Placement of label relative to figure

[huaracheguarache]

I’m trying to create a figure where I have labels in the lower left and upper left corners with some informational text. Creating a label in the lower left corner is simple enough, but how do I create one in the upper left corner when the plot is set to be dynamically scaled based on the screen size of the device rendering it? I can’t specify a y-coordinate in screen coordinates because I don’t know how large the plot will be beforehand. I also don’t want to specify one in data coordinates because I want the label to stay in the upper left corner when zooming in or panning around.

Below is a minimal script with the two labels and some filler data:

from bokeh.plotting import figure, show
from bokeh.models import Label

fig = figure(title='Label position test')
fig.sizing_mode = 'stretch_both'

fig.circle([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [6, 7, 2, 4, 5], size=20, color="navy", alpha=0.5)

lower_left = Label(x=5, y=5, x_units='screen', y_units='screen', text='Lower left corner')
fig.add_layout(lower_left)

# How can I position this relative to the upper bound of the figure?
upper_left = Label(x=5, y=500, x_units='screen', y_units='screen', text='Upper left corner')
fig.add_layout(upper_left)

show(fig)

[Bryan]

@huaracheguarache

I can’t specify a y-coordinate in screen coordinates because I don’t know how large the plot will be beforehand

You can specify a negative value, which is offset from the opposite side.

[huaracheguarache]

You mean by doing this?

upper_left = Label(x=5, y=-5, x_units='screen', y_units='screen', text='Upper left corner')

That produces the following plot for me:

[Bryan]

I’m not sure if something changed at some point or if my memory is just bad on this point. Looking at the code, it does not behave that way after all. I don’t have any simple workarounds to suggest either, unfortunately. You would have to do something like set up a range callback and update the label y-position whenever the range changes.

Please feel free to open a GitHub Issue about supporting this use-case.