Re: st: placing two textboxes in a graph on the x-axis

[Eric Booth <ebooth@ppri.tamu.edu>]

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Maarten already gave a solution, but here's a solution using the textbox() graph option you asked about in your original post (piggybacking on Maarten's code).  
The tricky part about textbox is tweaking the x-y coordinate placement of the boxes.  You can still place them below the axis using negative coordinates.  I find that it's easier to stylize textboxes the way I want with shading, text direction, borders, etc, but sometimes it's a pain to get them in just the right spot (especially when your scaling changes -- manually setting the axis helps alleviate this issue).

*-------------- begin example ------------------
sysuse nlsw88, clear
replace grade = grade - 12

scatter ttl_exp grade , ///
    text(-2.1 -2.8 "{bf:Favors Treatment}" "more text here", ///
    orient(horizontal) si(small) justification(center) box ) ///
    text(-2.1 2.8 "{bf:Favors Control}" "more text here", ///
    orient(horizontal) si(small) justification(center) box ) ///
    xtit("Grade Completed", size(small) margin(medlarge))
*---------------- end example --------------------

- Eric
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On Aug 27, 2011, at 9:36 AM, Ariel Linden, DrPH wrote:

> Maarten, you are fantastic! This is exactly what I needed! I didn't even
> know about xmlabel.
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> Ariel
> 
> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:02:38 +0200
> From: Maarten Buis <maartenlbuis@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: st: placing two textboxes in a graph on the x-axis
> 
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Ariel Linden, DrPH wrote:
>> I would like to place 2 textboxes on the x-axis of a graph (one to the
> right
>> and one to left of the center point 0 where the xlabel would go) that says
>> "benefits treatment" and "benefits controls" (as you'd see in a forest
>> plot).
> 
> What about this?
> 
> *-------------- begin example ------------------
> sysuse nlsw88, clear
> replace grade = grade - 12
> 
> scatter ttl_exp grade , ///
>        xmlab(-2.5 `""benefits" "treatment""' ///
>               2.5 `""benefits" "controls""', ///
>               noticks labsize(medium) )
> *---------------- end example --------------------
> (For more on examples I sent to the Statalist see:
> http://www.maartenbuis.nl/example_faq )
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Maarten
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