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# Horizontal Bar
The **horizontal bar chart** can display the category labels in a natural, easy-to-read manner. If the labels are long they will not overlap. The data can be plotted horizontally, meaning that the longer the bar the larger the category. This is a good way to present data with long labels that would be hard to display below a vertical bar.
## The Method To Use
The method is `s.plt.horizontal_bar()`
It must contain the following input variables:
```python
x: str
order: int
data: Union[str, DataFrame, List[Dict]]
```
Accepts the following input variables as optional:
```python
y: Optional[List[str]]
x_axis_name: Optional[str]
y_axis_name: Optional[str]
title: Optional[str]
rows_size: Optional[int]
cols_size: Optional[int]
padding: Optional[List[int]]
show_values: Optional[List[str]]
option_modifications: Optional[Dict]
variant: Optional[str]
```
## Examples
### 1. Default Configuration
```python
data = [
{'Name': 'd', 'y': 6, 'z': 3},
{'Name': 'c', 'y': 7, 'z': 1},
{'Name': 'b', 'y': 3, 'z': 5},
{'Name': 'a', 'y': 5, 'z': 6},
]
s.plt.horizontal_bar(
data=data, x='Name', order=0,
rows_size=2, cols_size=12,
)
```
### 2. Customization And Context
It is possible to personalize the **title** of the chart, its **subtitle**, name of each **axis**, the **legend,** its **size** and add **padding**. One example could be obtained using:
```python
data = [
{'Count': 'Ph 1', 'Hours': 6, 'People': 3},
{'Count': 'Ph 2', 'Hours': 7, 'People': 1},
{'Count': 'Ph 3', 'Hours': 3, 'People': 5},
{'Count': 'Ph 4', 'Hours': 5, 'People': 6},
]
s.plt.horizontal_bar(
data=data, x='Count',
order=0, rows_size=2, cols_size=10,
padding='0,0,0,1', title='Working Hours and Resources',
)
```
## Variants
By setting the parameter `variant` to the following values the appearance of the chart can be changed:
{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Clean" %}
variant="clean"
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Minimal" %}
variant="minimal"
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Thin" %}
variant="thin"
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Clean Thin" %}
variant="clean thin"
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Minimal Thin" %}
variant="minimal thin"
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Shadow" %}
variant="shadow"
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Clean Shadow" %}
variant="clean shadow"
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Minimal Shadow" %}
variant="minimal shadow"
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}
{% hint style="info" %}
### Featured Content
[Changing the Menu Path](/dev/building-web-app/menu/changing-the-menu-path.md)\
The `menu_path` can be modified.
[Using the Grid](/dev/building-web-app/grid/using-the-grid.md)
It is possible to use any number of rows.
{% endhint %}
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