# Valid values for attributes: is there a list or a way to look them up?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/valid-values-for-attributes-is-there-a-list-or-a-way-to-look-them-up/79386
**Category:** Visualization
**Tags:** plotting, makie
**Created:** [April 12, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/valid-values-for-attributes-is-there-a-list-or-a-way-to-look-them-up/79386 "2022-04-12T12:27:20Z")
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### Author:  [@weltenbummler](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/weltenbummler)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/valid-values-for-attributes-is-there-a-list-or-a-way-to-look-them-up/79386/1 "2022-04-12T12:27:20Z")
Hello,
In makie, I can look up a list with attributes by e.g. writing
```julia
fig = Figure()
ax = Axis(fig[1,1])
ax.attributes
```
It lists the attributes and shows the current settings. However, how can I find out the valid values that I can set for each attribute? Is there a command for it, or is there a list somewhere in the documentation?
For example, under `alignmode`, the help and documentation shows that the default is `Inside()` but it doesn’t seem to show other options that are possible.
Thank you.
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### Author:  [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/valid-values-for-attributes-is-there-a-list-or-a-way-to-look-them-up/79386/2 "2022-04-12T13:37:20Z")
For alignmodes there’s this part of the docs [https://makie.juliaplots.org/stable/examples/layoutables/gridlayout/#alignment](https://makie.juliaplots.org/stable/examples/layoutables/gridlayout/#alignment) although I still have to add `Mixed` to it.
Typing the attributes is a work in progress, there are currently efforts underway to limit what you can put into them (if possible) and document the options better.
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### Author:  [@weltenbummler](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/weltenbummler)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2022, 10:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/valid-values-for-attributes-is-there-a-list-or-a-way-to-look-them-up/79386/3 "2022-04-14T10:40:23Z")
Thank you. It might be useful to implement the input checks via a function that returns all valid options for a given attribute. Users could then call that function to see the options available.