# Perspective Position property Units

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-position-property-units/30013>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80, perspective\
**Created:** [November 15, 2019, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-position-property-units/30013 "2019-11-15T23:09:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![julian.medina](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/julian.medina/32/9805_2.png) [@julian.medina](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/julian.medina)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-position-property-units/30013/1 "2019-11-15T23:09:01Z")

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Hello guys!  
I have a problem with the units on the Size properties on Perspective.

You see, [according to the manual](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/Position+Properties+on+Perspective+Components), units should be in pixels, but somehow, my units are not:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/b/b1b5e8801d393684aad7efcfc6e58d1af9aedb1b.png)

Which it definitely isn’t the size in pixels (this next screenshot is taken at zoom at 100% in a view of 1920x1080pi):

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/4/4fa58e3f78418ab65cc4d524e9734961cd0f79c4.png)

Am I doing something wrong? Is is a configuration issue?

Thanks in advance for your advice!

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-position-property-units/30013/2 "2019-11-15T23:20:32Z")

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Your coordinate container is in ‘percent’ mode - the values are proportions of the total view size, rather than fixed coordinates. The mode is a setting on the container:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/0/06dead596239d0be1639ae53a3b2de3d0ecffb20.png)

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**Author:** ![julian.medina](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/julian.medina/32/9805_2.png) [@julian.medina](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/julian.medina)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-position-property-units/30013/3 "2019-11-19T16:24:37Z")

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Awesome, thanks for the help!