Center plotly title by default

Question

I have a plotly figure which I center the title using -

fig.update_layout(
            title={
            'text' : title,
            'x':0.5,
            'xanchor': 'center'
        })

I have multiple graphs and I add this to every one of them. I wonder if I can define it in advance, e.g using config object or settings, and not do it for every chart.

Yeah, It's pretty silly to me that this is not the default behavior. — Jordan Hyatt, Feb 18 '23 at 21:15

score 30 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 03 '22 at 20:05

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This works with me easily:

fig.update_layout(title_text='write a title here', title_x=0.5)

answered Mar 03 '22 at 20:05

Hamzah

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Daver_punk · Answer 2 · 2021-12-14T17:07:51.803

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you need to add the following parameters for the "y axis" to your dict as the documentation mentions it:

title = {
         'text': "Plot Title",
         'y':0.9, # new
         'x':0.5,
         'xanchor': 'center',
         'yanchor': 'top' # new
        }

edited Dec 14 '21 at 17:07

answered May 12 '21 at 13:12

Daver_punk

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But this also just does it to one graph instance, right? – rayon Dec 01 '21 at 10:15
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As far as I know, yes, you will have to update each figure. Also, you could create a global dictionary and call it with each plot. – Daver_punk Dec 14 '21 at 17:11

Center plotly title by default

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