# Inline plot not showing up Makie

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inline-plot-not-showing-up-makie/100071>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** plotting, vscode, makie, cairo\
**Created:** [June 8, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inline-plot-not-showing-up-makie/100071 "2023-06-08T20:03:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Veenty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/veenty/32/50940_2.png) [@Veenty](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Veenty)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inline-plot-not-showing-up-makie/100071/1 "2023-06-08T20:03:19Z")

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So a couple of days ago i wanted to use GLMakie outside of the inline plot that vscode has (wanted to rotate a 3D plot), so I used Makie.inline!(false)

But now I want to use the standard inline plot for CairoMakie and I tried using Makie.inline!(true) , but no window will show up (Neither inline or outside).

Any ideas on what is going on and how to fix it?

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**Author:** ![garrek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/garrek/32/27937_2.png) [@garrek](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/garrek)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inline-plot-not-showing-up-makie/100071/2 "2023-06-09T04:41:45Z")

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There was a change in the default behavior. You can make it open in a separate window by using:

`GLMakie.activate!(inline=false)`

> <https://github.com/MakieOrg/Makie.jl/issues/2956#issuecomment-1549148770>
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> In the most recent update (GLMakie 0.8.5 on Julia version 0.9.0) GLMakie no long…er opens a separate window when executing from a file in Visual Studio Code (Julia extension also on the latest version). Instead, plots open in a new tab in VS Code, like CairoMakie. I tested with a new environment with only GLMakie installed and generating a blank \`Figure()\`. I'm not sure if it's a Makie or VSC problem.

See these other posts on the same topic:

> [@GLMakie plotting in VSCode?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/glmakie-plotting-in-vscode/100057):
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> Hello, I just updated my project’s dependencies and suddenly GLMakie displays my interactive plots in VSCode’s plot pane. Both Makie and GLMakie are at the latest versions. Was there any change as to how VSCode or GLMakie treats GLMalkie Screens ?

> [@Using the GLMakie plotting backend](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-the-glmakie-plotting-backend/100013/8):
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> play with Makie.inline(true) or Makie.inline(false). its one or the other smiley