ENH: latex styler bool pandas options

doc/source/user_guide/options.rst

@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ styler.latex.multicol_align             r            Alignment of headers in a m
 styler.latex.multirow_align             c            Alignment of index labels in a merged row due to sparsification. Can be in {"c", "t", "b"}.
 styler.latex.environment                None         If given will replace the default ``\\begin{table}`` environment. If "longtable" is specified
                                                      this will render with a specific "longtable" template with longtable features.
+styler.latex.hrules                     False        If set to True will render ``\\toprule``, ``\\midrule``, and ``\bottomrule`` by default.
 ======================================= ============ ==================================
 
 

pandas/core/config_init.py

@@ -823,6 +823,11 @@ def register_converter_cb(key):
     rules, e.g. "\|r" will draw a rule on the left side of right aligned merged cells.
 """
 
+styler_hrules = """
+: bool
+    Whether to add horizontal rules on top and bottom and below the headers.
+"""
+
 styler_environment = """
 : str
     The environment to replace ``\\begin{table}``. If "longtable" is used results
@@ -929,6 +934,8 @@ def register_converter_cb(key):
         validator=is_one_of_factory(val_mca),
     )
 
+    cf.register_option("latex.hrules", False, styler_hrules, validator=is_bool)
+
     cf.register_option(
         "latex.environment",
         None,

pandas/io/formats/style.py

@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ def to_latex(
         column_format: str | None = None,
         position: str | None = None,
         position_float: str | None = None,
-        hrules: bool = False,
+        hrules: bool | None = None,
         label: str | None = None,
         caption: str | tuple | None = None,
         sparse_index: bool | None = None,
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ def to_latex(
         Parameters
         ----------
         buf : str, Path, or StringIO-like, optional, default None
-            Buffer to write to. If ``None``, the output is returned as a string.
+            Buffer to write to. If `None`, the output is returned as a string.
         column_format : str, optional
             The LaTeX column specification placed in location:
 
@@ -509,9 +509,12 @@ def to_latex(
             \\<position_float>
 
             Cannot be used if ``environment`` is "longtable".
-        hrules : bool, default False
+        hrules : bool
             Set to `True` to add \\toprule, \\midrule and \\bottomrule from the
             {booktabs} LaTeX package.
+            Defaults to ``pandas.options.styler.latex.hrules``, which is `False`.
+
+            .. versionchanged:: 1.4.0
         label : str, optional
             The LaTeX label included as: \\label{<label>}.
             This is used with \\ref{<label>} in the main .tex file.
@@ -522,16 +525,17 @@ def to_latex(
         sparse_index : bool, optional
             Whether to sparsify the display of a hierarchical index. Setting to False
             will display each explicit level element in a hierarchical key for each row.
-            Defaults to ``pandas.options.styler.sparse.index`` value.
+            Defaults to ``pandas.options.styler.sparse.index``, which is `True`.
         sparse_columns : bool, optional
             Whether to sparsify the display of a hierarchical index. Setting to False
             will display each explicit level element in a hierarchical key for each
-            column. Defaults to ``pandas.options.styler.sparse.columns`` value.
+            column. Defaults to ``pandas.options.styler.sparse.columns``, which
+            is `True`.
         multirow_align : {"c", "t", "b", "naive"}, optional
             If sparsifying hierarchical MultiIndexes whether to align text centrally,
             at the top or bottom using the multirow package. If not given defaults to
-            ``pandas.options.styler.latex.multirow_align``. If "naive" is given renders
-            without multirow.
+            ``pandas.options.styler.latex.multirow_align``, which is `"c"`.
+            If "naive" is given renders without multirow.
 
             .. versionchanged:: 1.4.0
         multicol_align : {"r", "c", "l", "naive-l", "naive-r"}, optional
@@ -550,12 +554,12 @@ def to_latex(
             If given, the environment that will replace 'table' in ``\\begin{table}``.
             If 'longtable' is specified then a more suitable template is
             rendered. If not given defaults to
-            ``pandas.options.styler.latex.environment``.
+            ``pandas.options.styler.latex.environment``, which is `None`.
 
             .. versionadded:: 1.4.0
         encoding : str, optional
             Character encoding setting. Defaults
-            to ``pandas.options.styler.render.encoding`` value of "utf-8".
+            to ``pandas.options.styler.render.encoding``, which is "utf-8".
         convert_css : bool, default False
             Convert simple cell-styles from CSS to LaTeX format. Any CSS not found in
             conversion table is dropped. A style can be forced by adding option
@@ -844,6 +848,7 @@ def to_latex(
                 overwrite=False,
             )
 
+        hrules = get_option("styler.latex.hrules") if hrules is None else hrules
         if hrules:
             obj.set_table_styles(
                 [

pandas/tests/io/formats/style/test_to_latex.py

@@ -779,6 +779,15 @@ def test_repr_option(styler):
         assert styler._repr_html_() is None
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("option", ["hrules"])
+def test_bool_options(styler, option):
+    with option_context(f"styler.latex.{option}", False):
+        latex_false = styler.to_latex()
+    with option_context(f"styler.latex.{option}", True):
+        latex_true = styler.to_latex()
+    assert latex_false != latex_true  # options are reactive under to_latex(*no_args)
+
+
 def test_siunitx_basic_headers(styler):
     assert "{} & {A} & {B} & {C} \\\\" in styler.to_latex(siunitx=True)
     assert " & A & B & C \\\\" in styler.to_latex()  # default siunitx=False