# Reduce area to the left of a time series chart?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reduce-area-to-the-left-of-a-time-series-chart/66498>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [November 14, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reduce-area-to-the-left-of-a-time-series-chart/66498 "2022-11-14T21:32:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sahil\_Nagpal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@Sahil\_Nagpal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sahil_Nagpal)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reduce-area-to-the-left-of-a-time-series-chart/66498/1 "2022-11-14T21:32:54Z")

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Hi,  
Just wondering if it is possible to reduce the length that the x-axis goes to the left hand side. I feel like for a time series chart, there will never be a negative time so that is valuable real-estate I would like to use.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/2/b/2b88a14d5a3aec4781746a965c3293fe3f43e236.png)

Thanks!

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**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:** [November 14, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reduce-area-to-the-left-of-a-time-series-chart/66498/2 "2022-11-14T22:07:11Z")

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Yes. Right click on the chart in _Project Browser_ and wrap it in a flex container. Set a negative margin on the chart.

 ![Time series negative margin](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/8/f8f035c2b46044d134136da9c008e846b010964c.png)

_Figure 1. The heavier blue line is the border applied to the flex container to show the boundary of the container. Item (1) is the left edge of the chart._

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**Author:** ![Sahil\_Nagpal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@Sahil\_Nagpal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sahil_Nagpal)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reduce-area-to-the-left-of-a-time-series-chart/66498/3 "2022-11-15T19:58:12Z")

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Thanks this worked. Is there also a way to send this component to the back of the z-index so the axis does not overlap other components? I tried using "send to back" and it doesn't seem to work in the way I expect it to.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/f/efd17e096e5cbac8b08203dc1587d1bf53774b8b.png)

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**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:** [November 15, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reduce-area-to-the-left-of-a-time-series-chart/66498/4 "2022-11-15T21:13:13Z")

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![TimeSeries margin negative](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/8/08144a0e676e58b2470c42a65bbe2773aa6a8b60.png)

It should work. Make sure that you haven't got the chart in the same flex container as the chart and LED display. Note the structure in my Project Browser.

Tip: The LED display is not cool. You're mixing the 1970s with a modern HMI. They're hard to read and a label using TrueType or vector fonts would be so much clearer and give much better contrast.

If you can't get it to work then show your project structure.