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Text position in Graph Box - is there a bug?

miguello — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:34:22 GMT

Here's the script that roughly does what I need, at least visually:

Names Default To Here( 1 );

New Window( "Example",
	Graph Box(

		Pen Color("red");
		Back Color ("Light Yellow");
		Text Color( "red" );
		Text( Boxed, Erased, {20, 85}, "MyTextHere" );
		Text( Boxed, Erased, {20, 75}, "AnotherTextHere" );
	)
);

And I need several labels styled just like that.

But I need them left justified - and they are center justified in this image.
There is no separate "Left Justified" - it should be like that by default. But as soon as you include "Boxed" - it becomes Center Justified.

The script in the manual (https://www.jmp.com/support/help/en/19.0/#page/jmp/add-text.shtml#) has this:

mytext = New Window( "Adding Text",
	Graph Box(
		Frame Size( 200, 200 ),
		Y Scale( 0, 15 ),
		X Scale( 0, 10 ),
		Text Size( 9 );
		Text Color( "blue" );
		Text( {5, 1}, "Left Justified" );
		Text( Center Justified, {5, 2}, "Center Justified" );
		Text( Right Justified, {5, 3}, "Right Justified" );
		Fill Color( 4 );
		Rect( 5, 8, 9, 5, 1 );
		Text( Erased, {6, 6}, "Erased" );
		Text( Boxed, {6, 10}, "Boxed" );
		Text( Clockwise, {4, 10}, "Clockwise" );
		Text( Counterclockwise, {3, 5}, "Counterclockwise" );
	)
);

and according to the manual it produces this plot:

While if I run it on my JMP I see this:

The Boxed text becomes Center Justified.
Is this a bug? Any way to fix this? I do need boxed and erased style to preserve feel and look when switching from Text Annotations to the Graphics Script.

The reason I switch from Text Annotation to Graphics Script is to be able to refresh those labels on redraw - for instance, after Automatic Recalc. Is there a way to do that on Text Annotations, or do I have to switch to Graphics Script?

Re: Text position in Graph Box - is there a bug?

jthi — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 07:28:31 GMT

There is a wish list item created by Jim

Re: Text position in Graph Box - is there a bug?

miguello — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:12:59 GMT

Left a comment there. Any tips on estimating the size of the text to be able to place it at the left boundary of the plot?

Re: Text position in Graph Box - is there a bug?

jthi — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:33:23 GMT

No good options, but I think TextBox with the same text could be the same size but you will get it in pixels and if you need to place it based on coordinates you will have to do some calculations.

Names Default To Here(1);

nw = New Window("", << Window View("Invisible"),
	Text Box("MyTextHere"),
	Text Box("AnotherTextHere")
);

tbs = nw << XPath("//TextBox");
sizes = tbs << get size;
nw << Close Window;

show(sizes); // sizes = {{65, 17}, {92, 17}};

Write();

There is also Pixel Text() which could be easier option depending on your use case

Names Default To Here(1);

nw = New Window("", <<Window View("Invisible"), Text Box("MyTextHere"), Text Box("AnotherTextHere"));

tbs = nw << XPath("//TextBox");
sizes = tbs << get size;
texts = tbs << get text;
nw << Close Window;

aa = Associative Array(texts, sizes);
Show(sizes); // sizes = {{65, 17}, {92, 17}};

nw = New Window("Example",
	Graph Box(
		Pixel Origin(20, 85); // in axis coordinates
		Pen Color("red");
		Fill Color("Light Yellow");
		Text Color("red");
		Pixel Path(0, 0, path = [-3 -15 1, 67 -15 2, 67 5 2, -3 5 -2], 1, 1);
		Pixel Path(0, 0, path = [-3 -15 1, 67 -15 2, 67 5 2, -3 5 -2], 0, 1);
		Pixel Text({0, 0}, "MyTextHere");
		Pixel Origin(20, 75);
		
		Pixel Path(0, 0, path = [-3 -15 1, 94 -15 2, 94 5 2, -3 5 -2], 1, 1);
		Pixel Path(0, 0, path = [-3 -15 1, 94 -15 2, 94 5 2, -3 5 -2], 0, 1);
		Pixel Text({0, 0}, "AnotherTextHere");
	)
);

Write();