When using text labels in a go.Figure figure, we can set the position of the text with top center, bottom right, etc., but this leads to text that is exceptionally close to the data points. Is there a simple option, such as yshift (as there is for annotations), to space the labels a bit away from the data points?
Or is the best approach to add annotations explicitly? I have on the order of hundreds to thousands of text labels that I wish to show.
Hello, @shwiftyRick
In Plotly’s go.Figure figures, when using text labels, there isn’t a direct yshift option like annotations to adjust the distance from data points. Here are a couple of approaches you can consider:
Annotations with Labels: You can use annotations instead of text labels. Annotations offer more flexibility, including the ability to set xshift and yshift to adjust their position relative to data points.
python
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import plotly.graph_objects as go
fig = go.Figure()
fig.add_trace(go.Scatter(
x=[1, 2, 3],
y=[4, 5, 6],
mode=‘markers’,
text=[‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’],
hoverinfo=‘text’,
))
fig.add_annotation(
x=1,
y=4,
text=‘A’,
showarrow=False,
xshift=10, # Adjust x position
yshift=10, # Adjust y position
)
fig.show()
Adjusting Text Position: If you prefer to use text labels directly, you can adjust their position manually by tweaking the coordinates where they are displayed. This approach might be more cumbersome if you have many labels.
python
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import plotly.graph_objects as go
fig = go.Figure()
fig.add_trace(go.Scatter(
x=[1, 2, 3],
y=[4, 5, 6],
mode=‘markers+text’,
text=[‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’],
textposition=‘top center’, # Adjust text position
hoverinfo=‘text’,
))
fig.update_traces(textposition=‘top center’, textfont=dict(size=10))
fig.show()
Choose the approach based on your preference for managing hundreds to thousands of labels efficiently and adjusting their placement relative to data points in your Plotly figures.
I hope this suggestion will be helpful for you
Best regards
Chris Wright
