# Interactively adding control point with a given label

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/interactively-adding-control-point-with-a-given-label/21598>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** python, markups-fiducials\
**Created:** [January 24, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/interactively-adding-control-point-with-a-given-label/21598 "2022-01-24T15:26:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![jamesobutler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jamesobutler/32/7511_2.png) [@jamesobutler](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jamesobutler)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/interactively-adding-control-point-with-a-given-label/21598/3 "2022-01-24T15:49:21Z")

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You may want to consider using a Markups Point List template. See the following linked post below. You can add undefined points to the list where you have predefined the name. Then when going into placement mode for this Point List node it will be going through the list to define the point location so will use your already defined labels.

> [@How to create Markups Point List template with GUI](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-create-markups-point-list-template-with-gui/20870/2):
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> Under the control points advanced options, there is a button to add an unplaced point. Previously, it was supposed to add a point at the origin, but it had been broken for a while. It’s not very easy to find, maybe it should be moved to the main control points menu? [image]

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