# How to show all category x-axis labels?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-show-all-category-x-axis-labels/37691>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [August 13, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-show-all-category-x-axis-labels/37691 "2020-08-13T18:04:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![srieger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@srieger](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/srieger)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-show-all-category-x-axis-labels/37691/1 "2020-08-13T18:04:00Z")

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I have an XY chart using columns. I can only get all the category labels to show if I stretch the chart out really wide. There must be a way to force them all to show. I’ve gone through all the available options but I’m not finding anything that solves this issue. Help, please!

![Screen Shot 2020-08-13 at 2.01.29 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/3/a3299b0cb29708b2a2bb287690678052731e1b60.png)

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**Author:** ![Phil\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c89c15/32.png) [@Phil\_B](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Phil_B)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-show-all-category-x-axis-labels/37691/2 "2020-08-14T20:20:04Z")

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under the grid section on the axis you can set the min distance to a smaller number ot get more points to show.

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