is an option for graphics functions that specifies an overall label for a plot.
PlotLabel
is an option for graphics functions that specifies an overall label for a plot.
Details
- PlotLabel->None specifies that no label should be given.
- PlotLabel->label specifies a label to give.
- Any expression can be used as a label. It will be given by default in TraditionalForm . Arbitrary strings of text can be given as "text". »
- PlotLabel->StandardForm [expr] will give a label in standard Wolfram Language form. »
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (3)
Use any Wolfram Language notation for labels:
Use Style and other typesetting functions to modify how the label appears:
Overall style of all the label-like elements can be specified by LabelStyle :
Scope (2)
Labels use TraditionalForm by default:
Use StandardForm instead:
An individually styled label can be used with LabelStyle , and has higher priority:
Applications (1)
Automatically label different cases:
Properties & Relations (1)
The overall output format can be specified using FormatType :
Possible Issues (1)
When different format types are combined, the result is likely to be unpredictable:
This is equivalent to:
Neat Examples (1)
Interactively choose a function to plot:
See Also
Tech Notes
Related Workflows
- Reformat an Expression in Traditional Form
History
Introduced in 1988 (1.0) | Updated in 2007 (6.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1988), PlotLabel, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotLabel.html (updated 2007).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1988. "PlotLabel." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2007. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotLabel.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1988). PlotLabel. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotLabel.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_plotlabel, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PlotLabel}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotLabel.html}", note=[Accessed: 05-December-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_plotlabel, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PlotLabel}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotLabel.html}, note=[Accessed: 05-December-2025]}