributor docs: prioritize pixi for local builds ([docs#880](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/880))
-- Reorg of the Usage section of the docs ([docs#881](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/881))
 - Modernize type annotation to use builtins ([docs#883](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/883))
 - Update dark mode colors ([docs#884](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/884))
 - Remove outdated mentions about PySide2 in documentation ([docs#889](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/889))
 - Explain accessing dock widget wrappers ([docs#892](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/892))
 - Add v0.7.0 release notes ([docs#893](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/893))
 - Add npe1 deprecation info to release notes ([docs#894](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/894))
 - Overwrite pooch downloader to fix Zenodo access problems ([docs#895](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/895))
+- Update docs ahead of 0.7.0 alpha ([docs#897](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/897))
+- Update website to use new logos ([docs#901](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/901))
+- Migrate and update hub customization from wiki to docs ([docs#906](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/906))
+- Improve open image section ([docs#907](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/907))
+- Remove mention of outdated plugin from quick start ([docs#908](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/908))
+- increase stack size to solve import recursion problem ([docs#912](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/912))
 
 ## Other Pull Requests
 
@@ -152,7 +174,6 @@ coming to one of our [community meetings](meeting-schedule).
 - Add information about pyside 6 in error information ([#8313](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8313))
 - Remove `numpydoc` as core dependency, instead use `docstring_parser` ([#8334](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8334))
 - Remove deprecated `napari.view_*` methods ([#8337](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8337))
-- Add inertia to camera for panning and rotation ([#8349](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8349))
 - [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate ([#8354](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8354))
 - Remove string translation from PR checklist ([#8362](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8362))
 - Use coverage upload from shared workflows ([#8367](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8367))
@@ -167,7 +188,7 @@ coming to one of our [community meetings](meeting-schedule).
 - ci(dependabot): bump the actions group with 3 updates ([#8400](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8400))
 - Exclude dependabot from PR author check ([#8409](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8409))
 - Fix cff check for bots ([#8420](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8420))
-- Set custom font ([#8426](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8426))
+- Add colorbar and overlay tiling example ([#8433](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8433))
 - Update `certifi`, `coverage`, `dask`, `fsspec`, `hypothesis`, `imageio`, `ipython`, `matplotlib`, `numpy`, `pandas`, `pillow`, `pint`, `psutil`, `psygnal`, `pydantic`, `pyqt6`, `pyside6`, `pytest`, `pytest-rerunfailures`, `pyyaml`, `rich`, `scipy`, `tensorstore`, `tifffile`, `toolz`, `virtualenv`, `wrapt`, `xarray` ([#8441](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8441))
 - [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate ([#8442](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8442))
 - Stop updating python 3.10 docs constraints ([#8444](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8444))
@@ -195,54 +216,76 @@ coming to one of our [community meetings](meeting-schedule).
 - Workaround for Zenodo outage by downloading data from google drive.  ([#8508](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8508))
 - Fix overlay tests ([#8513](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8513))
 - [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate ([#8519](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8519))
+- Reduce noise in benchmark logs ([#8525](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8525))
+- Improve language in Citation PR Author check ([#8526](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8526))
+- ci(dependabot): bump the actions group with 4 updates ([#8533](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8533))
+- Enforce unix line endings ([#8541](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8541))
+- Add temporary tox plugin for fix installation of dependency groups ([#8545](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8545))
+- Revert: Add temporary tox plugin for fix installation of dependency groups (#8545) ([#8546](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8546))
+- Fix path to constraints update script  ([#8553](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8553))
+- [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate ([#8554](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8554))
+- Stop using `get_settings` during import time ([#8556](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8556))
+- Fix test on PySide6 by change mocking of qt methods ([#8560](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8560))
+- Remove 'axis' prefix from layer axis labels ([#8566](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8566))
+- [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate ([#8571](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8571))
 - ci(dependabot): bump the github-actions group with 4 updates ([docs#856](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/856))
 - Allow to redeploy docs after merge new commits to main branch ([docs#874](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/874))
 - Add mdformat to pre-commit config ([docs#878](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/878))
+- Reorg of the Usage section of the docs ([docs#881](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/881))
 - Explicitly turn on blobless checkout for CircleCI ([docs#882](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/882))
 - ci(dependabot): bump the github-actions group with 3 updates ([docs#885](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/885))
 - ci(dependabot): bump the github-actions group with 3 updates ([docs#890](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/890))
+- ci(dependabot): bump the github-actions group with 3 updates ([docs#898](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/898))
+- Allow to use local copy of napari when using pixi ([docs#900](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/900))
+- Fix pixi tasks for different environments ([docs#904](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/904))
+- Stop tracking `docs/release/index.md` so that it is ignored ([docs#905](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/905))
+- Maint Update PIP_CONSTRAINT to UV_CONSTRAINT in config ([docs#909](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/909))
+- Remove pixi configuration for macos intel ([docs#913](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/913))
 
 
-## 15 authors added to this release (alphabetical)
+## 17 authors added to this release (alphabetical)
 
 (+) denotes first-time contributors 🥳
 
 - [Ashley Anderson](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=aganders3) - @aganders3
+- [Daniel Zhang](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=DanGonite57) - @DanGonite57
 - [David Stansby](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=dstansby) - @dstansby
 - [Draga Doncila Pop](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=DragaDoncila) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=DragaDoncila))  - @DragaDoncila
 - [Edward Andò](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=edwardando) - @edwardando +
 - [Grzegorz Bokota](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Czaki) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Czaki))  - @Czaki
+- [Guillaume Witz](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=guiwitz) - @guiwitz
 - [Juan Nunez-Iglesias](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=jni) - @jni
-- [Lorenzo Gaifas](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=brisvag) - @brisvag
+- [Lorenzo Gaifas](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=brisvag) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=brisvag))  - @brisvag
 - [Marco Edward Gorelli](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=MarcoGorelli) - @MarcoGorelli +
 - [Melissa Weber Mendonça](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=melissawm) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=melissawm))  - @melissawm
-- [Peter Sobolewski](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=psobolewskiPhD) - @psobolewskiPhD
+- [Peter Sobolewski](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=psobolewskiPhD) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=psobolewskiPhD))  - @psobolewskiPhD
 - [Qin Yu](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=qin-yu) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=qin-yu))  - @qin-yu +
 - [Rensu Theart](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=rensutheart) - @rensutheart +
 - [Tim Monko](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=TimMonko) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=TimMonko))  - @TimMonko
 - [Yohsuke T. Fukai](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=yfukai) - @yfukai +
 - [Zuzana Čočková](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=cockovaz) - @cockovaz +
 
-## 21 reviewers added to this release (alphabetical)
+## 22 reviewers added to this release (alphabetical)
 
 (+) denotes first-time contributors 🥳
 
 - [Ashley Anderson](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=aganders3) - @aganders3
 - [Carol Willing](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=willingc) - @willingc
-- [Daniel Zhang](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=DanGonite57) - @DanGonite57
+- [Daniel Zhang](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=DanGonite57) - @DanGonite57
 - [David Stansby](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=dstansby) - @dstansby
 - [Draga Doncila Pop](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=DragaDoncila) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=DragaDoncila))  - @DragaDoncila
 - [Edward Andò](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=edwardando) - @edwardando +
+- [Gabriel Selzer](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=gselzer) - @gselzer
 - [Grzegorz Bokota](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Czaki) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Czaki))  - @Czaki
 - [Guillaume Witz](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=guiwitz) - @guiwitz
 - [Jacopo Abramo](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=jacopoabramo) - @jacopoabramo
 - [Johannes Soltwedel](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=jo-mueller) - @jo-mueller
 - [Juan Nunez-Iglesias](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=jni) - @jni
-- [Lorenzo Gaifas](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=brisvag) - @brisvag
+- [Lorenzo Gaifas](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=brisvag) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=brisvag))  - @brisvag
 - [Marcelo Zoccoler](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=zoccoler) - @zoccoler
 - [Marco Edward Gorelli](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=MarcoGorelli) - @MarcoGorelli +
 - [Melissa Weber Mendonça](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=melissawm) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=melissawm))  - @melissawm
-- [Peter Sobolewski](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=psobolewskiPhD) - @psobolewskiPhD
+- [Peter Sobolewski](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=psobolewskiPhD) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=psobolewskiPhD))  - @psobolewskiPhD
 - [Rensu Theart](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=rensutheart) - @rensutheart +
 - [Sesan](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Olusesan) - @Olusesan
 - [Tim Monko](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=TimMonko) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=TimMonko))  - @TimMonko