pgfplots - Placing Nodes on x Coordinates of a Plot

Question

I want to plot some graphs in pgfplots and want to place nodes on the exact same x coordinate of the plot. The position of the note has to be set in x direction but free in y direction. Here is one example of the way it shouldn't be.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure} 
\begin{tikzpicture}    
\begin{axis}
    \addplot {-x}  [yshift=8pt] node[pos=0.1] {$0,1$};
    \addplot {x^2} [yshift=8pt] node[pos=0.1] {$0,1$};
    \addplot{3*x^2}[yshift=8pt] node[pos=0.1] {$0,1$};
\end{axis} 
\end{tikzpicture} 
\end{figure}

\end{document}

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With the example linked by Jake I adapted the file. Now it is producing the return value 1 and no good result. What is wrong?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure} 
\begin{tikzpicture}    
\begin{axis}
\addplot[yshift=8pt,add node at x={-4}{$0,1$}] {-x};
\addplot[yshift=8pt,add node at x={-4}{$0,1$}] {x^2};
\addplot[yshift=8pt,add node at x={-4}{$0,1$}] {3*x^2};
\end{axis} 
\end{tikzpicture} 
\end{figure}

\end{document}

You can use the (axis cs:x,y) to use the axis coordinate system to place your nodes. — percusse, Jan 14 '13 at 22:42
Welcome to TeX.SE. To add to @percusse's comment: you need to place them separately form the \addplot via something like \node at (axis cs: 0,20) {$f(x)$}; which places the node at (0,20), for example. — Peter Grill, Jan 14 '13 at 22:43
Related/duplicate? pgfplots: Placing node on a specific x-position — Jake, Jan 14 '13 at 23:33
With (axis cs:x,y) I place the note on a fix coordinate position. But I want to note the graph on a defined x position and the y position of the note is set by the function. I'm looking for something like node[xpos=-4]. — Nils, Jan 15 '13 at 11:26
@Nils: That's what the solution does that I linked to in my previous comment. — Jake, Jan 15 '13 at 12:02

score 13 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

You can use the code from the answer to pgfplots: Placing node on a specific x-position:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usetikzlibrary{intersections}

\makeatletter
\def\parsenode[#1]#2\pgf@nil{%
    \tikzset{label node/.style={#1}}
    \def\nodetext{#2}
}

\tikzset{
    add node at x/.style 2 args={
        name path global=plot line,
        /pgfplots/execute at end plot visualization/.append={
                \begingroup
                \@ifnextchar[{\parsenode}{\parsenode[]}#2\pgf@nil
            \path [name path global = position line #1-1]
                ({axis cs:#1,0}|-{rel axis cs:0,0}) --
                ({axis cs:#1,0}|-{rel axis cs:0,1});
            \path [xshift=1pt, name path global = position line #1-2]
                ({axis cs:#1,0}|-{rel axis cs:0,0}) --
                ({axis cs:#1,0}|-{rel axis cs:0,1});
            \path [
                name intersections={
                    of={plot line and position line #1-1},
                    name=left intersection
                },
                name intersections={
                    of={plot line and position line #1-2},
                    name=right intersection
                },
                label node/.append style={pos=1}
            ] (left intersection-1) -- (right intersection-1)
            node [label node]{\nodetext};
            \endgroup
        }
    }
}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure} 
\begin{tikzpicture}    
\begin{axis}
\addplot[add node at x={-4}{[fill=white]{$0,1$}}] {-x};
\addplot[add node at x={-4}{[fill=white]{$0,1$}}] {x^2};
\addplot[add node at x={-4}{[fill=white]{$0,1$}}] {3*x^2};
\end{axis} 
\end{tikzpicture} 
\end{figure}

\end{document}

Great Answer! But unfortunately the nodes created that way are not using the color of the graph, like it would with the original approach. Is there a way to implement this without setting the node colors manually? — Robert Seifert, Oct 22 '15 at 09:11

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