`boxpctiles` not affecting error bars

[mothersup]

Description

The argument boxpctiles for plotting error bars in violin, bar, etc, are supposed to be equivalent to boxpctile, adding a box from the 0.25 quantile to the 0.75 quantile when boxpctiles = True. However, I think currently boxpctiles has no effect on the plots.

MVE 1

import numpy as np
import ultraplot as uplt

data = np.array([0, 1, 2, 3]).reshape(-1, 1)

fig, axes = uplt.subplots(ncols=5)
axes[0].violin(data, median=True)
axes[0].format(title='default')

axes[1].violin(data, median=True, boxpctiles=True)
axes[1].format(title='boxpctiles')

axes[2].violin(data, median=True, boxpctile=True)
axes[2].format(title='boxpctile')

axes[3].violin(data, median=True, boxstd=True)
axes[3].format(title='boxstd')

axes[4].violin(data, median=True, boxstds=True)
axes[4].format(title='boxstds')

fig.show()

Expected and actual behaviors

Expected: the same plot as 'boxpctile', with the box starting at 0.75 (Q1) and ending at 2.25 (Q3).
Actual: the same plot as the default arguments, 'boxstd' and 'boxstds'.

MVE 2

import numpy as np
import ultraplot as uplt

data = np.array([0, 1, 2, 3]).reshape(-1, 1)

fig, axes = uplt.subplots(ncols=4)
axes[0].bar(data, median=True, boxpctiles=True, bars=False)
axes[0].format(title='boxpctiles')

axes[1].bar(data, median=True, boxpctile=True, bars=False)
axes[1].format(title='boxpctile')

axes[2].bar(data, median=True, boxstd=True, bars=False)
axes[2].format(title='boxstd')

axes[3].bar(data, median=True, boxstds=True, bars=False)
axes[3].format(title='boxstds')

fig.show()

Expected and actual behaviors

Expected: the same plot as 'boxpctile', with the box starting at 0.75 (Q1) and ending at 2.25 (Q3).
Actual: no error bars, as if the boxpctiles argument has no effect.

Versions

• ultraplot: 1.65.0
• numpy: 2.2.4

[cvanelteren]

Found a fix!

[cvanelteren]

I think you are looking for barstds.

[cvanelteren]

I cannot reproduce this issue. Your code produces this for me

[cvanelteren]

Note I am on python 3.14 with mpl 3.10.7. I will add this example to the tests to see if it picks on an error with the rest.

EDIT: I can I was on the wrong branch!