# Labelling Tikz Directed Edges

I am struggling to label my edges in my Tikz directed graph. I have tried using the tikz library quotes in my preamble by no success.

I currently have the code

\begin{tikzpicture}
\tikzset{vertex/.style = {shape=circle,draw,minimum size=1.5em}}
\tikzset{edge/.style = {->,> = latex'}}
% vertices
\node[vertex] (1) at  (0,0) {$1$};
\node[vertex] (2) at  (2,0) {$2$};
\node[vertex] (3) at  (0,-2) {$3$};
\node[vertex] (4) at  (2,-2) {$4$};
\node[vertex] (5) at  (-2, -2) {$5$};
%edges
\draw[edge] ["1/3"] (1) to (2);
\draw[edge] (1.260) to (3.100);
\draw[edge] (1.325) to (4.125);
\draw[edge] (2) to (3);
\draw[edge] (2) to (4);
\draw[edge] (3.80) to (1.280);
\draw[edge] (4) to (3);
\draw[edge] (4.145) to (1.305);
\draw[edge] (3.170) to (5.10);
\draw[edge] (5.350) to (3.190);
\end{tikzpicture}


And I want to achieve some thing similar to this..

Any help appreciated!

• Please make example code compilable, if you can, or as close to compilable as possible, if the problem you are asking about is that you can't get it to compile. – cfr May 6 '16 at 12:02

I made some changes to your code, so you can use nodes along paths.

• midway places the node at the middle. pos= indicates a more precise position, from 0 (at start) to 1 (at end). midway is equivalent to pos=.5.
• sloped alignes the node to the angle of the path it's on. The rotation I applied is to make it orthogonal to it.
• right, above, left, andbelow are the positions of the node in regards to the path.

## Code

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}

\usetikzlibrary{arrows}

\tikzset{
vertex/.style={circle,draw,minimum size=1.5em},
edge/.style={->,> = latex'}
}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}

% vertices
\node[vertex] (1) at (0,0) {$1$};
\node[vertex] (2) at (2,0) {$2$};
\node[vertex] (3) at (0,-2) {$3$};
\node[vertex] (4) at (2,-2) {$4$};
\node[vertex] (5) at (-2,-2) {$5$};

%edges
\draw[edge] (1) -- (2) node[midway, above] {$\frac{1}{3}$};
\draw[edge] (1.260) -- (3.100);
\draw[edge] (1.325) -- (4.125) node[pos=.3, right, sloped, rotate=90] {$\frac{1}{3}$};
\draw[edge] (2) -- (3);
\draw[edge] (2) -- (4) node[midway, right] {$\frac{1}{2}$};
\draw[edge] (3.80) -- (1.280);
\draw[edge] (4) -- (3);
\draw[edge] (4.145) -- (1.305);
\draw[edge] (3.170) -- (5.10);
\draw[edge] (5.350) -- (3.190);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

• Thanks so much, I've used this and managed to make it work! :) – Alice Roberts May 6 '16 at 11:44
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You've placed the quotes string on the wrong place I think, add it right after to and it works. With some adjustments for position and rotation.

\documentclass[border=5mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{quotes}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\tikzset{vertex/.style = {shape=circle,draw,minimum size=1.5em}}
\tikzset{edge/.style = {->,> = latex}}
% vertices
\node[vertex] (1) at  (0,0) {$1$};
\node[vertex] (2) at  (2,0) {$2$};
\node[vertex] (3) at  (0,-2) {$3$};
\node[vertex] (4) at  (2,-2) {$4$};
\node[vertex] (5) at  (-2, -2) {$5$};
%edges
\draw[edge]  (1) to["$\frac{1}{3}$"] (2);
\draw[edge] (1.260) to["$\frac{1}{2}$"] (3.100);
\draw[edge] (1.325) to["$\frac{1}{3}$" {sloped,rotate=90,anchor=west,pos=0.3}] (4.125);
\draw[edge] (2) to["$\frac{1}{3}$" {sloped,rotate=-90,anchor=east,pos=0.7}] (3);
\draw[edge] (2) to["$\frac{1}{2}$"] (4);
\draw[edge] (3.80) to["$\frac{1}{3}$"] (1.280);
\draw[edge] (4) to["$\frac{1}{2}$"] (3);
\draw[edge] (4.145) to["$\frac{1}{2}$" {sloped,rotate=90,anchor=east,pos=0.3}] (1.305);
\draw[edge] (3.170) to["$1$"] (5.10);
\draw[edge] (5.350) to["$\frac{1}{2}$"] (3.190);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
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• Thanks alot! I actually used the previous response, but this looks like it will be easier for the next one! – Alice Roberts May 6 '16 at 11:45