# Configure a specific axis in a figure with multiple subplots

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/configure-a-specific-axis-in-a-figure-with-multiple-subplots/89014
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** plotlyjs
**Created:** [October 20, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/configure-a-specific-axis-in-a-figure-with-multiple-subplots/89014 "2022-10-20T14:47:58Z")
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#### Post date: [October 21, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/configure-a-specific-axis-in-a-figure-with-multiple-subplots/89014/4 "2022-10-21T11:43:56Z")

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It’s your opinion that this is a limitation of Plotly, because perhaps you think in terms of another plotting library.  
Plotly has a logical architecture: a clear separation between trace and layout attributes.  
When a figure represents subplots, then, as in mathematics, each subplot is referenced to a system of axes, and axes have a name to be distinguished.  
It is much simpler to set the global attributes of the figure, like width, height, font\_family, font size, and  
local attributes specific to each subplot, as axis attributes, than naming each subplot and setting its properties by using its name.

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