How to customize x,y,z to "Apple", "Pear", "Banana" in Hovertext?

[huanouliu]

Hi All,

I’m new to Plot.ly, and I am doing a 3D Scatter graph in Python now. In the hovertext box, I could not figure out "How to change X, Y, Z to the names I want? for example, change to “Apple”, “Pear”, “Banana”? I am using markers mode.

Thanks!

[jmmease]

Hi @huanouliu,

You can accomplish this using the text and hoverinfo trace properties. See https://plot.ly/python/hover-text-and-formatting/#add-hover-text.

Here’s an example with Scatter3d

from plotly.offline import iplot, init_notebook_mode
import plotly.graph_objs as go
init_notebook_mode()

import numpy as np

x, y, z = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [1, 3, 5, 2, 4], [5, 4, 3, 2, 1]
trace1 = go.Scatter3d(
    x=x,
    y=y,
    z=z,
    mode='markers',
    text=["Apple", "Pear", "Banana", "Peach", "Orange"],
    hoverinfo = 'text',
    marker=dict(
        size=12,
        line=dict(
            color='rgba(217, 217, 217, 0.14)',
            width=0.5
        ),
        opacity=0.8
    )
)

data = [trace1]
layout = go.Layout(
    margin=dict(
        l=0,
        r=0,
        b=0,
        t=0
    )
)
fig = go.Figure(data=data, layout=layout)
iplot(fig, filename='simple-3d-scatter')