# Updating the X axis labels
**URL:** https://community.plotly.com/t/updating-the-x-axis-labels/9082
**Category:** plotly.js
**Created:** [March 20, 2018, 10:57am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/updating-the-x-axis-labels/9082 "2018-03-20T10:57:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@lcl](https://community.plotly.com/u/lcl)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2018, 10:57am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/updating-the-x-axis-labels/9082/1 "2018-03-20T10:57:06Z")
Hi, I created a simple code example of my issue: [http://jsbin.com/xogapupoca/edit?html,js,console,output](http://jsbin.com/xogapupoca/edit?html,js,console,output)
It creates a couple of series and then tries to update the following things:
- The chart title (working)
- The marker color (not working)
- The x axis labels (not working)
Am I fundamentally misunderstanding the update function? Iโm basically just replacing the original data array with a new one.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Luis
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### Author:  [@etienne](https://community.plotly.com/u/etienne)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/updating-the-x-axis-labels/9082/2 "2018-03-20T13:51:55Z")
Hereโs a working version:
> **[JS Bin](http://jsbin.com/haxuxaqolo/edit?html,js,console,output)**
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In brief, `Plotly.update` **does not** expect new traces and new layout object, it expects key-value update pairs. See [https://plot.ly/javascript/plotlyjs-function-reference/#plotlyrestyle](https://plot.ly/javascript/plotlyjs-function-reference/#plotlyrestyle) for more info.
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### Author:  [@lcl](https://community.plotly.com/u/lcl)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/updating-the-x-axis-labels/9082/3 "2018-03-20T14:10:28Z")
Awesome, it makes sense now ๐
, thanks for the quick reply ๐