# Place title outside of GraphicsGrid in Manipulate

I want to be able to place a text title centered just inside the bounding box generated by Manipulate yet above the GraphicsGrid and run boxes you see when executing the code. My stripped down code is

Manipulate[
GraphicsGrid[{{Graphics[{Rectangle[]}]}}, ImageSize -> {400, 400}],
{{run, 0}},
ControlPlacement -> Left]


Thank you

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Use the FrameLabel option for Manipulate:

Manipulate[
GraphicsGrid[{{Graphics[{Rectangle[]}]}}, ImageSize -> {200, 200}],
{{run, 0}},
ControlPlacement -> Left,
FrameLabel -> {{None, None}, {None, "Title goes here"}}]


To use the local Manipulate variables in the title you can wrap the title in Dynamic:

FrameLabel -> {{None, None},
{None, Dynamic[ Row[{"Run: ", run}] ]}}

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Thanks so much. – Stephen Nov 11 '13 at 15:51
I have a follow-up question. I want to stylize the text in the title (say 16 pts, color, etc) without affecting the text throughout the frame. In particular, I added LabelStyle -> Directive[16], but this made the "run" text size 16 as well. – Stephen Nov 11 '13 at 17:06
@Stephen play around with Style["some text", 16] There are some examples in the FrameLabel docs under Scope – ssch Nov 11 '13 at 17:08
Thanks ssch. It worked – Stephen Nov 11 '13 at 17:11