# Where is actual development in Plotting?

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**Category:** Visualization\
**Created:** [October 3, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-is-actual-development-in-plotting/6224 "2017-10-03T17:43:35Z")\
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> @StefanKarpinski: What are you missing that cannot be accomplished, e.g. by Plots + GR backend?

I know that for design work, I have a need for more interactivity. At this point in time, GR does not provide much interactivity.

Some of the things I am currently missing from the Plots+GR backend were pointed out by @hgeorgako:

> Would be nice if the new framework supported plotting of time-series data in a seamless manner.
> 
> 1. x-axis to the micro/nanosecond resolution
> 2. ability to zoom in.
> 3. If you are plotting data for 10 days, say between 08:40:00 to 12:45:00, have the ability to ignore the daily/overnight gaps and stitch the time-series together.
> 4. Multiple y-axis for the same x-axis.

FYI @hgeorgako:

The InspectDR backend for Plots.jl has the ability to do 1, 2, and 4.  
Link: [ANN: New interactive Plots.jl backend for large datasets](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-new-interactive-plots-jl-backend-for-large-datasets/1442)

Having a common x-axis is really useful to do interactive exploration of Bode plots (for example).

Sadly, Plots.jl does not support having multiple y-axes for the same x-axis… To use this feature, you would have to use InspectDR.jl directly.

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