# \[FEATURE\] Perspective PowerChart - Stop information boxes from overlapping **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81, perspective\ **Created:** [June 1, 2021, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-powerchart-stop-information-boxes-from-overlapping/47286 "2021-06-01T06:10:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-powerchart-stop-information-boxes-from-overlapping/47286/1 "2021-06-01T06:10:05Z")
v8.1.5 Many (all?) of the features of the PowerChart that show information boxes will overlap each other if they’re close enough. For example multiple x-traces, annotations, etc. It would be good if these would auto-arrange themselves so that they don’t overlap each other. It would also be good to be able to actually move them around manually as well. The date in particular is a bit unuseable at the moment if they overlap, as clicking in the different boxes to bring them to the foreground doesn’t work for the dates as they don’t have an opaque/semi-transparent box that they’re sitting in to cover the other dates they’re sitting on top of. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/1/31909a5979a3e126c61f1305bebafe742e9e04ea.png) ---
**Author:** ![matthew.ayre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matthew.ayre/32/19499_2.png) [@matthew.ayre](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/matthew.ayre)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-powerchart-stop-information-boxes-from-overlapping/47286/2 "2021-06-01T14:02:46Z")
Literally came across the same issue over the weekend. Very annoying when viewing charts on a mobile 😩 My other issue was trying to clear X-traces without exposing the options menu. It would be nice to have a shortcut to do this. Another feature request incoming… 😆 ---
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-powerchart-stop-information-boxes-from-overlapping/47286/3 "2021-06-01T20:41:52Z")
I ended up clearing all but the last xtrace as it was pretty much unusable. Operators aren’t going to dive into menus to try and find some option they don’t know exists to clear the xtraces. It’s not often they would use multiple at the same time anyways 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![matthew.ayre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matthew.ayre/32/19499_2.png) [@matthew.ayre](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/matthew.ayre)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-powerchart-stop-information-boxes-from-overlapping/47286/4 "2021-06-02T10:33:48Z")
Good idea, I will probably do this for now (it’s only for my Maker stuff so not important). For my use case it would have been nice to remove specific x-traces by clicking on them again. But alas… The Power Chart is still in it’s infancy and seems to be receiving a bit of love, so hopefully it won’t be too long before some more QoL features are added. ---
**Author:** ![Bart.van.Deurzen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@Bart.van.Deurzen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bart.van.Deurzen)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-powerchart-stop-information-boxes-from-overlapping/47286/5 "2021-10-29T04:30:00Z")
I second those requests. And it would actually be good if you could move the label on the x-trace down to where-ever you want. Also, the x-trace boxes don’t size with the information displayed in them, so that the text ends up going outside box boundaries. ---
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-powerchart-stop-information-boxes-from-overlapping/47286/6 "2021-10-29T07:05:23Z")
@Bart.van.Deurzen You might like this: > [@\[FEATURE\] Increase usability of the Perspective Power Chart component](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-increase-usability-of-the-perspective-power-chart-component/51474): > > 8.1.5 Putting it bluntly, the Perspective trend tool has a lot of work left to be done to it in order for it to be a useful tool. In its current state, it's very difficult to use. To me, the ability to easily view and diagnose issues from a trend is a cornerstone of any SCADA application. EDIT: Demos from another SCADA: The main things are: Edit: 0) IMO, these are the 2 biggest issues currently with the Power Chart: [[FEATURE] Increase usability of the Perspective Power Chart component - #55…](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-increase-usability-of-the-perspective-power-chart-component/51474/55) ---
**Author:** ![richardNZ15](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/richardnz15/32/33373_2.png) [@richardNZ15](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/richardNZ15)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-powerchart-stop-information-boxes-from-overlapping/47286/7 "2025-06-02T22:34:23Z")
Going to add my frustration to this one.. overlapping X-trace labels make them practically unusable. Not sure how they're rendered, perhaps it is extremely difficult to make their positioning dynamic. But manual adjustment (even if temporary) would at least make it somewhat usable. ---
**Author:** ![Nol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Nol](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nol)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-perspective-powerchart-stop-information-boxes-from-overlapping/47286/8 "2026-09-29T15:39:58Z")
Re-bump - Still an issue even in 8.3. Annotations seem useless without a way to offset them.