# Perspective XY Chart XTrace **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective, ignition81\ **Created:** [August 8, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xy-chart-xtrace/77578 "2023-08-08T15:53:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Josue\_Cuadras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/josue_cuadras/32/59915_2.png) [@Josue\_Cuadras](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Josue_Cuadras)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xy-chart-xtrace/77578/1 "2023-08-08T15:53:02Z")
Hi everyone, is there a way to active XTrace in a XYChart from Perspective? ---
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xy-chart-xtrace/77578/2 "2023-08-08T16:05:00Z")
No. XY Chart does not have X-Trace functionality. You can apply tooltips, however. Have a look at my notes here: > [@Perspective XY Chart xAxes tooltip text {dateX}](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xy-chart-xaxes-tooltip-text-datex/53580): > > Can anyone see why the date is not appearing in the Tooltip? Reference: [X-Value in XY Chart Bullet Tooltip - #5 by PGriffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/x-value-in-xy-chart-bullet-tooltip/29998/5) ---
**Author:** ![Josue\_Cuadras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/josue_cuadras/32/59915_2.png) [@Josue\_Cuadras](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Josue_Cuadras)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xy-chart-xtrace/77578/3 "2023-08-08T19:08:39Z")
Thank you! Thats the info I was looking for! ---
**Author:** ![Josue\_Cuadras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/josue_cuadras/32/59915_2.png) [@Josue\_Cuadras](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Josue_Cuadras)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xy-chart-xtrace/77578/4 "2023-08-08T20:16:41Z")
Is there a way to chaage te color of the tooltip text? and the size of the bullets? ---
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xy-chart-xtrace/77578/5 "2023-08-08T20:44:42Z")
Bullet size: The best way I've found is to set the bullet border width. When the fill color is the same as the stroke it looks like a solid circle. `series.0.line.appearance.bullets.0.stroke.width : 3` You can set the opacity very low if the bullets are making the chart look cluttered. Set it to zero and they'll disappear but still work on hover. The props hold out the hope that the settings below should work but they don't appear to. `series.0.line.appearance.bullets.0.width : 10` `series.0.line.appearance.bullets.0.height : 10` I haven't got a way to change the tooltip text color. Do a web search for AM Charts documentation. That's what the charts are based on. ---
**Author:** ![Josue\_Cuadras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/josue_cuadras/32/59915_2.png) [@Josue\_Cuadras](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Josue_Cuadras)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xy-chart-xtrace/77578/6 "2023-08-08T21:01:23Z")
I don't have an internet connection at work because I'm an intern, but I found it through my phone! Thanks for the help! [image] ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/4/c4ea4b28c0c2e20d1cd3de839337f3f65e3e19a4.png) ---
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xy-chart-xtrace/77578/7 "2023-08-08T21:16:59Z")
Good find. I urge caution though. Use color wisely and, apart from a site-wide theme, color should _mean_ something - otherwise it's a distraction. I did find that the text color changes automatically from black to white once the `line.appearance.fill.color` transitions from `#7f7f7f` to `#808080` (mid-way through the gray scale).