pyvista.Plotter.add_title

Plotter.add_title(

title,

font_size=18,

color=None,

font=None,

shadow=False,

) → vtkTextActor

Add text to the top center of the plot.

This is merely a convenience method that calls add_text with position='upper_edge'.

Parameters:

titlestr

The text to add the rendering.

font_sizefloat, default: 18

Sets the size of the title font.

colorColorLike, optional

Either a string, rgb list, or hex color string. Defaults to white or the value of the global theme if set. For example:

• color='white'

• color='w'

• color=[1.0, 1.0, 1.0]

• color='#FFFFFF'

fontstr, optional

Font name may be 'courier', 'times', or 'arial'.

shadowbool, default: False

Adds a black shadow to the text.

Returns:

vtk.vtkTextActor

Text actor added to plot.

Examples

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> pl = pv.Plotter()
>>> pl.background_color = 'grey'
>>> actor = pl.add_title('Plot Title', font='courier', color='k', font_size=40)
>>> pl.show()

Static Scene

Interactive Scene