v5.7.5

Improvements to Circle and Linear displays

Author: cariann09

docs/Release.html

@@ -68,6 +68,29 @@ <h3>Summary of recent major releases</h3>
 <tr><td><a href="#v540">v5.4.0</a><td>(06-Apr-23)<td>Improved <ttx>Cluster Hit</ttx> algorithm <ttx>Algo1</ttx> for the detection of gene homology.
 </table>
 
+<h3>Release: v5.8.5 (1-June-2026)</h3>
+More changes to the <ttp>Linear</ttp> and <ttp>Circle</ttp> control of displays.
+<p>
+<ul>
+<li><ttp>Linear</ttp>:
+<ul>
+<li><ttl>Display</ttl>: New controls have been added.
+See <a href="./UserGuide.html#ldisplay" target="_blank" class="ext">Linear Display</a>.
+
+</ul>
+<li><ttp>Circle</ttp>:
+<ul>
+<li><ttp>Circle</ttp> controls have been updated to be similar to <ttp>Linear</ttp>.
+See <a href="./UserGuide.html#ccp" target="_blank" class="ext">Circle Control</a>.
+<li><ttl>Display</ttl>: Has been added. See <a href="./UserGuide.html#cdisplay" target="_blank" class="ext">Circle Display</a>.
+<li>The <ttl>Self-align</ttl> option has been removed from the two genomes view.
+<li>For self-synteny, clicking a chromosome bar now shows the blocks in that group's colors.
+</ul>
+<li>Some of the colors for the 1st species have been changed.
+All the colors for the 2nd species will be different.
+The top/bottom color sets, regardless of number of chromosomes, will remain the same if both projects have &le;50 chromosomes.
+</ul>
+
 <h3>Release: v5.8.4 (8-May-2026)</h3>
 Bug fixes and added features for the new <ttp>Linear</ttp> whole genome display for two species.