diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bd68a1a70..0572b88b7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "visyn_core",
   "description": "Core repository for datavisyn applications.",
-  "version": "8.0.1",
+  "version": "8.1.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "datavisyn GmbH",
     "email": "contact@datavisyn.io",
diff --git a/src/demo/MainApp.tsx b/src/demo/MainApp.tsx
index fbcf6bbac..fe6e8e437 100644
--- a/src/demo/MainApp.tsx
+++ b/src/demo/MainApp.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import { VisynApp, VisynHeader, useVisynAppContext } from '../app';
 import { DatavisynTaggle, VisynRanking, autosizeWithSMILESColumn } from '../ranking';
 import { defaultBuilder } from '../ranking/EagerVisynRanking';
-import { BaseVisConfig, ENumericalColorScaleType, EScatterSelectSettings, ESupportedPlotlyVis, IScatterConfig, Vis } from '../vis';
+import { BaseVisConfig, ELabelingOptions, ENumericalColorScaleType, EScatterSelectSettings, ESupportedPlotlyVis, IScatterConfig, Vis } from '../vis';
 import { iris } from '../vis/stories/irisData';
 import { MyNumberScore, MySMILESScore, MyStringScore } from './scoresUtils';
 import { fetchIrisData } from '../vis/stories/fetchIrisData';
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export function MainApp() {
     dragMode: EScatterSelectSettings.RECTANGLE,
     alphaSliderVal: 1,
     sizeSliderVal: 5,
+    showLabels: ELabelingOptions.SELECTED,
   } as IScatterConfig);
   const columns = React.useMemo(() => (user ? fetchIrisData() : []), [user]);
   const [selection, setSelection] = React.useState<typeof iris>([]);
diff --git a/src/vis/scatter/LabelingOptions.tsx b/src/vis/scatter/LabelingOptions.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d63c9297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vis/scatter/LabelingOptions.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { Input, SegmentedControl } from '@mantine/core';
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { ELabelingOptions } from './interfaces';
+
+interface LabelingOptionsProps {
+  callback: (s: ELabelingOptions) => void;
+  currentSelected: ELabelingOptions | null;
+}
+
+export function LabelingOptions({ callback, currentSelected }: LabelingOptionsProps) {
+  return (
+    <Input.Wrapper label="Show labels">
+      <SegmentedControl
+        fullWidth
+        size="xs"
+        value={currentSelected}
+        onChange={callback}
+        data={[
+          { label: ELabelingOptions.NEVER, value: ELabelingOptions.NEVER },
+          { label: ELabelingOptions.ALWAYS, value: ELabelingOptions.ALWAYS },
+          { label: ELabelingOptions.SELECTED, value: ELabelingOptions.SELECTED },
+        ]}
+      />
+    </Input.Wrapper>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/vis/scatter/ScatterVis.tsx b/src/vis/scatter/ScatterVis.tsx
index 442faf449..d14b94d3c 100644
--- a/src/vis/scatter/ScatterVis.tsx
+++ b/src/vis/scatter/ScatterVis.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { beautifyLayout } from '../general/layoutUtils';
 import { EScatterSelectSettings, ICommonVisProps } from '../interfaces';
 import { BrushOptionButtons } from '../sidebar/BrushOptionButtons';
 import { createScatterTraces } from './utils';
-import { IScatterConfig } from './interfaces';
+import { ELabelingOptions, IScatterConfig } from './interfaces';
 
 export function ScatterVis({
   config,
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export function ScatterVis({
     config.numColorScaleType,
     scales,
     shapes,
+    config.showLabels,
   ]);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
@@ -108,6 +109,17 @@ export function ScatterVis({
 
           p.data.selectedpoints = temp;
 
+          if (selectedList.length === 0 && config.showLabels === ELabelingOptions.SELECTED) {
+            // @ts-ignore
+            p.data.selected.textfont.color = 'white';
+          } else if (selectedList.length === 0 && config.showLabels === ELabelingOptions.ALWAYS) {
+            // @ts-ignore
+            p.data.selected.textfont.color = `rgba(102, 102, 102, ${config.alphaSliderVal})`;
+          } else {
+            // @ts-ignore
+            p.data.selected.textfont.color = `rgba(102, 102, 102, 1)`;
+          }
+
           if (selectedList.length === 0 && config.color) {
             // @ts-ignore
             p.data.selected.marker.opacity = config.alphaSliderVal;
@@ -121,7 +133,7 @@ export function ScatterVis({
     }
 
     return [];
-  }, [selectedMap, traces, selectedList, config.color, config.alphaSliderVal]);
+  }, [traces, selectedList.length, config.showLabels, config.color, config.alphaSliderVal, selectedMap]);
 
   const plotlyData = useMemo(() => {
     if (traces) {
diff --git a/src/vis/scatter/ScatterVisSidebar.tsx b/src/vis/scatter/ScatterVisSidebar.tsx
index 564991cac..b99a98761 100644
--- a/src/vis/scatter/ScatterVisSidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/vis/scatter/ScatterVisSidebar.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import { MultiSelect } from '../sidebar/MultiSelect';
 import { SingleSelect } from '../sidebar/SingleSelect';
 import { ColorSelect } from './ColorSelect';
 import { OpacitySlider } from './OpacitySlider';
-import { IScatterConfig } from './interfaces';
+import { ELabelingOptions, IScatterConfig } from './interfaces';
+import { LabelingOptions } from './LabelingOptions';
 
 const defaultConfig = {
   color: {
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ const defaultConfig = {
     enable: true,
     customComponent: null,
   },
+  labels: {
+    enable: true,
+    customComponent: null,
+  },
 };
 
 export function ScatterVisSidebar({ config, optionsConfig, columns, filterCallback, setConfig }: ICommonVisSideBarProps<IScatterConfig>) {
@@ -68,6 +73,18 @@ export function ScatterVisSidebar({ config, optionsConfig, columns, filterCallba
         }}
         currentValue={config.alphaSliderVal}
       />
+      {mergedOptionsConfig.labels.enable
+        ? mergedOptionsConfig.labels.customComponent || (
+            <LabelingOptions
+              callback={(showLabels: ELabelingOptions) => {
+                if (config.showLabels !== showLabels) {
+                  setConfig({ ...config, showLabels });
+                }
+              }}
+              currentSelected={config.showLabels}
+            />
+          )
+        : null}
 
       {filterCallback && mergedOptionsConfig.filter.enable ? mergedOptionsConfig.filter.customComponent || <FilterButtons callback={filterCallback} /> : null}
     </>
diff --git a/src/vis/scatter/interfaces.ts b/src/vis/scatter/interfaces.ts
index 7f495fe55..5530209ac 100644
--- a/src/vis/scatter/interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/vis/scatter/interfaces.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,15 @@ export interface IScatterConfig extends BaseVisConfig {
   dragMode: EScatterSelectSettings;
   alphaSliderVal: number;
   sizeSliderVal: number;
+  showLabels: ELabelingOptions;
 }
 
 export function isScatterConfig(s: BaseVisConfig): s is IScatterConfig {
   return s.type === ESupportedPlotlyVis.SCATTER;
 }
+
+export enum ELabelingOptions {
+  NEVER = 'Never',
+  ALWAYS = 'Always',
+  SELECTED = 'Selected',
+}
diff --git a/src/vis/scatter/utils.ts b/src/vis/scatter/utils.ts
index 7c86981d4..27165983e 100644
--- a/src/vis/scatter/utils.ts
+++ b/src/vis/scatter/utils.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   VisNumericalValue,
 } from '../interfaces';
 import { getCol } from '../sidebar';
-import { IScatterConfig } from './interfaces';
+import { ELabelingOptions, IScatterConfig } from './interfaces';
 
 function calculateDomain(domain: [number | undefined, number | undefined], vals: number[]): [number, number] {
   if (!domain) return null;
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ const defaultConfig: IScatterConfig = {
   dragMode: EScatterSelectSettings.RECTANGLE,
   alphaSliderVal: 0.5,
   sizeSliderVal: 8,
+  showLabels: ELabelingOptions.SELECTED,
 };
 
 export function scatterMergeDefaultConfig(columns: VisColumn[], config: IScatterConfig): IScatterConfig {
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ export async function createScatterTraces(
   colorScaleType: ENumericalColorScaleType,
   scales: Scales,
   shapes: string[] | null,
+  showLabels: ELabelingOptions,
 ): Promise<PlotlyInfo> {
   let plotCounter = 1;
 
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ export async function createScatterTraces(
   const colorCol = await resolveSingleColumn(getCol(columns, color));
   const idToLabelMapper = await createIdToLabelMapper(columns);
 
+  const textPositionOptions = ['top center', 'bottom center'];
   const shapeScale = shape
     ? d3v7
         .scaleOrdinal<string>()
@@ -127,6 +130,7 @@ export async function createScatterTraces(
     max = d3v7.max(colorCol.resolvedValues.map((v) => +v.val).filter((v) => v !== null));
   }
 
+  const textPositions = ['top center', 'bottom center'];
   const numericalColorScale = color
     ? d3v7
         .scaleLinear<string, number>()
@@ -162,7 +166,7 @@ export async function createScatterTraces(
         xaxis: plotCounter === 1 ? 'x' : `x${plotCounter}`,
         yaxis: plotCounter === 1 ? 'y' : `y${plotCounter}`,
         type: 'scattergl',
-        mode: 'markers',
+        mode: showLabels === ELabelingOptions.NEVER ? 'markers' : 'text+markers',
         showlegend: false,
         hoverlabel: {
           bgcolor: 'black',
@@ -175,7 +179,8 @@ export async function createScatterTraces(
         ),
         hoverinfo: 'text',
         text: validCols[0].resolvedValues.map((v) => v.id.toString()),
-
+        // @ts-ignore
+        textposition: validCols[0].resolvedValues.map((v, i) => textPositionOptions[i % textPositionOptions.length]),
         marker: {
           symbol: shapeCol ? shapeCol.resolvedValues.map((v) => shapeScale(v.val as string)) : 'circle',
 
@@ -195,6 +200,9 @@ export async function createScatterTraces(
             opacity: 1,
             size: sizeSliderVal,
           },
+          textfont: {
+            color: showLabels === ELabelingOptions.NEVER ? 'white' : '#666666',
+          },
         },
         unselected: {
           marker: {
@@ -205,6 +213,9 @@ export async function createScatterTraces(
             opacity: alphaSliderVal,
             size: sizeSliderVal,
           },
+          textfont: {
+            color: showLabels === ELabelingOptions.ALWAYS ? `rgba(179, 179, 179, ${alphaSliderVal})` : 'white',
+          },
         },
       },
       xLabel: columnNameWithDescription(validCols[0].info),
@@ -252,7 +263,7 @@ export async function createScatterTraces(
               xaxis: plotCounter === 1 ? 'x' : `x${plotCounter}`,
               yaxis: plotCounter === 1 ? 'y' : `y${plotCounter}`,
               type: 'scattergl',
-              mode: 'markers',
+              mode: showLabels === ELabelingOptions.NEVER ? 'markers' : 'text+markers',
               hovertext: xCurr.resolvedValues.map(
                 (v, i) =>
                   `${v.id}<br>x: ${v.val}<br>y: ${yCurr.resolvedValues[i].val}<br>${
@@ -265,6 +276,8 @@ export async function createScatterTraces(
               },
               showlegend: false,
               text: validCols[0].resolvedValues.map((v) => v.id.toString()),
+              // @ts-ignore
+              textposition: validCols[0].resolvedValues.map((v, i) => (i % textPositions.length === 0 ? 'top center' : 'bottom center')),
               marker: {
                 color: colorCol
                   ? colorCol.resolvedValues.map((v) =>