# Interactive plots with Plots.jl and VSCode

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interactive-plots-with-plots-jl-and-vscode/111058>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Tags:** plotting, vscode, plots, plotlyjs\
**Created:** [March 2, 2024, 11:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interactive-plots-with-plots-jl-and-vscode/111058 "2024-03-02T11:59:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Eben60](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/eben60/32/13475_2.png) [@Eben60](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Eben60)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 11:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interactive-plots-with-plots-jl-and-vscode/111058/1 "2024-03-02T11:59:06Z")

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I’ve installed PythonPlot and PlotlyJS backends. A test plot with either backend displayed in VSCode pane, and I see no interactive tools.

Here a link to an older topic, recommending trying to display plot in an external plot window, but don’t find the VSCode setting (or a similar one)

> [@How to make this plot interactive?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-make-this-plot-interactive/68379/7):
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> Could you uncheck in VS Code settings “Julia: Use Plot Pane”, restart and try again with external plot windows? Using Julia 1.7 and everything seems to be working.

MacMini M1, Julia 1.10.2, Plots v1.40.1

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 10:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interactive-plots-with-plots-jl-and-vscode/111058/2 "2024-03-05T10:01:46Z")

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This is the setting you’re looking for:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/a/2/a2180dbb9342ec17d4eca25b578419b48c8e35d0.png)

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**Author:** ![Eben60](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/eben60/32/13475_2.png) [@Eben60](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Eben60)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/interactive-plots-with-plots-jl-and-vscode/111058/3 "2024-03-05T14:04:39Z")

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Thank you, somehow I’d managed to overlook it