# Visualization

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## [Ubuntu 14 16 Plots GR - cannot get a plot window](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ubuntu-14-16-plots-gr-cannot-get-a-plot-window/12514)

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**Author:** [@ronubi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ronubi)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ubuntu-14-16-plots-gr-cannot-get-a-plot-window/12514 "2018-07-23T21:05:42Z")

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From a terminal, I launch julia 0.6.3 and try to plot something as follows: import Plots ; pl=Plots ; pl.gr(legend=false, format=:png) ; pl.plot(\[0,1\]) On VNC-connected logins to two different Ubuntu servers (one a VM)…

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## [Error using StatPlots](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-using-statplots/12500)

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**Author:** [@muriloasouza](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/muriloasouza)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-using-statplots/12500 "2018-07-23T14:20:43Z")

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Hello, there! I’m trying to use the StatPlots package to plot some grouped bar graphics using the groupedbar function. As can be seen in this picture that i got from their Github page. Basically, this is my code: wo…

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## [Discarding old plots when redrawing a plot in a loop](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discarding-old-plots-when-redrawing-a-plot-in-a-loop/11980)

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**Author:** [@Pavel\_Kalouguine](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Pavel_Kalouguine)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discarding-old-plots-when-redrawing-a-plot-in-a-loop/11980 "2018-07-21T02:56:37Z")

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I stumbled upon a strange difference between the ways the plots are redrawn in Juno pane and in a GUI window. If a plot is constantly redrown in the loop, the old plots in Juno pane are not discarded and can be discovere…

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## [Multipanel plots in Statsplots](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multipanel-plots-in-statsplots/12476)

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**Author:** [@k945](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/k945)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2018, 6:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multipanel-plots-in-statsplots/12476 "2018-07-19T06:49:02Z")

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How do you create subplots from different data frames using StatsPlots? For example, while It is possible to reuse a single data frame to to generate multiple plots dff = DataFrame(a = 1:10, b = 10\*rand(10), c = 10 \* ra…

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## [Is there a Julia equivalent to the Octave Geometry or Matlab MatGeom package?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-equivalent-to-the-octave-geometry-or-matlab-matgeom-package/12274)

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**Author:** [@JacobHuesman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JacobHuesman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-equivalent-to-the-octave-geometry-or-matlab-matgeom-package/12274 "2018-07-09T18:42:33Z")

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Hi all, I’m starting to move my work over from Octave after significant frustration with the slowness of its plotting functionality. Does anyone know if their is a Julia package available similar to the Octave Geometry …

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## [Strange glitch in ImageView hoverinfo](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/strange-glitch-in-imageview-hoverinfo/11959)

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**Author:** [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/strange-glitch-in-imageview-hoverinfo/11959 "2018-06-27T20:33:47Z")

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After creating a 500x500 pixel image and displaying it: using ImageView imshow(rand(500, 500)) I found out that the hoverinfo is wrong by ~50 pixels regardless of the size of the displayed image (the cursor was at the …

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## [Coordinates for annotations in plot](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/coordinates-for-annotations-in-plot/11809)

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**Author:** [@jcrbloch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jcrbloch)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2018, 11:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/coordinates-for-annotations-in-plot/11809 "2018-06-25T11:30:47Z")

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When using annotations in plot, I understand that the coordinates correspond to those displayed on the axis. Is there a way to also give “window” coordinates like in gnuplot, where the coordinates in horizontal and verti…

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## [How to change plot size in jupyter?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-plot-size-in-jupyter/11589)

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**Author:** [@davide](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/davide)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-plot-size-in-jupyter/11589 "2018-06-18T23:14:21Z")

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Hi, is it possible to change size of plotted figures in jupyter notebook? (E.g., with the R kernel I can use “options(repr.plot.width=4, repr.plot.height=3)” but I didn’t find something similar for the Julia kernel). T…

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## [Plot problem](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-problem/11586)

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**Author:** [@jcrbloch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jcrbloch)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-problem/11586 "2018-06-13T14:22:38Z")

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Many of my plots are cut off at the top. For example: pyplot() plot(xlabel=“s”,ylabel=“Re(f)”) plot!(T.s1,T.f1,color=:blue) plot!(T.s2,T.f2,color=:blue) f\_w%3D10|600x450

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## [Plot problem](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-problem/11585)

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**Author:** [@jcrbloch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jcrbloch)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plot-problem/11585 "2018-06-12T16:42:07Z")

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Many of my plots are cut off at the top. The commands are plot(xlabel="s",ylabel="Re(f)") plot!(T.s1,T.f1,color=:blue) plot!(T.s2,T.f2,color=:blue)

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## [Offset in scientific notation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/offset-in-scientific-notation/11613)

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**Author:** [@jcrbloch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jcrbloch)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/offset-in-scientific-notation/11613 "2018-06-12T15:59:58Z")

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Is there a way to specify an offset in the scientific notation of ticks in a plot using Plots and pyplot()? In matplotlib one can do it by giving the useoffset argument in the ticklabel formatting This is quite useful w…

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## [Zoomable plots in IJulia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/zoomable-plots-in-ijulia/11523)

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**Author:** [@magzpavz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/magzpavz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/zoomable-plots-in-ijulia/11523 "2018-06-10T23:12:27Z")

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I’ve been using PyPlot for my plotting needs. How can I get interactive (mostly just adjusting axis limits) inline plots in an IJulia notebook? Interact.jl seems like overkill. Thanks!

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## [Does \`overwrite\_figure=true\` have any effect in notebook using Plots/GR?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-overwrite-figure-true-have-any-effect-in-notebook-using-plots-gr/11458)

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**Author:** [@ronubi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ronubi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-overwrite-figure-true-have-any-effect-in-notebook-using-plots-gr/11458 "2018-06-06T00:49:01Z")

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I read somewhere that if I set the Plots attribute overwrite\_figure=true, the previous plot would not visibly erase (and the Jupyter notebook cell output would remain in position) so that I could get an animation-like ef…

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## [Plots: title -- what if I have subplots?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-title-what-if-i-have-subplots/10838)

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**Author:** [@BLI](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BLI)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-title-what-if-i-have-subplots/10838 "2018-06-05T14:05:49Z")

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Using Plots: if I have subplots, a title is applied to the subplot. Is there a “supertitle” that is applied for the entire plot, and not for the various subplots?

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## [Multiple plots -- only legends on some](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multiple-plots-only-legends-on-some/11410)

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**Author:** [@BLI](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BLI)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multiple-plots-only-legends-on-some/11410 "2018-06-04T20:59:06Z")

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I plot multiple time series in the same plot, one with nominal parameter value and the others a result of Monte Carlo runs. I only want label on the one with nominal value… I tried to do: plot(…, label="\_nolabel\_") fo…

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## [simple example using Plots following with warnings and an error](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simple-example-using-plots-following-with-warnings-and-an-error/11244)

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**Author:** [@Carsten](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Carsten)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simple-example-using-plots-following-with-warnings-and-an-error/11244 "2018-05-29T19:04:12Z")

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I am using Julia 0.6.2 (Windows) and the Atom editor After launching Julia and using Plots I’ve got the following warnings: WARNING: using Plots.savefig in module Main conflicts with an existing identifier. WARNING:…

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## [Frame-Heavy Gifs](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/frame-heavy-gifs/11243)

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**Author:** [@Oz\_Wilson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oz_Wilson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/frame-heavy-gifs/11243 "2018-05-29T17:25:32Z")

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I am trying to create a gif with 100 frames, which I assume shouldn’t be a problem if I code it correctly. However, the following code slows to a crawl, and seems to cause a memory leak. using Plots using ProgressMeter …

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## [Recipes distinguishing plot! from plot, for Plots.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/recipes-distinguishing-plot-from-plot-for-plots-jl/11143)

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**Author:** [@improbable22](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/improbable22)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/recipes-distinguishing-plot-from-plot-for-plots-jl/11143 "2018-05-25T20:15:07Z")

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As the title says, is there a way for a recipe to distinguish whether it was called from plot!() rather than plot()? For a trivial example, suppose p = plot(x::MyType) works out limits for axes, and normalises somehow, …

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## [GLVisualize - Render dynamically created and destroyed particles](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glvisualize-render-dynamically-created-and-destroyed-particles/11125)

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**Author:** [@skleinbo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/skleinbo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glvisualize-render-dynamically-created-and-destroyed-particles/11125 "2018-05-25T14:08:01Z")

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Hi everyone, I am looking for a way to realize the following situation with GLVisualize: Given a dynamics under which “particles” are created and destroyed. Output is a vector of positions. I would like to visualize t…

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## [Consistent plotting attributes](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/consistent-plotting-attributes/10822)

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**Author:** [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/consistent-plotting-attributes/10822 "2018-05-25T12:47:52Z")

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I’m plotting the same stuff across multiple different plots. To make things look consistent I want the same things to have the same look, regardless of which plot they are in. What is the best way to accomplish that? He…

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## [Can we make horizontal bar plots in Plots.jl?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-we-make-horizontal-bar-plots-in-plots-jl/11096)

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**Author:** [@Ali\_Vahdati](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ali_Vahdati)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2018, 8:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-we-make-horizontal-bar-plots-in-plots-jl/11096 "2018-05-24T08:15:29Z")

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Something similar to barh in Matplotlib. I see there is a barh function in Plots, but for gr/pyplot/plotlyjs backends, it returns the following error: The backend must not support the series type Val{:barh}, and there i…

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## [PyPlot Continuing?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pyplot-continuing/10557)

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**Author:** [@iwelch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/iwelch)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pyplot-continuing/10557 "2018-05-22T14:13:36Z")

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I just tried PyPlot again. macos. I wanted to recreate the contour plots in https://github.com/gizmaa/Julia\_Examples/blob/master/pyplot\_surfaceplot.jl 0.6 both the registered and master fail in 0.6.2. in the example …

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## [Interactive Visualisations/Dashboards in Julia?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interactive-visualisations-dashboards-in-julia/943)

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**Author:** [@robertfeldt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/robertfeldt)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interactive-visualisations-dashboards-in-julia/943 "2018-05-15T15:30:44Z")

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I’m developing an interactive “front-end” to present results from testing in Julia. At this point I have only tried a few “spikes”, mostly based on Escher.jl, but I would like to better understand if there are any altern…

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## [Faster heatmap updates in jupyter notebook?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/faster-heatmap-updates-in-jupyter-notebook/10895)

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**Author:** [@ssfrr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ssfrr)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/faster-heatmap-updates-in-jupyter-notebook/10895 "2018-05-15T13:56:12Z")

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I’ve got the following in a jupyter notebook: using Plots using Interact gr() @manipulate for row in 1:100, col in 1:100 data = zeros(100,100) data\[row,col\] = 1 heatmap(data) end which gives me a lovely do…

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## [Bug with \`linecolor = cgrad()\`?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bug-with-linecolor-cgrad/10775)

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**Author:** [@BLI](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BLI)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2018, 11:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bug-with-linecolor-cgrad/10775 "2018-05-08T11:27:16Z")

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I’m doing some parametric 3D plots, and want the line color to change with a parameter (e.g., time). So… suppose we have 3 states in an ODE, with solution vectors u1, u2, u3 that depend on a parameter (time) vector t. Su…

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## [Is infinite figure zoom possible (i.e. callback to refresh figure data)?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-infinite-figure-zoom-possible-i-e-callback-to-refresh-figure-data/10468)

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**Author:** [@NickNack](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NickNack)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-infinite-figure-zoom-possible-i-e-callback-to-refresh-figure-data/10468 "2018-04-21T23:58:59Z")

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Several of the backends to Plots.jl provide interactive pan & zoom. However (as far as I can tell) they only work with the original figure data, so the figure looks pixelized and ugly when zoomed in sufficiently. Is ther…

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## [Line Color Sequence in Plots.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/line-color-sequence-in-plots-jl/10390)

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**Author:** [@gideonsimpson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gideonsimpson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/line-color-sequence-in-plots-jl/10390 "2018-04-17T15:06:08Z")

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For Plots.jl, is there a way to manually access/iterate through the default line color sequence? I know that in the latest matplotlib, it’s default sequence is labeled C0, C1, etc. Is there an analog here?

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## [Axes attributes (labels, limits) not working in 3d plots](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/axes-attributes-labels-limits-not-working-in-3d-plots/10341)

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**Author:** [@leoll2](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/leoll2)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/axes-attributes-labels-limits-not-working-in-3d-plots/10341 "2018-04-15T17:05:20Z")

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I need to modify the labels and the range limits of the axes of my graph. It should be an easy task with Plots, indeed it is for 2d graphs. However, the same code doesn’t work when the dimensions become three (3d). I’m …

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## [GtkReactive: hooking functions to button press](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gtkreactive-hooking-functions-to-button-press/10186)

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**Author:** [@stillyslalom](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stillyslalom)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gtkreactive-hooking-functions-to-button-press/10186 "2018-04-06T18:17:34Z")

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I’m trying to add a button to the image series display GUI from ImageView.jl that, when pressed, runs some series of functions. I’ve added the button, but (probably due to some reading comprehension failure) I haven’t ma…

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## [Wire plots](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wire-plots/10100)

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**Author:** [@Anton\_Hinneck](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Anton_Hinneck)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2018, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wire-plots/10100 "2018-04-02T11:47:28Z")

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Hi, I urgently needed a certain type of wire plot to visualize the weights of arcs between the nodes in a network. As I could not find any existing solution, I created an own package using Cairo: Hargreaves.jl. Is anybo…

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