# Perspective XYChart Bullet Render Shape

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xychart-bullet-render-shape/70237>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [February 23, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xychart-bullet-render-shape/70237 "2023-02-23T18:41:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Bennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jonathan\_Bennett](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jonathan_Bennett)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xychart-bullet-render-shape/70237/1 "2023-02-23T18:41:50Z")

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Is there a way to change the bullet shape on the Perspective XY chart? Currently using 8.1.17.

When making a line chart, I only have the option to render the bullet as "circle" or "label", but in the docs, it says the following: "Type of bullet to render. Options are circle, rectangle, or icon."

Manually inputing "rectangle" or "icon" will still default to "circle".

Am I missing something?

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**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xychart-bullet-render-shape/70237/2 "2023-02-24T02:33:06Z")

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Hmm; it didn't work for me either. As a workaround, you could put a special character in the label prop: Examples: ■, ⯃, ▬

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 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/8/d8f0885b2b2c41a9e3840b567f42f249601f6246.png)

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Bennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jonathan\_Bennett](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jonathan_Bennett)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xychart-bullet-render-shape/70237/3 "2023-02-24T20:56:18Z")

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That is a very clever solution, but I'm now running into another issue. How do you change the color of the label style bullet?

My project is set to a dark theme, and all of the label bullets appear black. Not to mention this graph has multiple overlapping lines, so color is important for distinction.

I've tried changing the "fill" and "stroke" properties, but nothing happens. I also tried to do a deep dive into the amchart docs, and that led me nowhere.

I hope I'm not in a "pick your poison" situation with bullet shape vs color.

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**Author:** ![avaughn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/avaughn/32/38972_2.png) [@avaughn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/avaughn)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xychart-bullet-render-shape/70237/4 "2023-02-24T21:06:30Z")

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> [@Jonathan\_Bennett](#):
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> How do you change the color of the label style bullet

This is a bug that was fixed in 8.1.25.

Screenshot from the [8.1.25 release notes](https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/releasenotes/8.1.25):

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/e/3ef21fad872edcbba0986cd64176455a29408816.png)

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Bennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jonathan\_Bennett](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jonathan_Bennett)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xychart-bullet-render-shape/70237/5 "2023-02-27T12:56:52Z")

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Thank you for the reply. Looks like using the label will be a feasible solution. I'll plan on updating my gateway as soon as I'm able.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Bennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jonathan\_Bennett](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jonathan_Bennett)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xychart-bullet-render-shape/70237/6 "2023-03-02T13:09:20Z")

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For future reference, it does indeed work in 8.1.25:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/0/1047a08e2003f7a75c72065cc3790d9ef7c37217.png)