CTAN update: gradbars
Version 0.0.4 introduces gradtable, a declarative interface for compact visual tables in LaTeX. Features include nine column types, automatic column-width allocation, multilevel headers, grouped rows, best/second-best value marking, reusable styles and schemas, and multipage tables with repeated headers. Additional features include reference lines, bullet charts, grouped intervals, overflow indicators, and change annotations. Standalone graphics and legends provide automatic alternative text when PDF tagging is enabled, with customizable descriptions. The English and Chinese documentation have been updated.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/gradbars The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/gradbars/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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Gradbars – Compact data graphics for LaTeX tables and inline text
gradbars is a TikZ-based LaTeX package for drawing compact data graphics directly in table cells and inline text.
It provides ordinary and signed bars, stacked contributions, layered and dumbbell comparisons, floating intervals, lollipops, and sparklines. Features include shared scales, explicit missing-value handling, formatted labels, reference bands, target lines, error whiskers, conditional colors, CSV input, and reusable styles.
The package is tested with pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX. English and Chinese PDF manuals include examples with rendered output and source code. The Chinese manual uses XeLaTeX; the English manual can be compiled with pdfLaTeX.
| Package | Gradbars |
| Version | 0.0.4 2026-10-06 |
| Copyright | 2026 SuFan |
| Maintainer | Fan Su |