How to add edge labels in Graphviz?
I am trying to draw a graph using Graphviz, but I need to add labels on the edges. There does not seem to be any way to that in Graphviz. Are there a way out?
You use the label property attached to the edge.
digraph G {
a -> b [ label="a to b" ];
b -> c [ label="another label"];
}
The above generates a graph that looks something like this.
@Andrew Walker has given a great answer!
It's also worth being aware of the labeltooltip
attribute. This allows an additional string to be attached to the label of an edge. This is easier for a user than the tooltip
attribute, as it can be fiddly to hover directly on an edge. The syntax is as follows:
digraph G {
a -> b [label=" a to b" labeltooltip="this is a tooltip"];
b -> c [label=" another label" ];
}
Which gives the following result:
Landed here by googling whether labels could be on arrow's ends, for UML's composition/aggregation. The answer is yes:
"Person" -> "Hand" [headlabel="*", taillabel="1"]