DEPR REF: hide(axis=..) replaces hide_index and hide_columns (#43771)

Co-authored-by: JHM Darbyshire (iMac) <[email protected]>

Author: attack68

doc/source/reference/style.rst

@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ Style application
    Styler.applymap_index
    Styler.format
    Styler.format_index
-   Styler.hide_index
-   Styler.hide_columns
+   Styler.hide
    Styler.set_td_classes
    Styler.set_table_styles
    Styler.set_table_attributes

doc/source/whatsnew/v1.4.0.rst

@@ -79,10 +79,11 @@ Styler
   - Keyword arguments ``level`` and ``names`` added to :meth:`.Styler.hide_index` and :meth:`.Styler.hide_columns` for additional control of visibility of MultiIndexes and index names (:issue:`25475`, :issue:`43404`, :issue:`43346`)
   - Global options have been extended to configure default ``Styler`` properties including formatting and encoding and mathjax options and LaTeX (:issue:`41395`)
   - Naive sparsification is now possible for LaTeX without the multirow package (:issue:`43369`)
-  - :meth:`Styler.to_html` omits CSSStyle rules for hidden table elements (:issue:`43619`)
+  - :meth:`.Styler.to_html` omits CSSStyle rules for hidden table elements (:issue:`43619`)
   - Custom CSS classes can now be directly specified without string replacement (:issue:`43686`)
   - Bug where row trimming failed to reflect hidden rows (:issue:`43703`)
   - Update and expand the export and use mechanics (:issue:`40675`)
+  - New method :meth:`.Styler.hide` added and deprecates :meth:`.Styler.hide_index` and :meth:`.Styler.hide_columns` (:issue:`43758`)
 
 Formerly Styler relied on ``display.html.use_mathjax``, which has now been replaced by ``styler.html.mathjax``.