# Power Chart Blurry X-Trace

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-chart-blurry-x-trace/63423>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [August 24, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-chart-blurry-x-trace/63423 "2022-08-24T20:55:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![catherine.fowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@catherine.fowler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/catherine.fowler)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-chart-blurry-x-trace/63423/1 "2022-08-24T20:55:02Z")

</div>

We’re running Ignition 8.1.14 and are having a weird visualization issue with x-traces on the Power Chart component. When using a touch screen or simulating a touch screen, placing an x-trace on a real time trend will sometimes produce a second x-trace that becomes slightly offset and makes the intended x-trace look blurry. When another x-trace is added, the unintentional x-trace changes position to shadow the newest x-trace only:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/f/af54e808e9f79746719b3c84171f2f22407e1f75.png)

When investigating the elements in the browser, I find that an additional time marker is inserted separate to the array containing the intended time markers:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/7/07426163354f3553e1ec692644454e8259d6e95a.png)

Additionally, if the trend is in real time mode, the position continuously decrements by a tenth, offsetting it more and more as time passes:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/0/00e0eb2379d7fd9f0b63402378e6c32452db2c9c.png)

If it’s in historical mode, then the position doesn’t decrement, so even if the odd duplicate x-trace is added (which I can see in the elements), it perfectly overlaps the intended x-trace, so everything _looks_ fine.

Is there anything I can do to fix this so it never looks blurry in real time mode?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Munkhbat\_Munkhtulga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Munkhbat\_Munkhtulga](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Munkhbat_Munkhtulga)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-chart-blurry-x-trace/63423/2 "2022-08-30T19:50:56Z")

</div>

Hi Catherine,

I am having trouble replicating this behavior. Would you be able to show this on a remote session? You can do so by contacting our support department.

[https://www.inductiveautomation.com/support/home/](https://www.inductiveautomation.com/support/home/)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![catherine.fowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@catherine.fowler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/catherine.fowler)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/power-chart-blurry-x-trace/63423/3 "2022-08-30T20:15:26Z")

</div>

Thank you Munkhbat, I will submit a request. It is a finicky issue to recreate, both because it needs to be on a touchscreen or simulating a touch screen while in real time and because sometimes it takes a few times of clearing x-traces and replacing them to get it to happen.