Positioning of node label in pgfplot

Question

I am using pgfplot to make a 2D plot with the nodes labelled. However, some of the text labels interfere with each other as they're too close. The default positioning of text labels in pgfplot seems to be above the node. Is it possible to position them beside the node?

This is what I have (had to make the y axis semilogy to increase the spacing between points)

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Here's what I want it to be (pardon my poor photoshopping skills)

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The pgfplot code I am using is as described here: Update reference labels in scatter plots

Please supply a MWE. It will greatly help others to recreate and test your problem/solution. — nickpapior, Dec 17 '13 at 20:20
@iab: To adjust the position of each individual label, take a look at How to display labels on points of a tikz plot — Jake, Dec 17 '13 at 21:22
@Jake Thanks for link. It's actually what I used eventually (the second answer i.e. \node [] at). Offers very fine-grained control :-) — picasso, Dec 18 '13 at 01:31

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 17 '13 at 20:22

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I guess nodes near coords align=right does what you're after.

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\documentclass[border=2mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.9}
\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
  width=6cm,xmax=0.4, % these were just for the example
  nodes near coords align=right
  ]
\addplot+[nodes near coords,only marks,
  point meta=explicit symbolic]
  table[meta=label] {
x y label
0.3 0.2 [1]
0.2 0.1 [2]
 };
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

answered Dec 17 '13 at 20:22

Torbjørn T.

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Can this be done to individual nodes you suppose? (Different from my original question I know) – picasso Dec 17 '13 at 20:27
@iab I don't know, to be honest. – Torbjørn T. Dec 17 '13 at 20:29
This works for me. You're awesome. – picasso Dec 17 '13 at 20:32

Positioning of node label in pgfplot

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