---
title: "Annotating & Combining Graphics"
language: "en"
type: "Guide"
summary: "In the Wolfram Language's unified symbolic framework, graphics are treated just like any other expression\\[LongDash]to be displayed, arranged, annotated, or manipulated using any of the Wolfram Language's powerful programming, layout, and interactivity primitives."
sections: 
  - 
    title: "Labels & Frames"
    link: "paclet:guide/GraphicsAnnotationAndAppearance"
  - 
    title: "Dynamic Annotation"
    link: "null"
  - 
    title: "Combining Graphics"
    link: "paclet:guide/CombiningGraphics"
  - 
    title: "Dynamic Combinations"
    link: "null"
keywords: 
- animate sequence of expressions
- axes label
- axis labels
- axis position in plots
- balloon help
- combining plots
- cycling between views
- flip view
- framed
- frame label
- graphics array
- graphics column
- graphics grid
- graphics row
- headings on plot
- image array
- inset 3D graphics into graphics
- inset graphic into graphics
- inset text into graphics
- labeling of axes
- labels
- labels on axes
- labels on plots
- legends on plots
- list animate
- list of frames
- make movie
- mouse over
- names on plots
- overlaying plots
- picture array
- plot caption
- plot label
- plot title
- popup box
- popup window
- redisplay graphics
- redraw plot
- replaying sound
- screen tip
- ScreenTip
- slide sequence
- slide show
- slide view
- status area
- status area window element
- superimposing graphics
- tables of graphics
- transforming graphics
canonical_url: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/AnnotatingAndCombiningGraphics.html"
source: "Wolfram Language Documentation"
related_guides: 
  - 
    title: "Graphics Options & Styling"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/GraphicsOptionsAndStyling.en.md"
  - 
    title: "Dynamic Visualization"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/DynamicVisualization.en.md"
  - 
    title: "Graphics Interactivity & Drawing"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/GraphicsInteractivityAndDrawing.en.md"
related_functions: 
  - 
    title: "Annotation"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Annotation.en.md"
  - 
    title: "AxesLabel"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AxesLabel.en.md"
  - 
    title: "Canvas"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Canvas.en.md"
  - 
    title: "FlipView"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FlipView.en.md"
  - 
    title: "Frame"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Frame.en.md"
  - 
    title: "Framed"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Framed.en.md"
  - 
    title: "FrameLabel"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrameLabel.en.md"
  - 
    title: "GraphicsColumn"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GraphicsColumn.en.md"
  - 
    title: "GraphicsGrid"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GraphicsGrid.en.md"
  - 
    title: "GraphicsRow"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GraphicsRow.en.md"
  - 
    title: "Highlighted"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Highlighted.en.md"
  - 
    title: "Inset"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Inset.en.md"
  - 
    title: "Labeled"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Labeled.en.md"
  - 
    title: "ListAnimate"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ListAnimate.en.md"
  - 
    title: "MouseAnnotation"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MouseAnnotation.en.md"
  - 
    title: "Mouseover"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Mouseover.en.md"
  - 
    title: "PlotLabel"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotLabel.en.md"
  - 
    title: "PopupWindow"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PopupWindow.en.md"
  - 
    title: "Riffle"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Riffle.en.md"
  - 
    title: "Show"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Show.en.md"
  - 
    title: "SlideView"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SlideView.en.md"
  - 
    title: "StatusArea"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StatusArea.en.md"
  - 
    title: "TabView"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TabView.en.md"
  - 
    title: "Tooltip"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Tooltip.en.md"
related_tutorials: 
  - 
    title: "Options for Graphics"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/tutorial/GraphicsAndSound.en.md#7616"
  - 
    title: "Insetting Objects in Graphics"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/tutorial/TheStructureOfGraphicsAndSound.en.md#6502"
---
# Annotating & Combining Graphics

In the Wolfram Language's unified symbolic framework, graphics are treated just like any other expression—to be displayed, arranged, annotated, or manipulated using any of the Wolfram Language's powerful programming, layout, and interactivity primitives.

---

### [Labels & Frames](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/GraphicsAnnotationAndAppearance.en.md)

* [`PlotLabel`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PlotLabel.en.md)
* [`Frame`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Frame.en.md)
* [`FrameLabel`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FrameLabel.en.md)
* [`AxesLabel`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AxesLabel.en.md)

### Dynamic Annotation

[`Highlighted`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Highlighted.en.md) — statically or dynamically highlight specific elements in visualization

* [`Tooltip`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Tooltip.en.md)
* [`Mouseover`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Mouseover.en.md)
* [`StatusArea`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StatusArea.en.md)
* [`Annotation`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Annotation.en.md)
* [`PopupWindow`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PopupWindow.en.md)
* [`MouseAnnotation`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MouseAnnotation.en.md)

---

### [Combining Graphics](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/CombiningGraphics.en.md)

{…, …, …} — display as a literal list of graphics

[`GraphicsGrid`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GraphicsGrid.en.md) — display as a resizable grid of graphics

* [`GraphicsRow`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GraphicsRow.en.md)
* [`GraphicsColumn`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GraphicsColumn.en.md)
* [`Riffle`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Riffle.en.md)

[`Show`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Show.en.md) — show graphics overlaid

[`Canvas`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Canvas.en.md) — represent a canvas for free-form drawing that can be combined with a graphic

---

[`Inset`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Inset.en.md) — inset a graphic or any object inside a graphic

[`Labeled`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Labeled.en.md), [`Framed`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Framed.en.md) — give overall labels or frames

---

### Dynamic Combinations

[`ListAnimate`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ListAnimate.en.md) — animate a list of graphics

* [`SlideView`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SlideView.en.md)
* [`TabView`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TabView.en.md)
* [`FlipView`](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FlipView.en.md)

## Tech Notes

* [Options for Graphics](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/tutorial/GraphicsAndSound.en.md#7616)
* [Insetting Objects in Graphics](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/tutorial/TheStructureOfGraphicsAndSound.en.md#6502)

## Related Guides

* [Graphics Options & Styling](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/GraphicsOptionsAndStyling.en.md)
* [Dynamic Visualization](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/DynamicVisualization.en.md)
* [Graphics Interactivity & Drawing](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/GraphicsInteractivityAndDrawing.en.md)