With this new version the group node styles have been further enhanced and feature a new simple style, transparent background and auto-adjusting tab sizes.
The organic layout algorithm has new support for layout constraints to arrange nodes e.g. as chains, on circles, or on a grid, and also new support for integrated edge label placement. The tabular layout algorithm has been further improved to generate compact drawings with short edge paths. A new node alignment stage to post-process layout results has been added that automatically align nodes at suitable x- or y-coordinates. The circular layout algorithm features new support for specifying star substructures to emphasize them in the diagram, and the radial layout has new support for specifying different node types and custom node orders as an additional optimization criterion for the arrangement of the diagram.
Also included with this release is new support for .NET 8.