# \[SOLVED\] "Label" points on sprites (persistent metadata)

**URL:** <https://community.aseprite.org/t/solved-label-points-on-sprites-persistent-metadata/28587>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [July 27, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/solved-label-points-on-sprites-persistent-metadata/28587 "2026-07-27T00:26:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![fired\_from\_heaven](https://community.aseprite.org/user_avatar/community.aseprite.org/fired_from_heaven/32/27131_2.png) [@fired\_from\_heaven](https://community.aseprite.org/u/fired_from_heaven)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/solved-label-points-on-sprites-persistent-metadata/28587/1 "2026-07-27T00:26:55Z")

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**[SOLVED]** read my reply below.

Related to [Sprite pivot and other points](https://community.aseprite.org/t/sprite-pivot-and-other-points/3883) but going a bit further: instead of one pivot, let us place multiple **Labels** anywhere on the canvas pixels (be it top left, or center of the pixel), each with:

- `x, y` position (int)
- `name` (string)
- a color, for visual distinction (this is UX only inside aseprite, does not need metadata)

**Think “Frame tags”, but on canvas space.**

These would render in the canvas as small colored dots/markers with the name on a label pointing to that dot (hence the naming “Labels”), with a global toggle to hide/show all label overlays (so they don’t clutter the view once you have many).

**Use case:** I’m building a game (MonoGame/C#) and currently hardcode pixel positions for things like attach points, hitboxes anchors, and UI markers as separate constants in code. If I reorder or resize a sprite, I have to manually update every position value. Named labels stored directly in the `.aseprite`/ file would let this data live next to the art it describes, and be read straight out of the file on import (Aseprite’s file format is already documented/supported by several importers, including ones used in MonoGame projects).

This is basically what people are already faking with a `@points` layer-group convention (see linked thread), but as a first-class feature it would avoid burning a whole layer per point, support per-point color coding, and have a proper on/off toggle for the overlay.

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**Author:** ![fired\_from\_heaven](https://community.aseprite.org/user_avatar/community.aseprite.org/fired_from_heaven/32/27131_2.png) [@fired\_from\_heaven](https://community.aseprite.org/u/fired_from_heaven)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/solved-label-points-on-sprites-persistent-metadata/28587/2 "2026-08-14T18:41:42Z")

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This issue is redundant since the addition of **[Slices](https://www.aseprite.org/docs/slices/).**  
I apologize as I wasn’t aware of this feature. It solves both `location` and `size` when defining sprite _slices_.

Thank you _Asperite team_ for this amazing software.