Inset

Inset[obj]
represents an object obj inset in a graphic.

Inset[obj, pos]
specifies that the inset should be placed at position pos in the graphic.

Inset[obj, pos, opos]
aligns the inset so that position opos in the object lies at position pos in the enclosing graphic.

Inset[obj, pos, opos, size]
specifies the size of the inset in the coordinate system of the enclosing graphic.

Inset[obj, pos, opos, size, dirs]
specifies that the axes of the inset should be oriented in directions dirs.

Details and Options Details and Options

In interactive manipulation, Inset[obj, ...] is by default selected as a single unit. A double-click is required to select individual elements inside.
The object obj can be a graphic, cell expression, string, or any other expression.
Positions can be specified by:

	{x,y}	ordinary coordinates in a plot
	Scaled[{x,y},...]	scaled coordinates from 0 to 1
	ImageScaled[{x,y},...]	scaled coordinates from 0 to 1 across a whole image
	Offset[{dx,dy},...]	absolute offset in printer's points
	Center, etc.	{Center, Center}, etc.

coordinates can be numbers, Automatic, or Left, Center, Right, or Axis.
coordinates can be numbers, Automatic, or Top, Center, Bottom, Baseline, or Axis.
Axis corresponds to the position of the axis in a plot or the center line in typeset text.
Center corresponds to a position centered with respect to the whole image.
Inset[obj] is equivalent to Inset[obj, Center].
The default for opos is the setting for the AlignmentPoint option of obj, or by default, the center of the bounding box for obj.
If size is Automatic, the inset is given at its natural size:
graphic determined by ImageSize setting

typeset expression absolute size without wrapping
A size of {w, Automatic} specifies that a typeset expression should be wrapped at width w.
If size is given as , then any object obj whose aspect ratio is not fixed will be horizontally or vertically stretched so as to fit exactly in a w×h rectangle.
If obj is an object with fixed aspect ratio, then blank space will be left equally on both sides if there is a direction where the object would have to be stretched in order to fit exactly.
The setting for the option Background specifies the background to be used for the whole region of the inset.
By default, the inset is arranged so that its and directions are oriented with the and directions of the enclosing graphic.
Inset[..., dirs] can be used to specify different orientations.
Possible choices for dirs are:

	Automatic	default orientation
	{xx,xy}	direction along
	{Automatic,{yx,yy}}	direction along
	{{xx,xy},{yx,yy}}	and directions along and
	None	never reorient the contents of the Inset

Specifying only the or only the direction in general leads to a rigid rotation of the inset.
Specifying both the and directions in general leads to a rotation and shear, in which the original inset rectangle becomes a parallelogram defined by the vector directions given.
Only the directions of the vectors and are significant; the scale of the inset is determined by .
With dirs specified as None, the direction of obj is always maintained as horizontal.
With dirs specified as {Automatic, None}, the direction is maintained as vertical.
The following options can be given for Inset:

Alignment	Left	how to align the contents of the inset
Background	None	the background to use for the whole region of the inset
BaseStyle	"Inset"	the base style to use for the inset
ContentSelectable	Automatic	whether to allow contents to be selected
FormatType	Automatic	format type for text