Re: [R] Highliting a text in a plot How about this: hilight <- function(x,y,s, bg="yellow") {     text.width <- strwidth(s)     text.height <- strheight(s)     rect(x,y,x+text.width,y+text.height,col=bg,border=NA)     text(x,y,s,adj=c(0,0)) } plot(1:10,1:10,type="b") hilight(4,4,"Point") On 23/06/07, "Maja SchrÃ¶ter"  wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I want to highlight something in a plot. > So I want to write a text with a yellow background. > > > I tried to make use of text(x,y,"hallo",bg="yellow") > but that does not work. > > I know I am a handful. Sorry! > > Maja! > -- > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > --  ================================= David Barron Said Business School University of Oxford Park End Street Oxford OX1 1HP ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.