Add custom labels

holoviews/plotting/bokeh/annotation.py

@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ def initialize_plot(self, ranges=None, plot=None, plots=None, source=None):
         # Only force labels if no other ranges are set
         if self.overlaid and set(itertools.chain.from_iterable(ranges)) - {"HSpans", "VSpans", "VLines", "HLines"}:
             return figure
-        labels = "yx" if self.invert_axes else "xy"
+        labels = [self.xlabel or "x", self.ylabel or "y"]
+        labels = labels[::-1] if self.invert_axes else labels
         for ax, label in zip(figure.axis, labels):
             ax.axis_label = label
         return figure

holoviews/tests/plotting/bokeh/test_annotationplot.py

@@ -232,6 +232,15 @@ def test_hlines_plot(self):
         assert (source.data["y"] == [0, 1, 2, 5.5]).all()
         assert (source.data["extra"] == [-1, -2, -3, -44]).all()
 
+    def test_hlines_xlabel_ylabel(self):
+        hlines = HLines(
+            {"y": [0, 1, 2, 5.5], "extra": [-1, -2, -3, -44]}, vdims=["extra"]
+        ).opts(xlabel="xlabel", ylabel="xlabel")
+        plot = bokeh_renderer.get_plot(hlines)
+        assert isinstance(plot.handles["glyph"], BkHSpan)
+        assert plot.handles["xaxis"].axis_label == "xlabel"
+        assert plot.handles["yaxis"].axis_label == "xlabel"
+
     def test_hlines_array(self):
         hlines = HLines(np.array([0, 1, 2, 5.5]))
         plot = bokeh_renderer.get_plot(hlines)
@@ -412,6 +421,15 @@ def test_hspans_plot(self):
         assert (source.data["y1"] == [1, 4, 6.5]).all()
         assert (source.data["extra"] == [-1, -2, -3]).all()
 
+    def test_hspans_plot_xlabel_ylabel(self):
+        hspans = HSpans(
+            {"y0": [0, 3, 5.5], "y1": [1, 4, 6.5], "extra": [-1, -2, -3]}, vdims=["extra"]
+        ).opts(xlabel="xlabel", ylabel="xlabel")
+        plot = bokeh_renderer.get_plot(hspans)
+        assert isinstance(plot.handles["glyph"], BkHStrip)
+        assert plot.handles["xaxis"].axis_label == "xlabel"
+        assert plot.handles["yaxis"].axis_label == "xlabel"
+
     def test_hspans_plot_invert_axes(self):
         hspans = HSpans(
             {"y0": [0, 3, 5.5], "y1": [1, 4, 6.5], "extra": [-1, -2, -3]}, vdims=["extra"]