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+title: 27 February 2026 - FieldTrip version 20260227 has been released
+category: release
+tweet: FieldTrip version 20260227 was just released. See http://www.fieldtriptoolbox.org/#27-february-2026
+---
+
+### 27 February, 2026
+
+FieldTrip version [20260227](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/releases/tag/20260227) has been released.
+See [GitHub](https://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/compare/20260218...20260227) for the detailed list of updates.
+
+#### Commits
+
+- [d4b4f26fe](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/d4b4f26fe) documentation + allow the translation and rotation of a template grad sensor
+- [1bec22a84](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/1bec22a84) document the equidistant option
+- [8d2e4db68](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/8d2e4db68) FIX - don't know what happened here, but there was something wrong`
+- [af3d0562f](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/af3d0562f) FIX - typo causing dashboard failure
+- [57377d6fc](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/57377d6fc) FIX - remove tilde that accidentally was introduced, caught by test_checkcode
+- [fb5f8f7c0](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/fb5f8f7c0) FIX, swapping order of inputs for more sensible tolerance value, caught by dashboard
+- [2a224d9bf](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/2a224d9bf) drop-in replacement
+- [88a0a1964](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/88a0a1964) automatically synchronized identical files to b019c5d74b244af077e8a0050a8c8893a3ce1469
+- [b019c5d74](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/b019c5d74) ENH - better deal with the sensor orientation and rotations
+- [e31b309ed](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/e31b309ed) Fix separator line lengths (#2568)
+- [64fc93a3a](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/64fc93a3a) Improve the identification of the separator lines (#2567)
+- [daa297667](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/daa297667) support for time dimension for powcorr_ortho (#2559)
+- [2be8252ae](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/2be8252ae) error/warning message cosmetics as per mawzwi's request
+- [c37c93e4a](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/c37c93e4a) automatically synchronized identical files to 40812b523e0b00277e2a93f428f420b0b6c69b01
+- [40812b523](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/40812b523) ENH - more graceful handling of opm_fil data
+- [f2e7a0b1a](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/f2e7a0b1a) cosmetics
+- [9df66cea8](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/9df66cea8) ENH - allow for MEG wildcard with fieldline_v3 sensors
+- [1efaae755](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/1efaae755) ENH - make it more robust for coarsely triangulated surfaces
+- [b385d992d](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/b385d992d) ENH - also work on Nx3 point clouds, so that ft_warp_apply is not needed
+- [896ce204d](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/896ce204d) ENH - only add menu_viewpoint() when coordsys is known
+- [81a961bb4](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/81a961bb4) project the anatomical landmarks on the headshape
+- [5b75fec4a](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/5b75fec4a) random displacement upon coincidence is now part of elec1020_locate
+- [578dc0683](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/578dc0683) try to ensure that the headshape is topologically correct
+- [acbf9d9f1](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/acbf9d9f1) reimplemented the rotation
+- [d70e02a6b](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/d70e02a6b) ENH - add citation, fix too perfect fiducials with some random noise, also for vertex
+- [2aacb70ac](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/2aacb70ac) FIX - ensure that the orientations are exactly normalized
+- [41b5d5627](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/41b5d5627) ENH - better unit handling
+- [eb62b4739](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/eb62b4739) FIX - return figure handles when plotting a struct array
+- [927c15732](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/927c15732) ENH - better formatted feedback