# GLMakie text plots and LaTeXStrings

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-text-plots-and-latexstrings/68014>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Tags:** makie, glmakie\
**Created:** [September 11, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-text-plots-and-latexstrings/68014 "2021-09-11T02:15:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![JCQ](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jcq/32/32032_2.png) [@JCQ](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JCQ)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-text-plots-and-latexstrings/68014/1 "2021-09-11T02:15:01Z")

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I would like to do interactive LaTeXString text plots.  
However, updating a LaTeXString Node after the text plot has been created, doesn’t affect the plotted text.  
Here is a small example:

```julia
using GLMakie

fig = Figure()
axis = Axis(fig[1,1])

string = Node(LaTeXString("\$x\$"))

text!(axis,string)

string[] = LaTeXString("\$y\$")

display(fig)

```

The plot still displays x even though it should display y.

Is there a fix for this?