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+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import React, { Component } from 'react';
+import { LabelComponentState } from '../types';
+
+export class Label extends Component<{}, LabelComponentState> {
+  constructor(props: {}) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = { label: '', shouldShowLabel: true };
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <div
+        className="tgcVisLabel"
+        style={{ display: this.state.shouldShowLabel ? 'block' : 'none' }}
+      >
+        {this.state.label}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}