Adding text based labels for atoms in sisl.viz?

[wladerer]

Is there a way to add labels to atoms using sisl.viz? I would like to be able to annotate structures with text, if possible. Thanks!

[zerothi]

@pfebrer have you seen this? What's the best way to do that?

[pfebrer]

Hey! I hadn't seen it. There is no way currently. I had thought of adding a annotation key to atoms_style, but I never did.

I think it would be a good addition (and also for bonds_style), but unfortunately I'm now writing my thesis on a really tight schedule and I have no time to do anything.

@wladerer are you using the plotly backend? Then probably the best you can do is to update the atoms trace with an extra text attribute. If you don't know how to do it let me know and I'll prepare a quick code snippet :)

[wladerer]

I am. Big brain move. I will try that out!

Best of luck with your thesis stuff.

[pfebrer]

Best of luck with your thesis stuff.

Thanks!

This is the approach I follow in general when I need something that is not supported by sisl.viz. That's why I love plotly, it is easy to update everything a posteriori.