# Can we make horizontal bar plots in Plots.jl?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-we-make-horizontal-bar-plots-in-plots-jl/11096>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Created:** [May 23, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-we-make-horizontal-bar-plots-in-plots-jl/11096 "2018-05-23T14:14:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ali\_Vahdati](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ali_vahdati/32/38715_2.png) [@Ali\_Vahdati](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ali_Vahdati)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-we-make-horizontal-bar-plots-in-plots-jl/11096/1 "2018-05-23T14:14:33Z")

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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 isn't a series recipe defined.`

Thank you

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**Author:** ![mkborregaard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkborregaard/32/556_2.png) [@mkborregaard](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkborregaard)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-we-make-horizontal-bar-plots-in-plots-jl/11096/2 "2018-05-23T16:21:11Z")

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`bar(x, orientation = :horizontal)`

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**Author:** ![Ali\_Vahdati](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ali_vahdati/32/38715_2.png) [@Ali\_Vahdati](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ali_Vahdati)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 8:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-we-make-horizontal-bar-plots-in-plots-jl/11096/3 "2018-05-24T08:15:29Z")

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Perfect. Thank you.