# Option for changing distance between plot guide and axis

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/option-for-changing-distance-between-plot-guide-and-axis/67416>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [August 31, 2021, 10:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/option-for-changing-distance-between-plot-guide-and-axis/67416 "2021-08-31T10:06:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Torkel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/torkel/32/5030_2.png) [@Torkel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Torkel)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 10:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/option-for-changing-distance-between-plot-guide-and-axis/67416/1 "2021-08-31T10:06:03Z")

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A very simple example of why I am interested in this should explain my problem properly:

```julia
hill(x,v,K,n) = v*(x^n)/(x^n+K^n)
plot([1.,1.],[-0.05,0.5],lw=2,linestyle=:dot,color=:black,label="")
plot!([0.0,1.],[0.5,0.5],lw=2,linestyle=:dot,color=:black,label="")
plot!(x->hill(x,1.,1.,2),0,5,label="n = 2",lw=3)
plot!(x->hill(x,1.,1.,5),0,5,label="n = 5",lw=3)
plot!(x->hill(x,1.,1.,10),0,5,label="n = 4",lw=3)
plot!(legend=:bottomright,xlimit=(0.,4.),ylimit=(-0.025,1.05),legendfontsize=10,xticks=[],yticks=[],xguide="Activator",yguide="hill(acitvator)",leftmargin=3mm)
annotate!([(1,-0.07,"K"),(-0.13,0.5,"v/2")]) 

```

creates this plot:  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/d/9/d99805ad2f6d40d6e1e012099050a1f9c945e13c.png)

Now there’s obviously a problem here. Is there some option where I can change the distance between the y axis and the guide (so that “hill(activator)” doesn’t write over “v/2”)?