Changelog

Source: NEWS.md

semptools 0.4.0

CRAN release: 2026-07-20

New Features

• Added set_node_color(), set_node_height(), set_node_label_color(), set_node_label_size(), set_node_shape(), set_node_sizes(), set_node_width(), set_node_border_width(), and set_node_border_color(). (0.3.3.8, 0.3.3.14)

• Added set_edge_label(), set_edge_label_bg(), set_edge_line_type(), set_edge_line_width(), and set_edge_label_size(). (0.3.3.14)

• Added get_node_attribute() and get_edge_attribute(). (0.3.3.12, 0.3.3.13)

• Added set_graph_margins(), node_labels_equal_scale(), and set_node_labels_equal_scale(). (0.3.3.15)

Improvement

Support for a List of qgraph Objects

• Updated these functions to support a list of qgraph objects: set_edge_attribute(), set_node_attribute(), rotate_resid(), set_curve(), set_edge_color(), set_edge_label(), set_edge_label_bg(), set_edge_label_position(), set_edge_label_size(), set_edge_line_type(), set_edge_line_width(), set_node_border_color(), set_node_border_width(), set_node_color(), set_node_height(), set_node_label_color(), set_node_label_size(), set_node_shape(), set_node_size(), set_node_width(), move_node(), node_labels_equal_scale(), rescale_layout(), set_graph_margins(), set_node_labels_equal_scale(), and change_node_label(). (0.3.3.16)

• Updated get_node_attribute() and get_edge_attribute() to work with a list of qgraph objects, though they will only get the attribute values from the first object. (0.3.3.16)

• Updated these functions to support a list of qgraph objects: add_rsq(), auto_layout_mediation(), safe_edge_label_position(), safe_resid_position(), set_cfa_layout(), set_sem_layout(). (0.3.3.17)

Updates to set_edge_attribute() and set_edge_attribute()

• Updated set_edge_attribute() to skip edges not in a plot, without throwing an error. (0.3.3.2)

• Added the argument check_direction to set_edge_attribute() and related functions. If set to FALSE, then the direction of an edge will be ignored. That is, both y ~ x and y ~~ x will denote edges y <- x, y -> x, and y <-> x. (0.3.3.3)

• Updated set_edge_attribute() to set the attributes of all nodes using one value. (0.3.3.7)

• Updated set_node_attribute() to set the attributes of all nodes using one value. (0.3.3.6)

• Updated set_node_attribute() to use new helpers, so that it is easier to work with original node names, processed (e.g., abbreviated) node names, and labels (converted to string, if necessary). (0.3.3.10)

• Added the how argument to set_edge_attribute(), set_node_attribute(), and friends (if applicable). The default mode is how = "ratio" if applicable. (0.3.3.14)

Others

• Updated node functions to use set_node_attribute() as applicable. (0.3.3.11)

• Updated add_rsq(), mark_se(), mark_ci(), and mark_sig() to store the fit object in the plot. When object is not set but has been stored in a plot, these functions will retrieve the stored fit object. This makes it not necessary to supply the same fit object in all calls to these functions. (0.3.3.4)

• Updated layout_matrix() to ensure that the output always has at least three columns. (0.3.3.5)

Miscellaneous

• Removed nChar = 0 in some tests to allow testing functions with abbreviated names. Also revised some functions to make them work for both the original names of nodes and their display names, which may be abbreviated. (0.3.3.9)

• Updated to roxygen2 8.0.0. (0.3.3.1)

• Updated set_curve() and set_edge_label_position(), to use set_edge_attribute() internally. (0.3.3.2)

• Updated some pages in the pkgdown site. (0.3.3.18)

• Fixed a multigroup bug in mark_sig(). (0.3.3.19)

• Updated some tests to work if the lavaan option auto.cov.x is set to TRUE. (0.3.3.20)

semptools 0.3.3

CRAN release: 2026-03-17

New Features

• Added mark_ci() for adding confidence intervals to a plot. (0.3.2.2)

Improvement

• Updated to treat rectangles as manifest variables and ellipses as latent variables (0.3.2.1)

• Updated set_edge_label_position() to handle bidirectional edges specified in an order different from that in lavaan’s parameter table. (0.3.2.3)

semptools 0.3.2

CRAN release: 2025-07-12

New Features

• Added quick plot functions for common models: q_simple() for simple mediation models, q_serial() for serial mediation models, and q_parallel() for parallel mediation models. (0.3.1.3, 0.3.1.4)

• Added auto_layout_mediation() for generating a layout matrix automatically. It can also update an exist plot of semPlot::semPaths(). (0.3.1.5, 0.3.1.9, 0.3.1.10)

• Added safe_edge_label_position() to reposition edge labels away from the intersections between paths. (0.3.1.6)

• Added safe_resid_position() to reposition the residual (or R-square) of a node away from paths connected to this node. (0.3.1.7)

• Added move_node() to move a node in a plot, for adjusting the layout of a plot after it has been generated. (0.3.1.13)

Improvement

• Updated mark_sig() and mark_se() to support plots of multigroup models. (0.3.1.1)

• Updated add_rsq() to support plots with structural paths only. (0.3.1.2)

• Updated mark_sig() to process R-squares if p-values are provided by users. (0.3.1.8)

Miscellaneous

• Update to depend on R 4.1.0 or above. (0.3.1.11)

semptools 0.3.1

CRAN release: 2024-11-09

Improvement

• Updated mark_sig() and mark_se() to preliminarily support plots with intercepts. (0.3.0.1)

• Updated add_rsq() to support plots with intercepts. (0.3.0.2)

Bug Fixes

• The functions mark_sig() and mark_se() now work for models with ordinal variables. (0.3.0.1)

semptools 0.3.0

CRAN release: 2024-10-21

New Features

• Added set_edge_attribute() to change any attribute of the edges. (0.2.10.2)

• Added set_node_attribute() to change any attribute of the nodes. (0.2.10.3)

• Added set_edge_color() to change the colors of edges. (0.2.10.2)

• Added rescale_layout() to expand the plot to fit the rectangle bounded by -1 and 1 vertically and horizontally. (0.2.11.1)

• Added add_rsq() to add R-squares to endogenous variables. They will replace the residual variances in the plot. (0.2.11.4)

Improvement

• Updated mark_sig() to accept a data frame with the p-values. Users can supply p-values computed by other functions. (0.2.11.3)

• Updated mark_se() to accept a data frame with the standard errors. Users can supply standard errors computed by other functions. (0.2.11.3)

• Updated mark_sig() to use the p-values from lavaan::standardizedSolution(). Users need to explicitly request standardized solution p-values by setting the argument std_type. (0.2.11.3)

• Updated mark_se() to use the standard errors from lavaan::standardizedSolution(). Users need to explicitly request standardized solution standard errors by setting the argument std_type. (0.2.11.3)

• Functions that change the attributes of an edge, such as set_edge_label_position(), should now supports factor loadings by using the =~ operator when specifying the edge. Previously, we needed to specify a loading as if it were a regression path (e.g., x1 ~ f1). (0.2.11.5)

Miscellaneous

• Revised change_node_label() to address an issue with plot.qgraph(). label.cex should now be used as expected. (0.2.10.1)

• Fixed an R CMD check issue with some links in Rd files. (0.2.10.4)

• Start to use Use 0.X.0 for each initial submission to CRAN. (0.3.0)

semptools 0.2.10

CRAN release: 2023-10-15

New Features

• Added auto_factor_point_to() for creating the factor_point_to matrix. Revised set_sem_layout() to allow users to use a named vector for the factor_point_to argument. (0.2.9.15)
• Added auto_indicator_order() and lavaan_indicator_order() for setting indicator order in set_sem_layout() and set_cfa_layout(). Can handle nodes with labels changed. (0.2.9.18, 0.2.9.24)
• Revised set_cfa_layout() and set_sem_layout() to set indicator_order and indicator_factor automatically if not supplied. Node labels must be string for this option to work. (0.2.9.18, 0.2.9.23)
• Added an pkgdown articles on setting the layout for a model with both latent factors and exogenous observed variables. (0.2.9.25)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed set_cfa_layout() to work for LISREL-style graphs. (0.2.9.13)
• Fixed set_cfa_layout() to work for a model without factor covariances (e.g., exoCov = FALSE when calling semPlot::semPaths()). (0.2.9.14)
• Fixed a bug in auto_factor_point_to(): Cells with no direction specified is now set to NA. (0.2.9.21)

Miscellaneous

• Added an R CMD check for noSuggests. (0.2.9.12)
• Fixed a bug in the setting for pkgdown. (0.2.9.16)
• Add DoNotPlot = TRUE in all tests to prevent semPlot::semPaths() from plotting the graphs in the tests. (0.2.9.17, 0.2.9.20)
• Added the helper add_object(). (0.2.9.18)
• Removed dplyr functions from the code and removed dplyr from Imports. (0.2.9.19)
• Removed the check for factors with no direction specified in auto_factor_point_to(). The “factor” may be a manifest variable without indicators. (0.2.9.20)
• Added two internal helpers to check node labels (labels changed? labels non-string?). (0.2.9.22)
• Removed the mention of change_node_label2, which was not exported, from the help page. (0.2.9.26, 0.2.9.27)
• Made the warning and error messages of set_cfa_layout() and set_sem_layout() more informative. (0.2.9.28)

semptools 0.2.9.11

CRAN release: 2023-05-31

• Used the native functions of semPlot (semPlot::man() and semPlot::lat()) to check nodes in drop_nodes() and keep_nodes(). As a consequence, the semPlot package is now in the Import section. (More native functions will be used in the future to ensure compatibility.) (0.2.9.11)

semptools 0.2.9.10

• Updated pkgdown site.

semptools 0.2.9.9

• Added support for 2nd order factor (see vignette("second_order")). (0.2.9.7)
• Fixed doc due to Roxygen updated to 7.2.1. (0.2.9.7)
• Update the GitHub actions. (0.2.9.8)
• Fixed doc due to Roxygen updated to 7.2.3. (0.2.9.9)
• Fixed set_curve(). It should now work for bidirectional edges regardless of the order of the nodes in the specification. (0.2.9.9)

semptools 0.2.9.6

CRAN release: 2022-08-25

• Fixed several problems with pkgdown setting.

• Roxygen updated to 7.2.0 and some man pages are updated accordingly.

semptools 0.2.9.5

• Updated set_sem_layout() to support observed exogenous variables.

semptools 0.2.9.4

• Updated drop_nodes(): It now works with output without a covariance matrix (e.g, a model generated from lavaan::lavaanify() without data).

semptools 0.2.9.3

CRAN release: 2021-10-11

• Minor fixes to errors in CRAN checks.

semptools 0.2.9.2

CRAN release: 2021-09-27

• Minor fixes to the DESCRIPTION file and examples.

semptools 0.2.9.1

Bug Fix

• Fixed a bug in set_sem_layout(). Failed to work with models in which all factors have the same number of indicators.

Misc

• Reformatted the help sections of the functions (wrap the text for readability). This has no impact on uses and the generated help files.

semptools 0.2.9

• Added drop_nodes() and keep_nodes(). They process a semPlotModel object, which is generated by semPlot::semPlotModel(), drop or keep selected nodes (e.g., observed variables, latent factors) from the object. The result can then be passed to semPlot::semPaths() to draw a diagram without the dropped nodes.

• Add layout_matrix. A helper function for creating a layout matrix to be used by semPlot::semPaths(). Users specify the positions of nodes and the function will create the matrix accordingly.

• mark_sig(), mark_se(), and set_cfa_layout() will raise an error if the semPlot::semPaths object has intercepts terms. These function do not support plots with intercept terms yet.

• Updated change_node_label() to support named vectors.

• Added vignette("layout_matrix") to explain how layout matrix is used in semPlot::semPaths(), and how layout_matrix() can be used to construct the layout matrix.

• Updated the vignettes to use named vectors instead of “list of named lists” in some functions.

• Updated vignette("semptools") to introduce change_node_label().

• magrittr is no longer required for installing the package.

semptools 0.2.8.1

• Added change_node_label() for changing the labels of nodes. Several other functions were modified to adapt for this function.

• Added to_list_of_lists() for converting a named vector to a list of lists. Specifying a list of lists is necessary in some cases because the a label may not be string (e.g., it may be an expression). However, in most cases, all elements are strings or numbers and so a named vector will do. This function is to be used internally by other functions, not to be used by users.

semptools 0.2.8

• Fix a bug in set_cfa_layout(). It now will not raise an error for one-factor models.

• Fix some typo errors in documentation pages.

semptools 0.2.7

• Import the pipe operator from magrittr so users no need to load the package themselves.

semptools 0.2.6

• Update the documentation of mark_sig() and mark_se() to emphasize that currently they require a lavaan output.

semptools 0.2.5

• Used pkgdown to build a site. The first draft, with minimal customization.

semptools 0.2.4

• Alpha release. Ready for testing.