# Edit point labels when point includes a variable

**URL:** <https://cl.desmos.com/t/edit-point-labels-when-point-includes-a-variable/3219>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [May 2, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/edit-point-labels-when-point-includes-a-variable/3219 "2021-05-02T14:41:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![rebecca.asr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@rebecca.asr](https://cl.desmos.com/u/rebecca.asr)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/edit-point-labels-when-point-includes-a-variable/3219/1 "2021-05-02T14:41:54Z")

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Hi - I’m working on a graph screen where the point labels move and change as time passes after a button is clicked. But as soon as I include a variable in the point, I can no longer see or edit the label. (In the expressions bar in the editor! I know why it appears/disappears on the graph itself.) It’s really frustrating me, because in order to see or edit the label, I have to cut the variable and then paste it back when I finish editing. There must be a simple fix, right?

Here’s more detail in case that didn’t make sense:

- I put a point like (2, 4), and then label it with text I want to see.
- I add the variable to the point, like by writing (2,4){t\>3} or by writing (2, 4-t)
- The place where my label was gets replaced by “\_\_\< t \< \_\_”, so I can’t see the label in the expression bar anymore
- I’ve got a long list of these, and if I want to remember which is which, I have to cut the variable part in order to see the label. Or when I wanted to change the size of all the labels, I had to cut all the variables again to get to the label editing screen.

It’s the “checkans” graph at the bottom right of this screen:

> **[Help • Activity Builder by Desmos](https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/608eb7430da1df046934eaf2)**
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> by Rebecca B

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Grubbs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/daniel_grubbs/32/719_2.png) [@Daniel\_Grubbs](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Daniel_Grubbs)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/edit-point-labels-when-point-includes-a-variable/3219/2 "2021-05-02T16:09:12Z")

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If you predefine t in the graph, you won’t have this issue.

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**Author:** ![rebecca.asr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@rebecca.asr](https://cl.desmos.com/u/rebecca.asr)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/edit-point-labels-when-point-includes-a-variable/3219/3 "2021-05-02T16:23:41Z")

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YES that’s all I needed - what a relief. Thank you!