# Standalone window from Plots.jl or GLMakie in jupyter lab?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/standalone-window-from-plots-jl-or-glmakie-in-jupyter-lab/132674
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** plotting
**Created:** [September 26, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/standalone-window-from-plots-jl-or-glmakie-in-jupyter-lab/132674 "2025-09-26T12:45:26Z")
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### Author: ![cpf-work](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cpf-work/32/53078_2.png) [@cpf-work](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cpf-work)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/standalone-window-from-plots-jl-or-glmakie-in-jupyter-lab/132674/1 "2025-09-26T12:45:26Z")

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I’m using jupyter lab and have trouble to get a standalone window (not inline) from Plots.jl and GLMakie. I tried

```julia-auto
using Plots
scatter(rand(5), rand(5), legend=false)
gui()

```

and also

```julia-auto
plt = plot()
scatter!(plt, rand(5), rand(5), legend=false)
gui(plt)

```

both of which do nothing when executed in a jupyter lab cell. Is this expected behaviour? The [documentation](https://docs.juliaplots.org/stable/output/) for me suggests it should work?  
This is in julia 1.11 with an environment where I only installed Plots.jl. It works fine in repl. I also played around with GLMakie, but I cannot get a standalone window there either…

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### Author: ![sdanisch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sdanisch/32/1406_2.png) [@sdanisch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sdanisch)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/standalone-window-from-plots-jl-or-glmakie-in-jupyter-lab/132674/2 "2025-09-26T13:36:08Z")

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For GLMakie its:

```julia
GLMakie.activate!(inline=false)
display(figure)

```

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### Author: ![cpf-work](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cpf-work/32/53078_2.png) [@cpf-work](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cpf-work)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/standalone-window-from-plots-jl-or-glmakie-in-jupyter-lab/132674/3 "2025-09-26T14:20:26Z")

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Perfect, the following works, thank you!

```julia-auto
using GLMakie
GLMakie.activate!(inline=false)
fig = Figure()
ax = Axis(fig[1, 1])
scatter!(ax, rand(4), rand(4))
display(fig)

```

But where’s the documentation for the `inline` option? I can’t find any reference to `inline` in the [GLMakie documentation](https://docs.makie.org/stable/explanations/backends/glmakie)…