# How to set the title of a Makie window?

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**Category:** Visualization\
**Tags:** question, package, makie\
**Created:** [April 19, 2024, 10:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-set-the-title-of-a-makie-window/113228 "2024-04-19T10:01:13Z")\
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How can I change the title of a a GLMakie window?

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**Author:** ![jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-set-the-title-of-a-makie-window/113228/2 "2024-04-19T10:28:05Z")

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the GLMakie screen config has a title attribute, you can set it via `activate!` like here [Backends · Makie](https://docs.makie.org/stable/explanations/backends/#activating_backends) or in the `GLMakie.Screen` constructor

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**Author:** ![ufechner7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ufechner7/32/51363_2.png) [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-set-the-title-of-a-makie-window/113228/3 "2024-04-19T13:48:40Z")

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Thank you!

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**Author:** ![ufechner7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ufechner7/32/51363_2.png) [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-set-the-title-of-a-makie-window/113228/4 "2024-04-30T15:52:35Z")

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Hello,  
while this solution works BEFORE displaying the window, it does NOT work after displaying a window. In other words, I cannot change the title of an existing Makie window that has already been activated.

Is there a way to achieve that?

If I could access the underlying GLFW window it should be possible:  
[https://www.glfw.org/docs/latest/window\_guide.html#window\_title](https://www.glfw.org/docs/latest/window_guide.html#window_title)

EDIT:  
This works:

```julia
import GLMakie.GLFW

GLFW.SetWindowTitle(screen.glscreen, "New title...")

```