# How to change the flow chart（engine=dot）direction from up\_down to Left\_right?

**URL:** <https://forum.graphviz.org/t/how-to-change-the-flow-chart-engine-dot-direction-from-up-down-to-left-right/903>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [November 10, 2021, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/how-to-change-the-flow-chart-engine-dot-direction-from-up-down-to-left-right/903 "2021-11-10T08:27:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![zhaoyifan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/5e9695/32.png) [@zhaoyifan](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/zhaoyifan)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/how-to-change-the-flow-chart-engine-dot-direction-from-up-down-to-left-right/903/1 "2021-11-10T08:27:20Z")

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Just as Windows visio can do.

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**Author:** ![mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/graphviz/user_avatar/forum.graphviz.org/mark/32/84_2.png) [@mark](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/mark)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/how-to-change-the-flow-chart-engine-dot-direction-from-up-down-to-left-right/903/2 "2021-11-10T08:44:31Z")

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See example at  
[https://graphviz.org/docs/attrs/rankdir/](https://graphviz.org/docs/attrs/rankdir/)

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**Author:** ![zhaoyifan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/5e9695/32.png) [@zhaoyifan](https://forum.graphviz.org/u/zhaoyifan)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.graphviz.org/t/how-to-change-the-flow-chart-engine-dot-direction-from-up-down-to-left-right/903/3 "2021-11-10T09:16:16Z")

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problems solved, thanks a lot~ 😃