How can I Show a text box together with a log-log plot?

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I would like to show a log-log plot together with a text box.

I tried Show[LogLogPlot[x, {x, 0, 1}], Graphics[Text["My text", {.5, .5}]]], but I don't see the text box anywhere:

LogLogPlot[x, {x, 0, 1}, Epilog -> {Text["My text", {.5, .5}]}] doesn't work either.

How can I get my text box to appear? Is the LogLogPlot doing something weird to Mathematica's internal coordinate system?

Or used scaled coordinates, e.g., Show[LogLogPlot[x, {x, 0, 1}], Graphics[Text["My text", Scaled[{.45, .55}]]]] — Bob Hanlon, Mar 3 at 5:56

bmf · Accepted Answer · 2023-03-03 05:20:33Z

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While I am not sure why you would choose this way of entering text, you can use Overlay

p1 = LogLogPlot[x, {x, 0, 1}];
p2 = Graphics[Text["My text", {.5, .5}]];
Overlay[{p1, p2}]

Edit: since you are using LogLog you need to specify that in the text position

LogLogPlot[x, {x, 0, 1}, 
 Epilog -> {Text["Hello", {Log[0.2], Log[0.1]}]}]

And of course,

p1 = LogLogPlot[x, {x, 0, 1}];
p2 = Graphics[Text["My text", {Log[0.2], Log[0.1]}]];
Show[p1, p2]

Show vs Overlay

answered Mar 3 at 4:35

bmf

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$\begingroup$ Why does Overlay work when Show and Epilog don't? Also, what's a better way to enter text? $\endgroup$
– tparker
Mar 3 at 4:54
$\begingroup$ @tparker see the edit. The links for the docs are included and a brief explanation. $\endgroup$
– bmf
Mar 3 at 5:20

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