CTAN update: nicematrix
Date: February 2, 2026 5:24:55 PM CET
François Pantigny submitted an update to the
nicematrix
package.
Version: 7.6 2026-02-01
License: lppl1.3
Summary description: Improve the typesetting of mathematical matrices with PGF
Announcement text:
New key 'create-blocks-in-col' An “additive syntax” has been added for several keys: 'cell-space-limits', 'xdots/brace-shift', 'xdots/shorten', 'notes/code-before', 'code-for-first-row', etc. That means that it’s possible to write, for example : cell-space-limits += 3pt.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/nicematrix The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nicematrix/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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New key 'create-blocks-in-col' An “additive syntax” has been added for several keys: 'cell-space-limits', 'xdots/brace-shift', 'xdots/shorten', 'notes/code-before', 'code-for-first-row', etc. That means that it’s possible to write, for example : cell-space-limits += 3pt.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/nicematrix The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nicematrix/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs
nicematrix – Improve the typesetting of mathematical matrices with PGF
This package is based on the package array. It creates PGF/TikZ nodes under the cells of the array and uses these nodes to provide functionalities to construct tabulars, arrays and matrices.
Among the features :
- continuous dotted lines for the mathematical matrices;
- exterior rows and columns (so-called border matrices);
- control of the width of the columns;
- tools to color rows and columns with a good PDF result;
- blocks of cells;
- tabular notes;
- etc.
The package requires and loads array, amsmath, pgfcore, and the module shapes of PGF.
| Package | nicematrix |
| Version | 7.6 2026-02-01 |
| Copyright | 2018–2026 F. Pantigny |
| Maintainer | François Pantigny |