# Gadfly: orientation of ticks

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gadfly-orientation-of-ticks/32174>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** gadfly\
**Created:** [December 11, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gadfly-orientation-of-ticks/32174 "2019-12-11T22:03:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![alphasig329](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/alphasig329/32/9794_2.png) [@alphasig329](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/alphasig329)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gadfly-orientation-of-ticks/32174/1 "2019-12-11T22:03:22Z")

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Is it possible to have the orientation of ticks in a plot to be at 45 degrees as opposed to `:vertical` and `:horizontal`?

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**Author:** ![bjarthur](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bjarthur/32/9638_2.png) [@bjarthur](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bjarthur)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 12:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gadfly-orientation-of-ticks/32174/2 "2019-12-13T12:09:35Z")

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not currently. perhaps submit an issue to request it. likely easy enough for someone new to the codebase to tackle.