# Axes remain linked even if I use different dimensions names

**URL:** <https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/axes-remain-linked-even-if-i-use-different-dimensions-names/9187>\
**Category:** HoloViews\
**Tags:** holoviews\
**Created:** [May 5, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/axes-remain-linked-even-if-i-use-different-dimensions-names/9187 "2026-05-05T16:12:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![frank](https://discourse.holoviz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@frank](https://discourse.holoviz.org/u/frank)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/axes-remain-linked-even-if-i-use-different-dimensions-names/9187/1 "2026-05-05T16:12:55Z")

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Hello,  
I am trying to compose an `hv.NdLayout` such that

1. only subplots with axes in common have the linked zoom
2. all the subplots show the same label to the user

To do this I am using `hv.Dimension` using same labels and different names, but all the plots reamin linked. In this example instead the linked zoom should couple the 2 groups of subplots:

- the first 2 having `y1` as dimension name
- the last 2 having `y2` as dimension name
- strecthing `y1` axis (with the mouse wheel) should not strecth `y2` axis

Here the code

```auto
df = pd.DataFrame({
    'x': [1, 2, 3], 'y1': [2, 4, 6],
})
df['coord'] = 1
df2 = pd.DataFrame({
    'x': [1, 2, 3], 'y1': [2, 4, 6],
})
df3 = pd.DataFrame({
    'x': [1, 2, 3], 'y2': [2, 4, 6],
})
df4 = pd.DataFrame({
    'x': [1, 2, 3], 'y2': [2, 4, 6],
})
df3['x'] += 1
df4['y2'] += 1
points = hv.Points(df, kdims=['x', hv.Dimension('y1', label='y')])
points2 = hv.Points(df2, kdims=['x', hv.Dimension('y1', label='y')])
points3 = hv.Points(df3, kdims=['x', hv.Dimension('y2', label='y')])
points4 = hv.Points(df4, kdims=['x', hv.Dimension('y2', label='y')])

ly = hv.NdLayout({str(i):v for i, v in enumerate([points,points2,points3, points4])})
ly

```

am I using hv.Dimension in the wrong way ?

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**Author:** ![ahuang11](https://discourse.holoviz.org/user_avatar/discourse.holoviz.org/ahuang11/32/4947_2.png) [@ahuang11](https://discourse.holoviz.org/u/ahuang11)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/axes-remain-linked-even-if-i-use-different-dimensions-names/9187/2 "2026-05-05T16:22:29Z")

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`.opts(shared_axes=False)` I believe

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**Author:** ![frank](https://discourse.holoviz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@frank](https://discourse.holoviz.org/u/frank)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/axes-remain-linked-even-if-i-use-different-dimensions-names/9187/4 "2026-05-05T16:31:22Z")

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Hi thanks !  
In this way **all the subplots** will be unlinked. Instead, I would like to group linked subplots by their dimension names. The problem is that using the same label all the subplots reamin linked. Instead **If I don’t use the same labels** (see below) it works as expected. Maybe it is a bug ?

```auto
df = pd.DataFrame({
    'x': [1, 2, 3], 'y1': [2, 4, 6],
})
df['coord'] = 1
df2 = pd.DataFrame({
    'x': [1, 2, 3], 'y1': [2, 4, 6],
})
df3 = pd.DataFrame({
    'x': [1, 2, 3], 'y2': [2, 4, 6],
})
df4 = pd.DataFrame({
    'x': [1, 2, 3], 'y2': [2, 4, 6],
})
df3['x'] += 1
df4['y2'] += 1
points = hv.Points(df, kdims=['x', hv.Dimension('y1', label='y')])

points = hv.Points(df, kdims=['x', 'y1']) # if I not use hv.Dimension assigning the same labels, it works
points2 = hv.Points(df2, kdims=['x', 'y1'])
points3 = hv.Points(df3, kdims=['x', 'y2'])
points4 = hv.Points(df4, kdims=['x', 'y2'])

ly = hv.NdLayout({str(i):v for i, v in enumerate([points,points2,points3, points4])})
ly

```

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**Author:** ![ahuang11](https://discourse.holoviz.org/user_avatar/discourse.holoviz.org/ahuang11/32/4947_2.png) [@ahuang11](https://discourse.holoviz.org/u/ahuang11)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/axes-remain-linked-even-if-i-use-different-dimensions-names/9187/5 "2026-05-05T22:55:54Z")

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If they’re the same label `y`, they’ll be linked. If you simply want to relabel, use `.opts(ylabel='y')`