# Minor grid lines in CairoMakie

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minor-grid-lines-in-cairomakie/98074>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** question, visualization, makie\
**Created:** [April 29, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minor-grid-lines-in-cairomakie/98074 "2023-04-29T02:25:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AkchurinDA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/akchurinda/32/49367_2.png) [@AkchurinDA](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/AkchurinDA)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minor-grid-lines-in-cairomakie/98074/1 "2023-04-29T02:25:08Z")

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Hi everyone,  
I’m relatively new to Julia, but a long-time user of MATLAB. I want to know how to create plots with CairoMakie with minor gridlines in the same fashion you would do in MATLAB using

```julia
grid on
grid minor

```

without creating them manually by writing 2 `for` loops with `vlines!()` and `hlines!()` in Julia. I know that you can create minor grid lines in CairoMakie by setting the `xminorgridvisible` and `yminorgridvisible` to `true` when defining axes, but the minor gridlines that CairoMakie produces are still course (i.e., CairoMakie creates only 1 minor grid line between 2 major grid lines while MATLAB creates 4). Is there a workaround for creating such fine minor grid in CairoMakie with attributes?  
Thank you!

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**Author:** ![jar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@jar1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jar1)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minor-grid-lines-in-cairomakie/98074/2 "2023-04-29T02:32:58Z")

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`xminorticks=IntervalsBetween(4)` ?

[https://docs.makie.org/stable/examples/blocks/axis/index.html#minor\_ticks\_and\_grids](https://docs.makie.org/stable/examples/blocks/axis/index.html#minor_ticks_and_grids)

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**Author:** ![AkchurinDA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/akchurinda/32/49367_2.png) [@AkchurinDA](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/AkchurinDA)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/minor-grid-lines-in-cairomakie/98074/3 "2023-04-29T02:38:10Z")

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This is exactly what I needed, thank you!