From b4f4abe2a9e30c105804e5b551d5635be8a12091 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lorenzo Gaifas <brisvag@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:36:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/9] add release notes for alpha

---
 docs/_toc.yml                  |   1 +
 docs/release/release_0_10_0.md | 131 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 132 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/release/release_0_10_0.md

diff --git a/docs/_toc.yml b/docs/_toc.yml
index 89dd841bc..09a2028e8 100644
--- a/docs/_toc.yml
+++ b/docs/_toc.yml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ subtrees:
       - file: release/index
         subtrees:
         - entries:
+          - file: release/release_0_10_0
           - file: release/release_0_9_2
           - file: release/release_0_9_1
           - file: release/release_0_9_0
diff --git a/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md b/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a677387a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+# napari 0.10.0
+⚠️ *Note: these release notes are still in draft while 0.10.0a0 is in prerelease testing.* ⚠️
+
+*Sun, Oct 25, 2026*
+
+We're happy to announce the release of napari 0.10.0!
+napari is a fast, interactive, multi-dimensional image viewer for Python.
+It's designed for browsing, annotating, and analyzing large multi-dimensional
+images. It's built on top of Qt (for the GUI), vispy (for performant GPU-based
+rendering), and the scientific Python stack (numpy, scipy).
+
+For more information, examples, and documentation, please visit our website,
+https://napari.org.
+
+napari follows [EffVer (Intended Effort Versioning)](https://effver.org/); this is a **Macro** release containing awesome new features, but may require dedication of some significant time when upgrading projects to use this version.
+
+## Highlights
+
+- Add grid overlay ([#7827](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7827))
+
+## New Features
+
+- Add grid overlay ([#7827](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7827))
+
+## Improvements
+
+- Use global font size for overlays ([#8667](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8667))
+- Add single-plane projection for 3D points layers ([#9229](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9229))
+- UI: apply tabular numerals to embedded status bars ([#9407](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9407))
+- Clean up status for grid/multiple selection ([#9431](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9431))
+- Fix fuzzy finding and command highlighting in palette ([#9503](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9503))
+- Implement canvas_to_world on the napari side ([#9517](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9517))
+- Add option to declare deprecated property using descriptor ([#9527](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9527))
+- Add `RenamedWarningEmitter` and `DependentEmitter` ([#9529](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9529))
+- Keep reader and writer commands out of the command palette ([#9582](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9582))
+- Add warning icon if experimental setting (especially async) is enabled ([#9590](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9590))
+- Add `locked_data_level` as an argument for `Labels` ([#9603](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9603))
+- Improve point projections to cover old out_of_slice use case ([#9607](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9607))
+- Make the layer name overlay bold ([#9616](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9616))
+- Fix reporting of Qt version in `napari --info` ([#9648](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9648))
+
+## Bug Fixes
+
+- fix(shapes): pick shapes on a fractional slice key ([#9394](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9394))
+- Fix remove() mid-draw when removing shapes shifts the drawn shape's index ([#9441](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9441))
+- Fix fuzzy finding and command highlighting in palette ([#9503](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9503))
+- fix(qt): let a dock widget's minimum size shrink again when its content does ([#9532](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9532))
+- Fix Convert to Labels for shapes in 3D view and with rolled axes ([#9580](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9580))
+- Fix color of labels in colorpicker ([#9599](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9599))
+- Measure text at render size for even overlay padding ([#9617](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9617))
+- Fix font clipping in dock widget titles ([#9619](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9619))
+- Limit the lasso_vertex_distance preference spin box to 1-50 ([#9626](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9626))
+
+## Documentation
+
+- Add info in tooltips for projection mode ([#9497](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9497))
+- Clarify in `LayerList` docstring when the `changed` event is emitted ([#9504](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9504))
+- Typing Guide: Tips and Resources ([docs#1135](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1135))
+- Deprecation policy using time-based windows for removal ([docs#1138](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1138))
+- Add missed PRs to 0.9.2 release notes. ([docs#1151](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1151))
+- docs: suggest refined github ([docs#1155](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1155))
+- Redirect old workshop pages to napari.org/workshops ([docs#1156](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1156))
+- Move Kyle Harrington to Emeritus Steering Council ([docs#1160](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1160))
+- Fix failing docs build due to `profiling` clash ([docs#1161](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1161))
+
+## Other Pull Requests
+
+- Separate tiling from nontiling overlays ([#9083](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9083))
+- fix(typing): add typing and fix mypy error in `qt_tracks_controls.py` ([#9176](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9176))
+- fix (typing): add typing and fix mypy error in `qt_symbol_combobox.py` ([#9182](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9182))
+- MAINT: Remove deprecated ScaleBar.unit ([#9218](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9218))
+- feat: initial working version slide out dockwidget ([#9317](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9317))
+- chore: remove ChunkLoader dead test code  ([#9381](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9381))
+- Fix labeler action ([#9458](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9458))
+- Remove deprecated `napari.utils.indexing` module ([#9505](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9505))
+- TYP: add type hints in `style_encoding.py` ([#9544](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9544))
+- TYP: add type hints in `color_manager.py` ([#9547](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9547))
+- TYP: add type hints in `qt_depiction_control.py` ([#9551](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9551))
+- TYP: add type hints in `qt_contour_spinbox.py` ([#9552](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9552))
+- TYP: add type hints in `qt_viewer_status_bar.py` ([#9554](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9554))
+- Change Qt backend used in type testing from PyQt6 to PySide6 ([#9570](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9570))
+- Update `coverage`, `fsspec`, `hypothesis`, `imageio`, `napari-resources`, `pandas`, `platformdirs`, `pytest-rerunfailures`, `tifffile`, `virtualenv`, `wrapt`, `xarray` ([#9594](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9594))
+- TYP: annotate `color_kwargs` as dict[str, Any] in color_manager.py ([#9618](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9618))
+- Update `hypothesis`, `platformdirs`, `virtualenv` ([#9625](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9625))
+- TYP: add type hints in `qt_welcome.py` ([#9642](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9642))
+- TYP: add type hints in `base.py` ([#9644](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9644))
+- TYP: add type hints in `qt_viewer_buttons.py` ([#9649](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9649))
+- TYP: add type hints in `qt_logger.py` ([#9655](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9655))
+- Removed obsolete cells3d monkeypatch in test_examples.py ([#9658](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9658))
+- typing: Enable checking presence of type annotation in functions ([#9662](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9662))
+- Remove Qt5 from --pre tests ([#9687](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9687))
+- Update `hypothesis`, `imageio`, `numpy`, `platformdirs`, `pydantic`, `pyside6`, `toolz`, `virtualenv` ([#9692](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9692))
+- Add Lundy Bernard to CITATION.cff ([#9695](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9695))
+- ci(dependabot): bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 2 updates ([docs#1125](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1125))
+- Rumdl: Add baseline config and format docs/ ([docs#1140](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1140))
+- Move pre-fetch data step to begin of prep_docs.py ([docs#1148](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1148))
+- Add missed directories to circelci cache ([docs#1149](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1149))
+- Post rendered docs link as a sticky PR comment ([docs#1159](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1159))
+
+
+## 12 authors added to this release (alphabetical)
+
+(+) denotes first-time contributors 🥳
+
+- [Aditi Juneja](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Schefflera-Arboricola) - @Schefflera-Arboricola +
+- [Aman kumar](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=ghostiee-11) - @ghostiee-11 +
+- [Aniket](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Aniketsy) - @Aniketsy
+- [Carlos Mario Rodriguez Reza](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=carlosmariorr) - @carlosmariorr
+- [Grzegorz Bokota](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Czaki) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Czaki))  - @Czaki
+- [Jacopo Abramo](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=jacopoabramo) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=jacopoabramo))  - @jacopoabramo
+- [lettyz3](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=lettyz3) - @lettyz3 +
+- [Lorenzo Gaifas](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=brisvag) - @brisvag
+- [Lundy Bernard](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=lundybernard) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=lundybernard))  - @lundybernard +
+- [Matthias Schabel](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=matthiasschabel) - @matthiasschabel
+- [Mridul Seth](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=MridulS) - @MridulS
+- [Tim Monko](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=TimMonko) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=TimMonko))  - @TimMonko
+
+## 10 reviewers added to this release (alphabetical)
+
+(+) denotes first-time contributors 🥳
+
+- [Aman kumar](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=ghostiee-11) - @ghostiee-11 +
+- [Aniket](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Aniketsy) - @Aniketsy
+- [Carol Willing](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=willingc) - @willingc
+- [Grzegorz Bokota](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Czaki) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Czaki))  - @Czaki
+- [Jacopo Abramo](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=jacopoabramo) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=jacopoabramo))  - @jacopoabramo
+- [Juan Nunez-Iglesias](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=jni) - @jni
+- [lettyz3](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=lettyz3) - @lettyz3 +
+- [Lorenzo Gaifas](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=brisvag) - @brisvag
+- [Peter Sobolewski](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=psobolewskiPhD) - @psobolewskiPhD
+- [Tim Monko](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=TimMonko) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=TimMonko))  - @TimMonko

From 088c9ba1a539a62119a1013980a174da5861a537 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lorenzo Gaifas <brisvag@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:44:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/9] actually add notes

---
 docs/release/release_0_10_0.md | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md b/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
index a677387a5..11181d7df 100644
--- a/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
+++ b/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # napari 0.10.0
-⚠️ *Note: these release notes are still in draft while 0.10.0a0 is in prerelease testing.* ⚠️
+⚠️ *Note: these release notes are still in draft while 0.10.0rc0 is in prerelease testing.* ⚠️
 
 *Sun, Oct 25, 2026*
 
@@ -16,29 +16,46 @@ napari follows [EffVer (Intended Effort Versioning)](https://effver.org/); this
 
 ## Highlights
 
+### Colorful names
+
+A long-requested feature: displaying layer names on the canvas with colormap-aware colors ([#9598](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9598))! This comes with some fancy machinery to ensure that colors are shifted enough to be always readable.
+
+![screenshot of the viewer with layer names overlays enabled, colored based on each layer's colormap](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/629e63f5-381a-4a92-ba17-de02fa408edf)
+
+
 - Add grid overlay ([#7827](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7827))
 
 ## New Features
 
 - Add grid overlay ([#7827](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7827))
 
+## Breaking Changes
+
+- MAINT: Remove deprecated ScaleBar.unit ([#9218](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9218))
+
 ## Improvements
 
 - Use global font size for overlays ([#8667](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8667))
 - Add single-plane projection for 3D points layers ([#9229](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9229))
 - UI: apply tabular numerals to embedded status bars ([#9407](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9407))
 - Clean up status for grid/multiple selection ([#9431](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9431))
+- Use canvas size to estimate scale_bar target size ([#9474](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9474))
 - Fix fuzzy finding and command highlighting in palette ([#9503](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9503))
 - Implement canvas_to_world on the napari side ([#9517](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9517))
 - Add option to declare deprecated property using descriptor ([#9527](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9527))
 - Add `RenamedWarningEmitter` and `DependentEmitter` ([#9529](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9529))
 - Keep reader and writer commands out of the command palette ([#9582](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9582))
 - Add warning icon if experimental setting (especially async) is enabled ([#9590](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9590))
+- Draw the layer name overlay in the layer's colormap color ([#9598](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9598))
 - Add `locked_data_level` as an argument for `Labels` ([#9603](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9603))
 - Improve point projections to cover old out_of_slice use case ([#9607](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9607))
 - Make the layer name overlay bold ([#9616](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9616))
 - Fix reporting of Qt version in `napari --info` ([#9648](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9648))
 
+## Performance
+
+- PERF: Speed up grid mode with many layers ([#9633](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9633))
+
 ## Bug Fixes
 
 - fix(shapes): pick shapes on a fractional slice key ([#9394](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9394))
@@ -49,26 +66,35 @@ napari follows [EffVer (Intended Effort Versioning)](https://effver.org/); this
 - Fix color of labels in colorpicker ([#9599](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9599))
 - Measure text at render size for even overlay padding ([#9617](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9617))
 - Fix font clipping in dock widget titles ([#9619](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9619))
+- Treat a colormap list of only None like a single None in add_image ([#9624](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9624))
 - Limit the lasso_vertex_distance preference spin box to 1-50 ([#9626](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9626))
+- PERF: Speed up grid mode with many layers ([#9633](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9633))
+- Fix stale perfmon callable reference ([#9671](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9671))
 
 ## Documentation
 
-- Add info in tooltips for projection mode ([#9497](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9497))
-- Clarify in `LayerList` docstring when the `changed` event is emitted ([#9504](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9504))
 - Typing Guide: Tips and Resources ([docs#1135](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1135))
 - Deprecation policy using time-based windows for removal ([docs#1138](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1138))
+- Clarify mouse event properties in the `3D interactivity guide` ([docs#1147](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1147))
 - Add missed PRs to 0.9.2 release notes. ([docs#1151](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1151))
 - docs: suggest refined github ([docs#1155](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1155))
 - Redirect old workshop pages to napari.org/workshops ([docs#1156](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1156))
 - Move Kyle Harrington to Emeritus Steering Council ([docs#1160](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1160))
 - Fix failing docs build due to `profiling` clash ([docs#1161](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1161))
+- Create release notes for v0.10.0a0 ([docs#1164](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1164))
+- Add info in tooltips for projection mode ([#9497](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9497))
+- Clarify in `LayerList` docstring when the `changed` event is emitted ([#9504](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9504))
 
 ## Other Pull Requests
 
+- ci(dependabot): bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 2 updates ([docs#1125](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1125))
+- Rumdl: Add baseline config and format docs/ ([docs#1140](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1140))
+- Move pre-fetch data step to begin of prep_docs.py ([docs#1148](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1148))
+- Add missed directories to circelci cache ([docs#1149](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1149))
+- Post rendered docs link as a sticky PR comment ([docs#1159](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1159))
 - Separate tiling from nontiling overlays ([#9083](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9083))
 - fix(typing): add typing and fix mypy error in `qt_tracks_controls.py` ([#9176](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9176))
 - fix (typing): add typing and fix mypy error in `qt_symbol_combobox.py` ([#9182](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9182))
-- MAINT: Remove deprecated ScaleBar.unit ([#9218](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9218))
 - feat: initial working version slide out dockwidget ([#9317](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9317))
 - chore: remove ChunkLoader dead test code  ([#9381](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9381))
 - Fix labeler action ([#9458](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9458))
@@ -91,41 +117,41 @@ napari follows [EffVer (Intended Effort Versioning)](https://effver.org/); this
 - Remove Qt5 from --pre tests ([#9687](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9687))
 - Update `hypothesis`, `imageio`, `numpy`, `platformdirs`, `pydantic`, `pyside6`, `toolz`, `virtualenv` ([#9692](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9692))
 - Add Lundy Bernard to CITATION.cff ([#9695](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9695))
-- ci(dependabot): bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 2 updates ([docs#1125](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1125))
-- Rumdl: Add baseline config and format docs/ ([docs#1140](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1140))
-- Move pre-fetch data step to begin of prep_docs.py ([docs#1148](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1148))
-- Add missed directories to circelci cache ([docs#1149](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1149))
-- Post rendered docs link as a sticky PR comment ([docs#1159](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1159))
 
 
-## 12 authors added to this release (alphabetical)
+## 16 authors added to this release (alphabetical)
 
 (+) denotes first-time contributors 🥳
 
 - [Aditi Juneja](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Schefflera-Arboricola) - @Schefflera-Arboricola +
 - [Aman kumar](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=ghostiee-11) - @ghostiee-11 +
-- [Aniket](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Aniketsy) - @Aniketsy
+- [Aniket](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Aniketsy) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Aniketsy))  - @Aniketsy
+- [Bruno Pannunzio](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=bruno-pannunzio) - @bruno-pannunzio +
 - [Carlos Mario Rodriguez Reza](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=carlosmariorr) - @carlosmariorr
+- [Chirag Anand](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=chirag-433) - @chirag-433 +
 - [Grzegorz Bokota](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Czaki) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Czaki))  - @Czaki
 - [Jacopo Abramo](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=jacopoabramo) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=jacopoabramo))  - @jacopoabramo
 - [lettyz3](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=lettyz3) - @lettyz3 +
-- [Lorenzo Gaifas](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=brisvag) - @brisvag
+- [Lorenzo Gaifas](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=brisvag) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=brisvag))  - @brisvag
 - [Lundy Bernard](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=lundybernard) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=lundybernard))  - @lundybernard +
 - [Matthias Schabel](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=matthiasschabel) - @matthiasschabel
 - [Mridul Seth](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=MridulS) - @MridulS
+- [Omkar Kabde](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=omkar-334) - @omkar-334
 - [Tim Monko](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=TimMonko) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=TimMonko))  - @TimMonko
+- [Wouter-Michiel Vierdag](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=melonora) - @melonora
 
-## 10 reviewers added to this release (alphabetical)
+## 11 reviewers added to this release (alphabetical)
 
 (+) denotes first-time contributors 🥳
 
 - [Aman kumar](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=ghostiee-11) - @ghostiee-11 +
-- [Aniket](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Aniketsy) - @Aniketsy
+- [Aniket](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Aniketsy) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Aniketsy))  - @Aniketsy
+- [Bruno Pannunzio](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=bruno-pannunzio) - @bruno-pannunzio +
 - [Carol Willing](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=willingc) - @willingc
 - [Grzegorz Bokota](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Czaki) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Czaki))  - @Czaki
 - [Jacopo Abramo](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=jacopoabramo) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=jacopoabramo))  - @jacopoabramo
 - [Juan Nunez-Iglesias](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=jni) - @jni
 - [lettyz3](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=lettyz3) - @lettyz3 +
-- [Lorenzo Gaifas](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=brisvag) - @brisvag
+- [Lorenzo Gaifas](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=brisvag) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=brisvag))  - @brisvag
 - [Peter Sobolewski](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=psobolewskiPhD) - @psobolewskiPhD
 - [Tim Monko](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=TimMonko) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=TimMonko))  - @TimMonko

From 0b0591f4d4f92fd5af6ecc74b0a9bc2a32da3758 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lorenzo Gaifas <brisvag@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:48:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/9] add pyqt5 removal

---
 docs/release/release_0_10_0.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md b/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
index 11181d7df..8c1cb1482 100644
--- a/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
+++ b/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ napari follows [EffVer (Intended Effort Versioning)](https://effver.org/); this
 
 ## Highlights
 
+### Dropping support for Qt5 backend
+
+We started warning about this in release v0.8.0; it is now time to fully drop support of Qt5! Qt5 has reached End Of Life on the 26th of May 2025. We migrated our bundle to Qt6 (PySide6) a year ago.
+[#9650](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9650) is effectively removing PyQt5 support. PySide2 support was already removed in release [0.7.0](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8450), so we are now fully on Qt6!
+
 ### Colorful names
 
 A long-requested feature: displaying layer names on the canvas with colormap-aware colors ([#9598](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9598))! This comes with some fancy machinery to ensure that colors are shifted enough to be always readable.

From 616ddc0df5ca5de5f6fa0364689e746dd405dccf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lorenzo Gaifas <brisvag@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:52:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/9] some updates

---
 docs/release/release_0_10_0.md | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md b/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
index 8c1cb1482..bce7e5f53 100644
--- a/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
+++ b/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
@@ -33,14 +33,17 @@ A long-requested feature: displaying layer names on the canvas with colormap-awa
 ## New Features
 
 - Add grid overlay ([#7827](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7827))
+- Allow plugins widgets to specify dock area ([#9526](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9526))
 
 ## Breaking Changes
 
 - MAINT: Remove deprecated ScaleBar.unit ([#9218](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9218))
+- Remove `PyQt5` support, part 1 ([#9650](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9650))
 
 ## Improvements
 
 - Use global font size for overlays ([#8667](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8667))
+- Prepare track columns data ([#9015](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9015))
 - Add single-plane projection for 3D points layers ([#9229](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9229))
 - UI: apply tabular numerals to embedded status bars ([#9407](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9407))
 - Clean up status for grid/multiple selection ([#9431](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9431))
@@ -73,20 +76,27 @@ A long-requested feature: displaying layer names on the canvas with colormap-awa
 - Fix font clipping in dock widget titles ([#9619](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9619))
 - Treat a colormap list of only None like a single None in add_image ([#9624](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9624))
 - Limit the lasso_vertex_distance preference spin box to 1-50 ([#9626](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9626))
+- Fix SlowMemoryStore latency being ignored on zarr 3 ([#9628](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9628))
 - PERF: Speed up grid mode with many layers ([#9633](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9633))
 - Fix stale perfmon callable reference ([#9671](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9671))
+- fix: accept None for Cursor.viewbox over an empty grid viewbox ([#9696](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9696))
 
 ## Documentation
 
+- Document single-plane projection for points layer ([docs#1074](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1074))
+- Prepare tracks data docs ([docs#1132](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1132))
 - Typing Guide: Tips and Resources ([docs#1135](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1135))
 - Deprecation policy using time-based windows for removal ([docs#1138](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1138))
+- Rumdl: Enable more MD rules that require edits by hand (not autofixable) ([docs#1142](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1142))
+- Rumdl: Reflow all the docs to 79-char length ([docs#1144](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1144))
 - Clarify mouse event properties in the `3D interactivity guide` ([docs#1147](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1147))
 - Add missed PRs to 0.9.2 release notes. ([docs#1151](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1151))
 - docs: suggest refined github ([docs#1155](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1155))
-- Redirect old workshop pages to napari.org/workshops ([docs#1156](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1156))
+- Move past workshop pages to napari.org/workshops ([docs#1156](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1156))
 - Move Kyle Harrington to Emeritus Steering Council ([docs#1160](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1160))
 - Fix failing docs build due to `profiling` clash ([docs#1161](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1161))
 - Create release notes for v0.10.0a0 ([docs#1164](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1164))
+- Add release notes for v0.10.0rc0 ([docs#1165](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1165))
 - Add info in tooltips for projection mode ([#9497](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9497))
 - Clarify in `LayerList` docstring when the `changed` event is emitted ([#9504](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9504))
 
@@ -94,9 +104,12 @@ A long-requested feature: displaying layer names on the canvas with colormap-awa
 
 - ci(dependabot): bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 2 updates ([docs#1125](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1125))
 - Rumdl: Add baseline config and format docs/ ([docs#1140](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1140))
+- Rumdl: Parse and Format code blocks with ruff ([docs#1143](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1143))
 - Move pre-fetch data step to begin of prep_docs.py ([docs#1148](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1148))
 - Add missed directories to circelci cache ([docs#1149](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1149))
 - Post rendered docs link as a sticky PR comment ([docs#1159](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1159))
+- [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate ([docs#1163](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1163))
+- Add write permissions for a statuses in label trigger build for docs ([docs#1167](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1167))
 - Separate tiling from nontiling overlays ([#9083](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9083))
 - fix(typing): add typing and fix mypy error in `qt_tracks_controls.py` ([#9176](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9176))
 - fix (typing): add typing and fix mypy error in `qt_symbol_combobox.py` ([#9182](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9182))
@@ -110,6 +123,7 @@ A long-requested feature: displaying layer names on the canvas with colormap-awa
 - TYP: add type hints in `qt_contour_spinbox.py` ([#9552](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9552))
 - TYP: add type hints in `qt_viewer_status_bar.py` ([#9554](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9554))
 - Change Qt backend used in type testing from PyQt6 to PySide6 ([#9570](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9570))
+- Move autoswap buffers from experimental to advanced settings ([#9589](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9589))
 - Update `coverage`, `fsspec`, `hypothesis`, `imageio`, `napari-resources`, `pandas`, `platformdirs`, `pytest-rerunfailures`, `tifffile`, `virtualenv`, `wrapt`, `xarray` ([#9594](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9594))
 - TYP: annotate `color_kwargs` as dict[str, Any] in color_manager.py ([#9618](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9618))
 - Update `hypothesis`, `platformdirs`, `virtualenv` ([#9625](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9625))
@@ -119,12 +133,14 @@ A long-requested feature: displaying layer names on the canvas with colormap-awa
 - TYP: add type hints in `qt_logger.py` ([#9655](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9655))
 - Removed obsolete cells3d monkeypatch in test_examples.py ([#9658](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9658))
 - typing: Enable checking presence of type annotation in functions ([#9662](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9662))
+- TYP: add simple return annotations generated by `pyrefly infer` ([#9684](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9684))
 - Remove Qt5 from --pre tests ([#9687](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9687))
 - Update `hypothesis`, `imageio`, `numpy`, `platformdirs`, `pydantic`, `pyside6`, `toolz`, `virtualenv` ([#9692](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9692))
 - Add Lundy Bernard to CITATION.cff ([#9695](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9695))
+- Fix failing test by wait on worker clean ([#9710](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9710))
 
 
-## 16 authors added to this release (alphabetical)
+## 17 authors added to this release (alphabetical)
 
 (+) denotes first-time contributors 🥳
 
@@ -141,11 +157,12 @@ A long-requested feature: displaying layer names on the canvas with colormap-awa
 - [Lundy Bernard](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=lundybernard) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=lundybernard))  - @lundybernard +
 - [Matthias Schabel](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=matthiasschabel) - @matthiasschabel
 - [Mridul Seth](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=MridulS) - @MridulS
-- [Omkar Kabde](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=omkar-334) - @omkar-334
+- [Omkar Kabde](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=omkar-334) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=omkar-334))  - @omkar-334
+- [Sesan](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Olusesan) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Olusesan))  - @Olusesan
 - [Tim Monko](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=TimMonko) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=TimMonko))  - @TimMonko
 - [Wouter-Michiel Vierdag](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=melonora) - @melonora
 
-## 11 reviewers added to this release (alphabetical)
+## 14 reviewers added to this release (alphabetical)
 
 (+) denotes first-time contributors 🥳
 
@@ -153,10 +170,13 @@ A long-requested feature: displaying layer names on the canvas with colormap-awa
 - [Aniket](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Aniketsy) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Aniketsy))  - @Aniketsy
 - [Bruno Pannunzio](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=bruno-pannunzio) - @bruno-pannunzio +
 - [Carol Willing](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=willingc) - @willingc
+- [Caroline Malin-Mayor](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=cmalinmayor) - @cmalinmayor
+- [Draga Doncila Pop](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=DragaDoncila) - @DragaDoncila
 - [Grzegorz Bokota](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Czaki) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Czaki))  - @Czaki
 - [Jacopo Abramo](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=jacopoabramo) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=jacopoabramo))  - @jacopoabramo
 - [Juan Nunez-Iglesias](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=jni) - @jni
 - [lettyz3](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=lettyz3) - @lettyz3 +
 - [Lorenzo Gaifas](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=brisvag) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=brisvag))  - @brisvag
 - [Peter Sobolewski](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=psobolewskiPhD) - @psobolewskiPhD
+- [Sesan](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Olusesan) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Olusesan))  - @Olusesan
 - [Tim Monko](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=TimMonko) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=TimMonko))  - @TimMonko

From fdafbb6ee5d9bdc0ea5231062f18aab35d742151 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lorenzo Gaifas <brisvag@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:33:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 5/9] some updates

---
 docs/release/release_0_10_0.md | 128 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 116 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md b/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
index bce7e5f53..8ea7916ff 100644
--- a/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
+++ b/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
@@ -16,40 +16,102 @@ napari follows [EffVer (Intended Effort Versioning)](https://effver.org/); this
 
 ## Highlights
 
-### Dropping support for Qt5 backend
+This release contains several new features and many, many enhancements and bugfixes. We also welcomed a ton of new contributors to the community!
 
-We started warning about this in release v0.8.0; it is now time to fully drop support of Qt5! Qt5 has reached End Of Life on the 26th of May 2025. We migrated our bundle to Qt6 (PySide6) a year ago.
-[#9650](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9650) is effectively removing PyQt5 support. PySide2 support was already removed in release [0.7.0](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8450), so we are now fully on Qt6!
+### Grid Lines, axes and ticks
+This features has been requested for years, and we finally managed to get a version that we're happy with! With [#7827](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7827), you can now use `viewer.scene.overlays.grid_lines` to display a grid on your data, including unit-aware tick marks and axis labels! Try it out:
+
+```py
+import napari
+
+viewer = napari.Viewer(ndisplay=3)
+layers = viewer.open_sample('napari', 'cells3d')
+
+for layer in layers:
+    layer.units = 'nm'
+    layer.axis_labels = ['z', 'y', 'x']
+
+viewer.scene.overlays.grid_lines.visible = True
+```
+
+![screenshot of the viewer with the grid_lines overlay enabled, showing the grid with axis labels and units, and axis ticks](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/54993979-4774-4e66-87fb-d1bfcb27fb98)
 
 ### Colorful names
 
-A long-requested feature: displaying layer names on the canvas with colormap-aware colors ([#9598](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9598))! This comes with some fancy machinery to ensure that colors are shifted enough to be always readable.
+Another long-requested feature: displaying layer names on the canvas with colormap-aware colors ([#9598](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9598))! This comes with some fancy machinery to ensure that colors are shifted enough to be always readable.
+
+```py
+import napari
+
+viewer = napari.Viewer()
+layers = viewer.open_sample('napari', 'lily')
+
+for layer in layers:
+    layer.name_overlay.visible = True
+
+viewer.canvas.grid.enabled = True
+viewer.canvas.grid.stride = 2
+```
 
 ![screenshot of the viewer with layer names overlays enabled, colored based on each layer's colormap](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/629e63f5-381a-4a92-ba17-de02fa408edf)
 
+### Default dock area and tabify for plugin dock widgets
 
-- Add grid overlay ([#7827](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7827))
+Some plugin dock widgets are wider than they are tall, fitting poorly on the right-side dock and forcing users to manually move the widget to a different area every time on first launch. With [#9526](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9526)) and ([#9707](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9707), you can now specify a default dock area and tabify behaviour for a dock widget contribution, which will prevent the need for this manual step:
+
+```yaml
+  widgets:
+    - command: example-plugin.my_widget
+      display_name: My wide widget
+      default_dock_area: bottom
+      tabify: True
+```
+
+
+- Fix and unify mouse callback generator machinery ([#9513](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9513))
+- Remove `PyQt5` support, part 1 ([#9650](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9650))
 
 ## New Features
 
 - Add grid overlay ([#7827](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7827))
+- 2D/3D Crosshair overlay for cursor position ([#8017](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8017))
 - Allow plugins widgets to specify dock area ([#9526](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9526))
+- Add tabify default for plugin widgets ([#9707](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9707))
 
 ## Breaking Changes
 
+### Dropping support for Qt5 backend
+
+We started warning about this in release v0.8.0; it is now time to fully drop support of Qt5! Qt5 has reached End Of Life on the 26th of May 2025. We migrated our bundle to Qt6 (PySide6) a year ago.
+[#9650](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9650) is effectively removing PyQt5 support. PySide2 support was already removed in release [0.7.0](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8450), so we are now fully on Qt6!
+
+### Mouse callbacks fixes
+
+Custom mouse callbacks can be [defined via generators](https://napari.org/stable/howtos/extending/connecting_events.html#listening-for-mouse-events). Some quirks with this machinery have been smoothed out and some bugs fixed ([#9513](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9513)); this might result in some callbacks to no longer work as before. In principle, this should only affect callbacks that relied on buggy behaviour, but please make sure to check if your old callbacks are still working, and open an issue on the napari repository if that's not the case.
+
+A notable change is that `mouse_move` callbacks previously did not work during `drag`, but now they do. If that's not what you want, guard your callback with `if not event.is_dragging`!
+
+### Removal of `scale_bar.unit`
+
+After deprecating it, we're finally removing this field completely. Now the only way to set the unit on the scale bar is by [setting units on the layers themselves](https://napari.org/stable/guides/units.html#scale-and-units-live-on-layers)!
+
+
 - MAINT: Remove deprecated ScaleBar.unit ([#9218](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9218))
-- Remove `PyQt5` support, part 1 ([#9650](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9650))
 
 ## Improvements
 
 - Use global font size for overlays ([#8667](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8667))
 - Prepare track columns data ([#9015](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9015))
 - Add single-plane projection for 3D points layers ([#9229](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9229))
+- Deliver key auto-repeat by default, suppressing only hold-semantics bindings ([#9361](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9361))
 - UI: apply tabular numerals to embedded status bars ([#9407](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9407))
+- Performance [Shapes]: don't draw empty sub-visuals ([#9418](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9418))
 - Clean up status for grid/multiple selection ([#9431](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9431))
 - Use canvas size to estimate scale_bar target size ([#9474](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9474))
+- Hide projection mode combobox when appropriate ([#9498](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9498))
 - Fix fuzzy finding and command highlighting in palette ([#9503](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9503))
 - Implement canvas_to_world on the napari side ([#9517](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9517))
+- Use global font size for layers ([#9524](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9524))
 - Add option to declare deprecated property using descriptor ([#9527](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9527))
 - Add `RenamedWarningEmitter` and `DependentEmitter` ([#9529](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9529))
 - Keep reader and writer commands out of the command palette ([#9582](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9582))
@@ -58,28 +120,47 @@ A long-requested feature: displaying layer names on the canvas with colormap-awa
 - Add `locked_data_level` as an argument for `Labels` ([#9603](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9603))
 - Improve point projections to cover old out_of_slice use case ([#9607](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9607))
 - Make the layer name overlay bold ([#9616](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9616))
+- Add Grid toggle action ([#9646](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9646))
 - Fix reporting of Qt version in `napari --info` ([#9648](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9648))
+- Use vispy text scaling for smooth text calculations ([#9735](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9735))
 
 ## Performance
 
+- Performance [Shapes]: don't draw empty sub-visuals ([#9418](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9418))
+- [multiscale, perf] Combine crop and projection in _project_thick_slice to prevent premature materialization. ([#9537](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9537))
+- Rasterize shapes to pixel indices instead of full masks ([#9583](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9583))
 - PERF: Speed up grid mode with many layers ([#9633](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9633))
+- [perf] Remove duplicate calls in VispyImageLayer (already done in super()) ([#9697](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9697))
+- [perf] Defer the expensive import from scipy.spatial.transform until ndisplay=3 ([#9746](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9746))
 
 ## Bug Fixes
 
 - fix(shapes): pick shapes on a fractional slice key ([#9394](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9394))
 - Fix remove() mid-draw when removing shapes shifts the drawn shape's index ([#9441](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9441))
+- Keep dock widgets resizable when their widget asks for vertical space ([#9462](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9462))
+- Fix logger from console 2 ([#9465](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9465))
 - Fix fuzzy finding and command highlighting in palette ([#9503](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9503))
+- Fix and unify mouse callback generator machinery ([#9513](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9513))
 - fix(qt): let a dock widget's minimum size shrink again when its content does ([#9532](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9532))
+- Fix `Shapes.data = (data, shape_type)` failing when the shape count changes ([#9564](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9564))
+- Keep colormap, contrast limits and blending when a tiled image changes tile count ([#9565](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9565))
 - Fix Convert to Labels for shapes in 3D view and with rolled axes ([#9580](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9580))
 - Fix color of labels in colorpicker ([#9599](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9599))
+- Fix a few font sizes, adjust some padding ([#9615](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9615))
 - Measure text at render size for even overlay padding ([#9617](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9617))
 - Fix font clipping in dock widget titles ([#9619](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9619))
 - Treat a colormap list of only None like a single None in add_image ([#9624](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9624))
 - Limit the lasso_vertex_distance preference spin box to 1-50 ([#9626](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9626))
 - Fix SlowMemoryStore latency being ignored on zarr 3 ([#9628](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9628))
 - PERF: Speed up grid mode with many layers ([#9633](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9633))
+- Fix Shapes keeping the cursor vertex when switching mode mid-draw ([#9637](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9637))
+- Fix degenerate case of view direction ([#9670](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9670))
 - Fix stale perfmon callable reference ([#9671](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9671))
+- Emit layer.events.loaded again when the loaded state changes ([#9689](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9689))
 - fix: accept None for Cursor.viewbox over an empty grid viewbox ([#9696](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9696))
+- Fix polygon lasso error when Enter or Escape ends a drag ([#9699](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9699))
+- fix: timeout of notifications in a stack and after regain of window focus (#9560) ([#9731](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9731))
+- Fix screenshot with scale!=1 ([#9738](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9738))
 
 ## Documentation
 
@@ -97,6 +178,8 @@ A long-requested feature: displaying layer names on the canvas with colormap-awa
 - Fix failing docs build due to `profiling` clash ([docs#1161](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1161))
 - Create release notes for v0.10.0a0 ([docs#1164](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1164))
 - Add release notes for v0.10.0rc0 ([docs#1165](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1165))
+- Reorganize and spruce up the community pages ([docs#1168](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1168))
+- Add icons to persistent sidebar links ([docs#1169](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1169))
 - Add info in tooltips for projection mode ([#9497](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9497))
 - Clarify in `LayerList` docstring when the `changed` event is emitted ([#9504](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9504))
 
@@ -110,10 +193,8 @@ A long-requested feature: displaying layer names on the canvas with colormap-awa
 - Post rendered docs link as a sticky PR comment ([docs#1159](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1159))
 - [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate ([docs#1163](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1163))
 - Add write permissions for a statuses in label trigger build for docs ([docs#1167](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1167))
-- Separate tiling from nontiling overlays ([#9083](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9083))
 - fix(typing): add typing and fix mypy error in `qt_tracks_controls.py` ([#9176](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9176))
 - fix (typing): add typing and fix mypy error in `qt_symbol_combobox.py` ([#9182](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9182))
-- feat: initial working version slide out dockwidget ([#9317](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9317))
 - chore: remove ChunkLoader dead test code  ([#9381](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9381))
 - Fix labeler action ([#9458](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9458))
 - Remove deprecated `napari.utils.indexing` module ([#9505](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9505))
@@ -124,23 +205,40 @@ A long-requested feature: displaying layer names on the canvas with colormap-awa
 - TYP: add type hints in `qt_viewer_status_bar.py` ([#9554](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9554))
 - Change Qt backend used in type testing from PyQt6 to PySide6 ([#9570](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9570))
 - Move autoswap buffers from experimental to advanced settings ([#9589](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9589))
+- Add missed directories to circelci cache ([#9593](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9593))
 - Update `coverage`, `fsspec`, `hypothesis`, `imageio`, `napari-resources`, `pandas`, `platformdirs`, `pytest-rerunfailures`, `tifffile`, `virtualenv`, `wrapt`, `xarray` ([#9594](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9594))
+- chore: remove unused user keymap ([#9602](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9602))
+- ci(dependabot): bump the actions group across 1 directory with 9 updates ([#9613](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9613))
 - TYP: annotate `color_kwargs` as dict[str, Any] in color_manager.py ([#9618](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9618))
+- Fix position and clipping of dims slider label widgets ([#9620](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9620))
 - Update `hypothesis`, `platformdirs`, `virtualenv` ([#9625](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9625))
+- [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate ([#9634](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9634))
 - TYP: add type hints in `qt_welcome.py` ([#9642](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9642))
 - TYP: add type hints in `base.py` ([#9644](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9644))
 - TYP: add type hints in `qt_viewer_buttons.py` ([#9649](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9649))
 - TYP: add type hints in `qt_logger.py` ([#9655](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9655))
+- Make Shapes path and polygon tests deterministic ([#9656](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9656))
 - Removed obsolete cells3d monkeypatch in test_examples.py ([#9658](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9658))
 - typing: Enable checking presence of type annotation in functions ([#9662](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9662))
+- Use mocked plugin manager with sample plugin from npe2 ([#9672](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9672))
+- TYP: add type hints in `window.py` ([#9678](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9678))
+- TYP: add type hints in `theme.py` and `notebook_display.py` ([#9683](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9683))
 - TYP: add simple return annotations generated by `pyrefly infer` ([#9684](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9684))
 - Remove Qt5 from --pre tests ([#9687](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9687))
 - Update `hypothesis`, `imageio`, `numpy`, `platformdirs`, `pydantic`, `pyside6`, `toolz`, `virtualenv` ([#9692](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9692))
 - Add Lundy Bernard to CITATION.cff ([#9695](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9695))
+- Add layout tests for single-widget rows in layer controls ([#9704](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9704))
+- Update release checklist ([#9705](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9705))
 - Fix failing test by wait on worker clean ([#9710](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9710))
+- TYP: add type hints in `io.py` ([#9715](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9715))
+- TYP: add type hints in `_proxies.py` , `_migrations.py` , `_fields.py` and `_base.py` ([#9719](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9719))
+- Change all `exec_` to `exec` for Qt objects ([#9725](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9725))
+- Update links in doc strings to point to the Qt6 documentation. ([#9726](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9726))
+- Update `certifi`, `hypothesis`, `npe2`, `pillow`, `platformdirs`, `pydantic-settings`, `superqt`, `tifffile`, `virtualenv`, `wrapt` ([#9736](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9736))
+- Use QEnumComboBox for depiction control ([#9742](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9742))
 
 
-## 17 authors added to this release (alphabetical)
+## 20 authors added to this release (alphabetical)
 
 (+) denotes first-time contributors 🥳
 
@@ -152,23 +250,27 @@ A long-requested feature: displaying layer names on the canvas with colormap-awa
 - [Chirag Anand](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=chirag-433) - @chirag-433 +
 - [Grzegorz Bokota](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Czaki) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Czaki))  - @Czaki
 - [Jacopo Abramo](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=jacopoabramo) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=jacopoabramo))  - @jacopoabramo
+- [KRiedmiller](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=KRiedmiller) - @KRiedmiller +
 - [lettyz3](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=lettyz3) - @lettyz3 +
 - [Lorenzo Gaifas](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=brisvag) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=brisvag))  - @brisvag
 - [Lundy Bernard](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=lundybernard) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=lundybernard))  - @lundybernard +
+- [Lyinno](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Lyinno) - @Lyinno +
 - [Matthias Schabel](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=matthiasschabel) - @matthiasschabel
 - [Mridul Seth](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=MridulS) - @MridulS
 - [Omkar Kabde](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=omkar-334) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=omkar-334))  - @omkar-334
+- [Peter Sobolewski](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=psobolewskiPhD) - @psobolewskiPhD
 - [Sesan](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Olusesan) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Olusesan))  - @Olusesan
 - [Tim Monko](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=TimMonko) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=TimMonko))  - @TimMonko
-- [Wouter-Michiel Vierdag](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=melonora) - @melonora
+- [ymka](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=i-ymka) - @i-ymka +
 
-## 14 reviewers added to this release (alphabetical)
+## 17 reviewers added to this release (alphabetical)
 
 (+) denotes first-time contributors 🥳
 
 - [Aman kumar](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=ghostiee-11) - @ghostiee-11 +
 - [Aniket](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Aniketsy) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Aniketsy))  - @Aniketsy
 - [Bruno Pannunzio](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=bruno-pannunzio) - @bruno-pannunzio +
+- [Carlos Mario Rodriguez Reza](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=carlosmariorr) - @carlosmariorr
 - [Carol Willing](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=willingc) - @willingc
 - [Caroline Malin-Mayor](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=cmalinmayor) - @cmalinmayor
 - [Draga Doncila Pop](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=DragaDoncila) - @DragaDoncila
@@ -177,6 +279,8 @@ A long-requested feature: displaying layer names on the canvas with colormap-awa
 - [Juan Nunez-Iglesias](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=jni) - @jni
 - [lettyz3](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=lettyz3) - @lettyz3 +
 - [Lorenzo Gaifas](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=brisvag) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=brisvag))  - @brisvag
-- [Peter Sobolewski](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=psobolewskiPhD) - @psobolewskiPhD
+- [Lundy Bernard](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=lundybernard) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=lundybernard))  - @lundybernard +
+- [Peter Sobolewski](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=psobolewskiPhD) - @psobolewskiPhD
 - [Sesan](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Olusesan) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Olusesan))  - @Olusesan
 - [Tim Monko](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=TimMonko) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=TimMonko))  - @TimMonko
+- [ymka](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=i-ymka) - @i-ymka +

From 885f840f16154f995d86e2c089cd4bfe5782fb5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lorenzo Gaifas <brisvag@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:51:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 6/9] add some stuff

---
 docs/release/release_0_10_0.md | 17 +++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md b/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
index 8ea7916ff..c5a50447b 100644
--- a/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
+++ b/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Some plugin dock widgets are wider than they are tall, fitting poorly on the rig
 ```
 
 
+- 2D/3D Crosshair overlay for cursor position ([#8017](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8017))
 - Fix and unify mouse callback generator machinery ([#9513](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9513))
 - Remove `PyQt5` support, part 1 ([#9650](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9650))
 
@@ -80,23 +81,31 @@ Some plugin dock widgets are wider than they are tall, fitting poorly on the rig
 
 ## Breaking Changes
 
-### Dropping support for Qt5 backend
+### Dropped support for Qt5 backend
 
 We started warning about this in release v0.8.0; it is now time to fully drop support of Qt5! Qt5 has reached End Of Life on the 26th of May 2025. We migrated our bundle to Qt6 (PySide6) a year ago.
 [#9650](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9650) is effectively removing PyQt5 support. PySide2 support was already removed in release [0.7.0](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8450), so we are now fully on Qt6!
 
-### Mouse callbacks fixes
+### Tidied up mouse callbacks
 
 Custom mouse callbacks can be [defined via generators](https://napari.org/stable/howtos/extending/connecting_events.html#listening-for-mouse-events). Some quirks with this machinery have been smoothed out and some bugs fixed ([#9513](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9513)); this might result in some callbacks to no longer work as before. In principle, this should only affect callbacks that relied on buggy behaviour, but please make sure to check if your old callbacks are still working, and open an issue on the napari repository if that's not the case.
 
 A notable change is that `mouse_move` callbacks previously did not work during `drag`, but now they do. If that's not what you want, guard your callback with `if not event.is_dragging`!
 
-### Removal of `scale_bar.unit`
+### Removed `scale_bar.unit`
 
 After deprecating it, we're finally removing this field completely. Now the only way to set the unit on the scale bar is by [setting units on the layers themselves](https://napari.org/stable/guides/units.html#scale-and-units-live-on-layers)!
 
+### Unified default font sizes
+
+We previously hardcoded default font sizes for all visuals in the canvas. Now, they respond to the global application settings (`Preferences > Appearance > Font size`) unless the font size is explicitly set for that specific model (by default it will be `None`).
+
+So if you use the `scale_bar`, or `Points.text` or other layers and overlays that display text and you don't like the new default, make sure to set your font size explicitly!
+
 
+- Use global font size for overlays ([#8667](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8667))
 - MAINT: Remove deprecated ScaleBar.unit ([#9218](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9218))
+- Use global font size for layers ([#9524](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9524))
 
 ## Improvements
 
@@ -149,6 +158,7 @@ After deprecating it, we're finally removing this field completely. Now the only
 - Fix a few font sizes, adjust some padding ([#9615](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9615))
 - Measure text at render size for even overlay padding ([#9617](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9617))
 - Fix font clipping in dock widget titles ([#9619](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9619))
+- Fix position and clipping of dims slider label widgets ([#9620](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9620))
 - Treat a colormap list of only None like a single None in add_image ([#9624](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9624))
 - Limit the lasso_vertex_distance preference spin box to 1-50 ([#9626](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9626))
 - Fix SlowMemoryStore latency being ignored on zarr 3 ([#9628](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9628))
@@ -210,7 +220,6 @@ After deprecating it, we're finally removing this field completely. Now the only
 - chore: remove unused user keymap ([#9602](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9602))
 - ci(dependabot): bump the actions group across 1 directory with 9 updates ([#9613](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9613))
 - TYP: annotate `color_kwargs` as dict[str, Any] in color_manager.py ([#9618](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9618))
-- Fix position and clipping of dims slider label widgets ([#9620](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9620))
 - Update `hypothesis`, `platformdirs`, `virtualenv` ([#9625](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9625))
 - [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate ([#9634](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9634))
 - TYP: add type hints in `qt_welcome.py` ([#9642](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9642))

From d62ba01f231bb3c27bb905c4611cd8c0995c5aa8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lorenzo Gaifas <brisvag@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:36:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 7/9] some cleanups

---
 docs/release/release_0_10_0.md | 23 ++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md b/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
index c5a50447b..940c0417c 100644
--- a/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
+++ b/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ viewer.scene.overlays.grid_lines.visible = True
 
 ### Colorful names
 
-Another long-requested feature: displaying layer names on the canvas with colormap-aware colors ([#9598](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9598))! This comes with some fancy machinery to ensure that colors are shifted enough to be always readable.
+Another long-requested feature: displaying [layer names](https://napari.org/stable/getting_started/layers.html#layer-overlays) on the canvas now has colormap-aware colors ([#9598](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9598))! This comes with some fancy machinery to ensure that colors are shifted enough to be always readable.
 
 ```py
 import napari
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ viewer.canvas.grid.stride = 2
 
 ![screenshot of the viewer with layer names overlays enabled, colored based on each layer's colormap](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/629e63f5-381a-4a92-ba17-de02fa408edf)
 
+### Cursor crosshair
+
+Ever use the [grid mode](https://napari.org/stable/gallery/grid_mode.html#grid-mode) for your miltichannel data but then struggle to know where you're clicking? Struggle no more! You can now enable the new crosshair overlay ([#8017](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8017)) to always locate your exact position in every viewbox.
+
+![screenshot of the viewer with grid-mode and the crosshair enabled](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/62f1b045-60cc-4e4a-808b-c7e9934d683d)
+
 ### Default dock area and tabify for plugin dock widgets
 
 Some plugin dock widgets are wider than they are tall, fitting poorly on the right-side dock and forcing users to manually move the widget to a different area every time on first launch. With [#9526](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9526)) and ([#9707](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9707), you can now specify a default dock area and tabify behaviour for a dock widget contribution, which will prevent the need for this manual step:
@@ -68,8 +74,6 @@ Some plugin dock widgets are wider than they are tall, fitting poorly on the rig
 ```
 
 
-- 2D/3D Crosshair overlay for cursor position ([#8017](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8017))
-- Fix and unify mouse callback generator machinery ([#9513](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9513))
 - Remove `PyQt5` support, part 1 ([#9650](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9650))
 
 ## New Features
@@ -94,18 +98,15 @@ A notable change is that `mouse_move` callbacks previously did not work during `
 
 ### Removed `scale_bar.unit`
 
-After deprecating it, we're finally removing this field completely. Now the only way to set the unit on the scale bar is by [setting units on the layers themselves](https://napari.org/stable/guides/units.html#scale-and-units-live-on-layers)!
+After deprecating it, we're finally removing this field completely ([#9218](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9218)). Now the only way to set the unit on the scale bar is by [setting units on the layers themselves](https://napari.org/stable/guides/units.html#scale-and-units-live-on-layers)!
 
 ### Unified default font sizes
 
-We previously hardcoded default font sizes for all visuals in the canvas. Now, they respond to the global application settings (`Preferences > Appearance > Font size`) unless the font size is explicitly set for that specific model (by default it will be `None`).
+We previously hardcoded default font sizes for all visuals in the canvas. Now ([#8667](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8667), [#9524](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9524)), they respond to the global application settings (`Preferences > Appearance > Font size`) unless the font size is explicitly set for that specific model (by default it will be `None`).
 
 So if you use the `scale_bar`, or `Points.text` or other layers and overlays that display text and you don't like the new default, make sure to set your font size explicitly!
 
 
-- Use global font size for overlays ([#8667](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8667))
-- MAINT: Remove deprecated ScaleBar.unit ([#9218](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9218))
-- Use global font size for layers ([#9524](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9524))
 
 ## Improvements
 
@@ -117,7 +118,6 @@ So if you use the `scale_bar`, or `Points.text` or other layers and overlays tha
 - Performance [Shapes]: don't draw empty sub-visuals ([#9418](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9418))
 - Clean up status for grid/multiple selection ([#9431](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9431))
 - Use canvas size to estimate scale_bar target size ([#9474](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9474))
-- Hide projection mode combobox when appropriate ([#9498](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9498))
 - Fix fuzzy finding and command highlighting in palette ([#9503](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9503))
 - Implement canvas_to_world on the napari side ([#9517](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9517))
 - Use global font size for layers ([#9524](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9524))
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ So if you use the `scale_bar`, or `Points.text` or other layers and overlays tha
 - Add warning icon if experimental setting (especially async) is enabled ([#9590](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9590))
 - Draw the layer name overlay in the layer's colormap color ([#9598](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9598))
 - Add `locked_data_level` as an argument for `Labels` ([#9603](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9603))
-- Improve point projections to cover old out_of_slice use case ([#9607](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9607))
 - Make the layer name overlay bold ([#9616](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9616))
 - Add Grid toggle action ([#9646](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9646))
 - Fix reporting of Qt version in `napari --info` ([#9648](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9648))
@@ -141,12 +140,12 @@ So if you use the `scale_bar`, or `Points.text` or other layers and overlays tha
 - PERF: Speed up grid mode with many layers ([#9633](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9633))
 - [perf] Remove duplicate calls in VispyImageLayer (already done in super()) ([#9697](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9697))
 - [perf] Defer the expensive import from scipy.spatial.transform until ndisplay=3 ([#9746](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9746))
+- Effectively revert PR #8725 so viewer shows when files are opened from CLI ([#9747](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9747))
 
 ## Bug Fixes
 
 - fix(shapes): pick shapes on a fractional slice key ([#9394](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9394))
 - Fix remove() mid-draw when removing shapes shifts the drawn shape's index ([#9441](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9441))
-- Keep dock widgets resizable when their widget asks for vertical space ([#9462](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9462))
 - Fix logger from console 2 ([#9465](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9465))
 - Fix fuzzy finding and command highlighting in palette ([#9503](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9503))
 - Fix and unify mouse callback generator machinery ([#9513](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9513))
@@ -171,6 +170,8 @@ So if you use the `scale_bar`, or `Points.text` or other layers and overlays tha
 - Fix polygon lasso error when Enter or Escape ends a drag ([#9699](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9699))
 - fix: timeout of notifications in a stack and after regain of window focus (#9560) ([#9731](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9731))
 - Fix screenshot with scale!=1 ([#9738](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9738))
+- Effectively revert PR #8725 so viewer shows when files are opened from CLI ([#9747](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9747))
+- Fix `canvas_to_world` calculation with grid spacing ([#9752](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9752))
 
 ## Documentation
 

From f7d165e99f2dba8b8c2e90ba7665d82a55685bde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lorenzo Gaifas <brisvag@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:07:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 8/9] update

---
 docs/release/release_0_10_0.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md b/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
index 940c0417c..c9b5bff49 100644
--- a/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
+++ b/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ So if you use the `scale_bar`, or `Points.text` or other layers and overlays tha
 - Add release notes for v0.10.0rc0 ([docs#1165](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1165))
 - Reorganize and spruce up the community pages ([docs#1168](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1168))
 - Add icons to persistent sidebar links ([docs#1169](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1169))
+- Missing overlays in docs ([docs#1173](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1173))
 - Add info in tooltips for projection mode ([#9497](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9497))
 - Clarify in `LayerList` docstring when the `changed` event is emitted ([#9504](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9504))
 
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ So if you use the `scale_bar`, or `Points.text` or other layers and overlays tha
 - Post rendered docs link as a sticky PR comment ([docs#1159](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1159))
 - [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate ([docs#1163](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1163))
 - Add write permissions for a statuses in label trigger build for docs ([docs#1167](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1167))
+- [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate ([docs#1172](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/1172))
 - fix(typing): add typing and fix mypy error in `qt_tracks_controls.py` ([#9176](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9176))
 - fix (typing): add typing and fix mypy error in `qt_symbol_combobox.py` ([#9182](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9182))
 - chore: remove ChunkLoader dead test code  ([#9381](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9381))

From 8963c75060decbda98a6935908fa872e2644cb59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lorenzo Gaifas <brisvag@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:52:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 9/9] fixes from review and new run

---
 docs/release/release_0_10_0.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md b/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
index c9b5bff49..132b11c3b 100644
--- a/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
+++ b/docs/release/release_0_10_0.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # napari 0.10.0
 ⚠️ *Note: these release notes are still in draft while 0.10.0rc0 is in prerelease testing.* ⚠️
 
-*Sun, Oct 25, 2026*
+*Mon, Oct 26, 2026*
 
 We're happy to announce the release of napari 0.10.0!
 napari is a fast, interactive, multi-dimensional image viewer for Python.
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ napari follows [EffVer (Intended Effort Versioning)](https://effver.org/); this
 
 ## Highlights
 
-This release contains several new features and many, many enhancements and bugfixes. We also welcomed a ton of new contributors to the community!
+This release contains several new features and many enhancements and bugfixes. We also welcomed a ton of new contributors to the community!
 
 ### Grid Lines, axes and ticks
 This features has been requested for years, and we finally managed to get a version that we're happy with! With [#7827](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7827), you can now use `viewer.scene.overlays.grid_lines` to display a grid on your data, including unit-aware tick marks and axis labels! Try it out:
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ viewer.canvas.grid.stride = 2
 
 ### Cursor crosshair
 
-Ever use the [grid mode](https://napari.org/stable/gallery/grid_mode.html#grid-mode) for your miltichannel data but then struggle to know where you're clicking? Struggle no more! You can now enable the new crosshair overlay ([#8017](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8017)) to always locate your exact position in every viewbox.
+Ever use the [grid mode](https://napari.org/stable/gallery/grid_mode.html#grid-mode) for your multichannel data but then struggle to know where you're clicking? Struggle no more! You can now enable the new crosshair overlay ([#8017](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/8017)) to always locate your exact position in every viewbox.
 
-![screenshot of the viewer with grid-mode and the crosshair enabled](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/62f1b045-60cc-4e4a-808b-c7e9934d683d)
+![screenshot of the viewer with grid-mode and the crosshair enabled](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cff866f3-fa28-42a8-a8df-94062b118573)
 
 ### Default dock area and tabify for plugin dock widgets
 
-Some plugin dock widgets are wider than they are tall, fitting poorly on the right-side dock and forcing users to manually move the widget to a different area every time on first launch. With [#9526](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9526)) and ([#9707](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9707), you can now specify a default dock area and tabify behaviour for a dock widget contribution, which will prevent the need for this manual step:
+Some plugin dock widgets are wider than they are tall, fitting poorly on the right-side dock and forcing users to manually move the widget to a different area every time on first launch. With [#9526](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9526)) and ([#9707](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9707), you can now specify a default dock area and tabify behaviour for a dock widget contribution, which will prevent the need for this manual rearranging step:
 
 ```yaml
   widgets:
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ We started warning about this in release v0.8.0; it is now time to fully drop su
 
 ### Tidied up mouse callbacks
 
-Custom mouse callbacks can be [defined via generators](https://napari.org/stable/howtos/extending/connecting_events.html#listening-for-mouse-events). Some quirks with this machinery have been smoothed out and some bugs fixed ([#9513](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9513)); this might result in some callbacks to no longer work as before. In principle, this should only affect callbacks that relied on buggy behaviour, but please make sure to check if your old callbacks are still working, and open an issue on the napari repository if that's not the case.
+Custom mouse callbacks can be [defined via generators](https://napari.org/stable/howtos/extending/connecting_events.html#listening-for-mouse-events). Some quirks with this machinery have been smoothed out and some bugs fixed ([#9513](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9513)); this might cause some callbacks to no longer work as before. In principle, this should only affect callbacks that relied on buggy behavior, but please make sure to check if your old callbacks are still working, and open an issue on the napari repository if that's not the case.
 
 A notable change is that `mouse_move` callbacks previously did not work during `drag`, but now they do. If that's not what you want, guard your callback with `if not event.is_dragging`!
 
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ So if you use the `scale_bar`, or `Points.text` or other layers and overlays tha
 - Add Grid toggle action ([#9646](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9646))
 - Fix reporting of Qt version in `napari --info` ([#9648](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9648))
 - Use vispy text scaling for smooth text calculations ([#9735](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9735))
+- fix: `axis_labels` is no longer set in the viewer dims after layer creation in `imshow` ([#9749](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9749))
+- Crosshair Overlay colored lines like scene/canvas axes ([#9755](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9755))
 
 ## Performance
 
@@ -171,7 +173,10 @@ So if you use the `scale_bar`, or `Points.text` or other layers and overlays tha
 - fix: timeout of notifications in a stack and after regain of window focus (#9560) ([#9731](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9731))
 - Fix screenshot with scale!=1 ([#9738](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9738))
 - Effectively revert PR #8725 so viewer shows when files are opened from CLI ([#9747](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9747))
+- fix: `axis_labels` is no longer set in the viewer dims after layer creation in `imshow` ([#9749](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9749))
 - Fix `canvas_to_world` calculation with grid spacing ([#9752](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9752))
+- fix: preserve thick-slice margins under scale flips ([#9759](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9759))
+- fix: update return_annotation in create_func to use cls_name rather than cls ([#9765](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9765))
 
 ## Documentation
 
@@ -246,11 +251,12 @@ So if you use the `scale_bar`, or `Points.text` or other layers and overlays tha
 - TYP: add type hints in `_proxies.py` , `_migrations.py` , `_fields.py` and `_base.py` ([#9719](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9719))
 - Change all `exec_` to `exec` for Qt objects ([#9725](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9725))
 - Update links in doc strings to point to the Qt6 documentation. ([#9726](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9726))
+- Apply `QCheckBox.stateChanged` to `QCheckBox.toggled` migration ([#9727](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9727))
 - Update `certifi`, `hypothesis`, `npe2`, `pillow`, `platformdirs`, `pydantic-settings`, `superqt`, `tifffile`, `virtualenv`, `wrapt` ([#9736](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9736))
 - Use QEnumComboBox for depiction control ([#9742](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/9742))
 
 
-## 20 authors added to this release (alphabetical)
+## 23 authors added to this release (alphabetical)
 
 (+) denotes first-time contributors 🥳
 
@@ -260,6 +266,8 @@ So if you use the `scale_bar`, or `Points.text` or other layers and overlays tha
 - [Bruno Pannunzio](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=bruno-pannunzio) - @bruno-pannunzio +
 - [Carlos Mario Rodriguez Reza](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=carlosmariorr) - @carlosmariorr
 - [Chirag Anand](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=chirag-433) - @chirag-433 +
+- [Clément Caporal](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=ClementCaporal) - @ClementCaporal
+- [Felipe Cybis Pereira](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=FelipeCybis) - @FelipeCybis +
 - [Grzegorz Bokota](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Czaki) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Czaki))  - @Czaki
 - [Jacopo Abramo](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=jacopoabramo) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=jacopoabramo))  - @jacopoabramo
 - [KRiedmiller](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=KRiedmiller) - @KRiedmiller +
@@ -271,11 +279,12 @@ So if you use the `scale_bar`, or `Points.text` or other layers and overlays tha
 - [Mridul Seth](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=MridulS) - @MridulS
 - [Omkar Kabde](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=omkar-334) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=omkar-334))  - @omkar-334
 - [Peter Sobolewski](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=psobolewskiPhD) - @psobolewskiPhD
+- [Samuel Le Meur-Diebolt](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=sdiebolt) - @sdiebolt
 - [Sesan](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Olusesan) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Olusesan))  - @Olusesan
 - [Tim Monko](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=TimMonko) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=TimMonko))  - @TimMonko
 - [ymka](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=i-ymka) - @i-ymka +
 
-## 17 reviewers added to this release (alphabetical)
+## 18 reviewers added to this release (alphabetical)
 
 (+) denotes first-time contributors 🥳
 
@@ -285,6 +294,7 @@ So if you use the `scale_bar`, or `Points.text` or other layers and overlays tha
 - [Carlos Mario Rodriguez Reza](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=carlosmariorr) - @carlosmariorr
 - [Carol Willing](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=willingc) - @willingc
 - [Caroline Malin-Mayor](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=cmalinmayor) - @cmalinmayor
+- [Clément Caporal](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=ClementCaporal) - @ClementCaporal +
 - [Draga Doncila Pop](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=DragaDoncila) - @DragaDoncila
 - [Grzegorz Bokota](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Czaki) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Czaki))  - @Czaki
 - [Jacopo Abramo](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=jacopoabramo) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=jacopoabramo))  - @jacopoabramo