# VegaLite: Text labels on bar charts

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vegalite-text-labels-on-bar-charts/36048>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Tags:** question, plotting\
**Created:** [March 16, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vegalite-text-labels-on-bar-charts/36048 "2020-03-16T16:51:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vegalite-text-labels-on-bar-charts/36048/2 "2020-03-16T18:09:29Z")

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I think if you change the line that does the composition to

```julia
mp = @vlplot() + bp + tp

```

it should work. I have to admit I don’t fully understand why right now 🙂

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