feat: change default diagram direction from TB to LR

dimitri-yatsenko · claude · dimitri-yatsenko · commit 4d6b7acad2d9 · 2026-01-23T17:24:34.000-06:00
Left-to-right layout is more natural for pipeline visualization,
matching the typical data flow representation in documentation.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 &lt;noreply@anthropic.com&gt;
diff --git a/src/datajoint/settings.py b/src/datajoint/settings.py
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class DisplaySettings(BaseSettings):
     width: int = 14
     show_tuple_count: bool = True
     diagram_direction: Literal["TB", "LR"] = Field(
-        default="TB",
+        default="LR",
         validation_alias="DJ_DIAGRAM_DIRECTION",
         description="Default diagram layout direction: 'TB' (top-to-bottom) or 'LR' (left-to-right)",
     )

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class DisplaySettings(BaseSettings):`
`223`	`223`	`width: int = 14`
`224`	`224`	`show_tuple_count: bool = True`
`225`	`225`	`diagram_direction: Literal["TB", "LR"] = Field(`
`226`		`- default="TB",`
	`226`	`+ default="LR",`
`227`	`227`	`validation_alias="DJ_DIAGRAM_DIRECTION",`
`228`	`228`	`description="Default diagram layout direction: 'TB' (top-to-bottom) or 'LR' (left-to-right)",`
`229`	`229`	`)`