# Perspectives view width **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition Early Access\ **Created:** [November 12, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspectives-view-width/29897 "2019-11-12T23:57:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![witman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspectives-view-width/29897/10 "2019-11-13T04:32:30Z")
> [@weertske](#): > > why do all that work when all I want is an event to trigger the change in legend location. I agree exposing view dimensions would be useful for things like what you're trying to do here as well as text sizing (there is a workaround for the latter posted in a comment on the idea linked in one of my earlier posts on this thread). It sounds like we'll likely get access to these at some point in the future, but not yet: > [@\[FEATURE-14537\] Perspective: Column Layout View Improvements](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-14537-perspective-column-layout-view-improvements/26786/2): > > Breakpoints determine only the position (row:column:span) of a component. See below See below. The problem is not that you can’t find it, the problem is that there is no such setting. See explanation below. As for row vertical alignment, you should NEVER have more than one row within a row. Make additional rows and position as needed within those. Eventually, when we provide visibility into Viewport dimensions, you’ll be able to accomplish the “width-dependent height definition” pa… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspectives-view-width/29897)._