# Perspective Power Chart - Disable tag path edit on Pen Control Edit

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-power-chart-disable-tag-path-edit-on-pen-control-edit/50251>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [August 25, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-power-chart-disable-tag-path-edit-on-pen-control-edit/50251 "2021-08-25T00:20:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-power-chart-disable-tag-path-edit-on-pen-control-edit/50251/4 "2021-12-06T10:36:44Z")

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Currently the best you can get is to hide it via CSS.

> [@Perspective PowerChart hide "Data" section on Pen settings](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-powerchart-hide-data-section-on-pen-settings/53445/3):
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> Good point, I did not think about this. After inspecting the DOM, there is a specific id for the input field to the Tag Path section named ia\_powerChartComponent\_\_settings\_\_addEditPen\_\_dataSource. I can implement a style rule for this id and set display: none, and have the section be “hidden”… However, a client could easily remove or modify this style rule and gain access to this field. This is not ideal. The ideal situation would be to have the perspective component driving the DOM not inclu…

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