# Animate Position of Label (text)

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/animate-position-of-label-text/81741>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, vision\
**Created:** [November 9, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/animate-position-of-label-text/81741 "2023-11-09T19:51:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Harrison\_Ting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/48db29/32.png) [@Harrison\_Ting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Harrison_Ting)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/animate-position-of-label-text/81741/1 "2023-11-09T19:51:36Z")

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So, I'm building a face plate template. Trying to imitate vertical position animation in iFix where I put the alarm limits (HH, H, L, LL) by the side of process value bar that graphically shows the alarm limits.

What's the best way to accomplish this? Label object doesn't have a x/y position property available.

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**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/animate-position-of-label-text/81741/2 "2023-11-09T19:58:16Z")

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> [@Harrison\_Ting](#):
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> What's the best way to accomplish this?

You can use [system.gui.transform](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.gui.transform) to move the label components with scripting.

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**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/animate-position-of-label-text/81741/3 "2023-11-10T04:17:16Z")

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Why not use the Linear Scale component and use the customizer to add scale indicators? That's what I do for my analog input faceplate. Once you add the indicators I add custom properties to the component to bind all of my setpoints, etc to to keep them in one place, then add a cell update binding to the component to customize the indicator positions, heights, labels, etc.

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**Author:** ![Harrison\_Ting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/48db29/32.png) [@Harrison\_Ting](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Harrison_Ting)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/animate-position-of-label-text/81741/4 "2023-12-14T22:48:26Z")

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The Linear Scale works great for this. Thanks,