Why "tight" layout instead of "constrained"?

[ATM-Jahid]

The tight layout doesn't respect figsize. So, different figures come out sized differently with the same config.

[echedey-ls]

Oh wow, I wasn't aware of that feature!! I think I will be using it from now on, thanks for sharing :)

Well, regarding "why", seems to be historical: first SciencePlots commit was in 2018, first PyPI release in 2020, and constraint layout had a rework done in 2021, so probably the author wasn't aware of it. Note this package doesn't have much up-to-date activity.

I guess I will leave this for v3.0.0, as this will kind of be a breaking change. PRs welcome!

[ATM-Jahid]

I wasn't aware of the constrained layout as well. It saved me from a lot of headaches.