diff --git a/src/components/containers/AnnotationAccordion.js b/src/components/containers/AnnotationAccordion.js
index 18dd9692e..6b8a69303 100644
--- a/src/components/containers/AnnotationAccordion.js
+++ b/src/components/containers/AnnotationAccordion.js
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ import {LayoutPanel} from './derived';
 import {PanelMessage} from './PanelEmpty';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import React, {Component} from 'react';
-import {connectAnnotationToLayout} from 'lib';
-import {templateString} from 'plotly.js/src/lib';
+import {connectAnnotationToLayout, getParsedTemplateString} from 'lib';
 
 const AnnotationFold = connectAnnotationToLayout(PlotlyFold);
 
@@ -19,12 +18,11 @@ class AnnotationAccordion extends Component {
     const content =
       annotations.length &&
       annotations.map((ann, i) => {
-        const textPostTemplate = templateString(ann.text, {meta});
         return (
           <AnnotationFold
             key={i}
             annotationIndex={i}
-            name={textPostTemplate === '' ? ann.text : textPostTemplate}
+            name={getParsedTemplateString(ann.text, meta)}
             canDelete={canAdd}
           >
             {children}
diff --git a/src/components/containers/RangeSelectorAccordion.js b/src/components/containers/RangeSelectorAccordion.js
index 940799ec1..539910db2 100644
--- a/src/components/containers/RangeSelectorAccordion.js
+++ b/src/components/containers/RangeSelectorAccordion.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import PlotlyFold from './PlotlyFold';
 import PlotlyPanel from './PlotlyPanel';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import React, {Component} from 'react';
-import {connectRangeSelectorToAxis} from 'lib';
+import {connectRangeSelectorToAxis, getParsedTemplateString} from 'lib';
 
 const RangeSelectorFold = connectRangeSelectorToAxis(PlotlyFold);
 
@@ -23,13 +23,19 @@ class RangeSelectorAccordion extends Component {
         rangeselector: {buttons = []},
       },
       localize: _,
+      layout: meta,
     } = this.context;
     const {children} = this.props;
 
     const content =
       buttons.length &&
       buttons.map((btn, i) => (
-        <RangeSelectorFold key={i} rangeselectorIndex={i} name={btn.label} canDelete={true}>
+        <RangeSelectorFold
+          key={i}
+          rangeselectorIndex={i}
+          name={getParsedTemplateString(btn.label, meta)}
+          canDelete={true}
+        >
           {children}
         </RangeSelectorFold>
       ));
@@ -57,6 +63,7 @@ class RangeSelectorAccordion extends Component {
 RangeSelectorAccordion.contextTypes = {
   fullContainer: PropTypes.object,
   localize: PropTypes.func,
+  layout: PropTypes.object,
 };
 
 RangeSelectorAccordion.propTypes = {
diff --git a/src/components/fields/AxesCreator.js b/src/components/fields/AxesCreator.js
index 13e19d816..ff1a8553b 100644
--- a/src/components/fields/AxesCreator.js
+++ b/src/components/fields/AxesCreator.js
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@ import React, {Component} from 'react';
 import {EDITOR_ACTIONS} from 'lib/constants';
 import Button from '../widgets/Button';
 import {PlusIcon} from 'plotly-icons';
-import {connectToContainer, traceTypeToAxisType, getAxisTitle, axisIdToAxisName} from 'lib';
+import {
+  connectToContainer,
+  traceTypeToAxisType,
+  getAxisTitle,
+  axisIdToAxisName,
+  getParsedTemplateString,
+} from 'lib';
 import {PlotlySection} from 'components';
 
 class UnconnectedAxisCreator extends Component {
@@ -128,7 +134,10 @@ class UnconnectedAxesCreator extends Component {
 
     function getOptions(axisType) {
       return fullLayout._subplots[axisType].map(axisId => ({
-        label: getAxisTitle(fullLayout[axisIdToAxisName(axisId)]),
+        label: getParsedTemplateString(
+          getAxisTitle(fullLayout[axisIdToAxisName(axisId)]),
+          fullLayout.meta
+        ),
         value: axisId,
       }));
     }
diff --git a/src/components/fields/TextEditor.js b/src/components/fields/TextEditor.js
index cd8b6689b..c5a0a76f7 100644
--- a/src/components/fields/TextEditor.js
+++ b/src/components/fields/TextEditor.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class UnconnectedTextEditor extends Component {
         if (index) {
           const adjustedIndex = parseInt(index[3], 10) - 1;
           if (!isNaN(adjustedIndex)) {
-            return `%{meta[${adjustedIndex}]}`;
+            return `%{meta[${adjustedIndex < 0 ? 0 : adjustedIndex}]}`;
           }
         }
         return match;
diff --git a/src/lib/connectTraceToPlot.js b/src/lib/connectTraceToPlot.js
index af621122c..d3420f40e 100644
--- a/src/lib/connectTraceToPlot.js
+++ b/src/lib/connectTraceToPlot.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   renderTraceIcon,
   traceTypeToAxisType,
   getFullTrace,
+  getParsedTemplateString,
 } from '../lib';
 import {deepCopyPublic, setMultiValuedContainer} from './multiValues';
 import {EDITOR_ACTIONS, SUBPLOT_TO_ATTR} from 'lib/constants';
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ export default function connectTraceToPlot(WrappedComponent) {
 
     setLocals(props, context) {
       const {traceIndexes} = props;
-      const {data, fullData, plotly} = context;
+      const {data, fullData, plotly, layout: meta} = context;
 
       const trace = data[traceIndexes[0]];
       const fullTrace = getFullTrace(props, context);
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ export default function connectTraceToPlot(WrappedComponent) {
 
       if (trace && fullTrace) {
         this.icon = renderTraceIcon(plotlyTraceToCustomTrace(trace));
-        this.name = fullTrace.name;
+        this.name = getParsedTemplateString(fullTrace.name, meta);
       }
     }
 
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ export default function connectTraceToPlot(WrappedComponent) {
     data: PropTypes.array,
     plotly: PropTypes.object,
     onUpdate: PropTypes.func,
+    layout: PropTypes.object,
   };
 
   TraceConnectedComponent.childContextTypes = {
diff --git a/src/lib/index.js b/src/lib/index.js
index 5a071d4dd..2102ea5e3 100644
--- a/src/lib/index.js
+++ b/src/lib/index.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import * as PlotlyIcons from 'plotly-icons';
 import striptags from './striptags';
 import {capitalize, lowerCase, upperCase, removeNonWord, camelCase, pascalCase} from './strings';
 import {getColorscale} from 'react-colorscales';
+import {templateString} from 'plotly.js/src/lib';
 
 const TOO_LIGHT_FACTOR = 0.8;
 
@@ -202,51 +203,62 @@ function getFullTrace(props, context) {
   return fullTrace;
 }
 
+function getParsedTemplateString(originalString, meta) {
+  let text = originalString;
+
+  if (originalString && meta && meta.length) {
+    text = templateString(originalString, {meta});
+  }
+
+  return text === '' && originalString ? originalString : text;
+}
+
 export {
   adjustColorscale,
   axisIdToAxisName,
   bem,
-  capitalize,
-  lowerCase,
-  upperCase,
-  removeNonWord,
   camelCase,
-  pascalCase,
+  capitalize,
   clamp,
+  computeTraceOptionsFromSchema,
+  connectAggregationToTransform,
+  connectAnnotationToLayout,
+  connectAxesToLayout,
   connectCartesianSubplotToLayout,
+  connectImageToLayout,
+  connectLayoutToPlot,
   connectNonCartesianSubplotToLayout,
-  connectAnnotationToLayout,
+  connectRangeSelectorToAxis,
   connectShapeToLayout,
   connectSliderToLayout,
-  connectUpdateMenuToLayout,
-  connectImageToLayout,
-  connectAxesToLayout,
-  connectLayoutToPlot,
   connectToContainer,
-  connectRangeSelectorToAxis,
-  connectTransformToTrace,
-  connectAggregationToTransform,
   connectTraceToPlot,
+  connectTransformToTrace,
+  connectUpdateMenuToLayout,
   containerConnectedContextTypes,
-  computeTraceOptionsFromSchema,
-  traceTypeToPlotlyInitFigure,
   dereference,
   getAllAxes,
   getAxisTitle,
-  getSubplotTitle,
   getDisplayName,
+  getFullTrace,
+  getSubplotTitle,
   isPlainObject,
   localize,
   localizeString,
+  lowerCase,
   maybeAdjustSrc,
   maybeTransposeData,
+  getParsedTemplateString,
+  pascalCase,
   plotlyTraceToCustomTrace,
+  removeNonWord,
   renderTraceIcon,
-  unpackPlotProps,
-  walkObject,
-  tooLight,
   striptags,
+  tooLight,
   traceTypeToAxisType,
+  traceTypeToPlotlyInitFigure,
   transpose,
-  getFullTrace,
+  unpackPlotProps,
+  upperCase,
+  walkObject,
 };