# Edge labels are not displayed

**URL:** <https://forum.graphviz.org/t/edge-labels-are-not-displayed/396>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 25, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/edge-labels-are-not-displayed/396 "2020-10-25T03:09:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![siddjain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/graphviz/user_avatar/forum.graphviz.org/siddjain/32/42_2.png) [@siddjain](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/siddjain)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/edge-labels-are-not-displayed/396/1 "2020-10-25T03:09:17Z")

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here is a sample graph

digraph G {  
size=“4,4”;  
node [shape=box, fontname=arial];  
layout=dot;  
splines=ortho;  
rankdir=LR;

```
user [label="node"];
{ rank=same; client_app [label="node"]; wallet [label="node", shape=cylinder]; auth_db [label="node", shape=cylinder] }
{ rank = same; fabric_ca [label="node"]; ca_db [label="node", shape=cylinder]; }

user -> client_app [label="1"];

client_app -> auth_db [label="2"]; // this label is not displayed
auth_db -> client_app;

client_app -> wallet [label="3"]; // this label is not displayed
wallet -> client_app;

client_app -> fabric_ca [label="4"];
fabric_ca -> ca_db ;
ca_db -> fabric_ca ;
fabric_ca -> client_app ;    

```

}

it can be tried at [http://viz-js.com/](http://viz-js.com/)

Note that it does not display two edge labels . why is that and how can it be fixed?

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**Author:** ![steveroush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@steveroush](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/steveroush)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/edge-labels-are-not-displayed/396/2 "2020-10-25T05:17:47Z")

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I get this warning:  
**Warning: Orthogonal edges do not currently handle edge labels. Try using xlabels**

dot version: **dot - graphviz version 2.45.20200731.1442 (20200731.1442)**