Index: /issm/branches/trunk-jpl-ad2/src/m/plot/plot_gl.m
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--- /issm/branches/trunk-jpl-ad2/src/m/plot/plot_gl.m	(revision 18324)
+++ /issm/branches/trunk-jpl-ad2/src/m/plot/plot_gl.m	(revision 18325)
@@ -85,4 +85,5 @@
 	caxis2string='';
 	labelstring='';
+	shortlabelstring='';
 	unitstring='';
 	zoom=getfieldvalue(options,'zoom',-.25);
@@ -92,7 +93,12 @@
 		caxis=getfieldvalue(options,'caxis',[min(data(:)) max(data(:))]);
 		label=getfieldvalue(options,'label','');
+		shortlabel=getfieldvalue(options,'shortlabel','');
 		if strcmpi(label,''),
 			%create generic label: 
 			label=['data' num2str(i)];
+		end
+		if strcmpi(shortlabel,''),
+			%create generic short label: 
+			shortlabel=['data' num2str(i)];
 		end
 		unit=getfieldvalue(options,'unit','');
@@ -107,4 +113,5 @@
 			caxis2string=[caxis2string num2str(caxis(2)) ','];
 			labelstring=[labelstring '"' label '"' ','];
+			shortlabelstring=[shortlabelstring '"' shortlabel '"' ','];
 			unitstring=[unitstring '"' unit '"' ','];
 		else
@@ -113,9 +120,11 @@
 			caxis2string=[caxis2string num2str(caxis(2))];
 			labelstring=[labelstring '"' label '"'];
+			shortlabelstring=[shortlabelstring '"' shortlabel '"'];
 			unitstring=[unitstring '"' unit '"'];
 		end
 		writejsfield(fid,['data' num2str(i)],data,md.mesh.numberofvertices);
 	end
-	replacestringinfile('./generic/editables.js','"V"',labelstring);
+	replacestringinfile('./generic/editables.js','"Velocity"',labelstring);
+	replacestringinfile('./generic/editables.js','"V"',shortlabelstring);
 	replacestringinfile('./generic/editables.js','"velocity"',datastring);
 	replacestringinfile('./generic/editables.js','var data_min_array = [0',['var data_min_array = [' caxis1string]);