How to add custom label?

[diallobakary4]

I am trying to add a custom label to a ligand without success.
Here is what I have tried so far.

view.add_label("488", labelType="resname", labelGrouping = 'residue')#, color ="black") 

The above does work but it's not custom.
None of the below does work for custom label!

view.add_label("488", labelText=["ZINC000050633276"], labelType="text")
view.add_label("488", labelText="ZINC000050633276", labelType="text")
view[0].add_representation('label', selection= "488", name= 'myLabel', labelType= 'text', labelText= ["ZINC000050633276"])

I am not sure what is the right syntax.
I am reading from a trajectory, so quite difficult to share.

nglview 2.7.7
ipywidgets; 7.5.1

[hainm]

hi @diallobakary4, please try view.shape.add_label
#663

[juliasubbotina]

@diallobakary4
Something like this should work:

    view.add_representation(repr_type="label", name = "label", showBackground = True, labelType = "atomname", color = "black", 
                     sele = bSel,   xOffset = 0.5 , zOffset =5 )

Full description of options can be found here.
The result will look like this:

[hainm]

Thanks @juliasubbotina

[juliasubbotina]

@hainm @arose
Apparently as @diallobakary4 has mentioned, the labelType="text" is not working. I have the same issue (#1047) Changing atom names is a workaround, but not always safe/useful.
Maybe somebody can take a deeper look into it.