# Workaround for making labels move on the screen?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/workaround-for-making-labels-move-on-the-screen/8652>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [July 1, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/workaround-for-making-labels-move-on-the-screen/8652 "2014-07-01T17:11:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![cbanzet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cbanzet/32/6207_2.png) [@cbanzet](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cbanzet)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/workaround-for-making-labels-move-on-the-screen/8652/1 "2014-07-01T17:11:08Z")

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I have a nifty animation I did where I make some simple shapes and lines change location on a screen. I _REALLY_ need to have some numeric labels move with the lines. The numeric labels need to update as they move, so I can’t just use an image of some text.

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**Author:** ![adamaustin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@adamaustin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/adamaustin)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/workaround-for-making-labels-move-on-the-screen/8652/2 "2014-07-02T13:11:11Z")

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Try this: [system.gui.moveComponent](https://inductiveautomation.com/support/usermanuals/ignition/system_gui_movecomponent.htm)

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**Author:** ![cbanzet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cbanzet/32/6207_2.png) [@cbanzet](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cbanzet)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/workaround-for-making-labels-move-on-the-screen/8652/3 "2014-07-03T19:34:17Z")

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That worked very well. Thank you.