# Size elements in perspective

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/size-elements-in-perspective/43610>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [February 19, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/size-elements-in-perspective/43610 "2021-02-19T11:30:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![OscarLucas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/oscarlucas/32/6417_2.png) [@OscarLucas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/OscarLucas)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/size-elements-in-perspective/43610/1 "2021-02-19T11:30:49Z")

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Dear all I am working with perspective, and i don’t understand how to set the size of a button for example. If i wanted bigger the program do not give me access to do it.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/c/acac996304262dd27ef280eae038d5b685c5c6d4.png)  
Looks to be very easy, but i found this problem all the time

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**Author:** ![calimero100582](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/calimero100582/32/18630_2.png) [@calimero100582](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/calimero100582)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/size-elements-in-perspective/43610/2 "2021-02-19T12:41:29Z")

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If you want a wider button, you will need to change the size of the flex container. If you want to change the vertical size, in a flex container, you need to change position.basis (which is the minimum size), or set position.grow to something else than 0.

If you want a single button in the multistate to have a different size, I don’t know if this is possible without individual button

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**Author:** ![bschroeder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bschroeder/32/13260_2.png) [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/size-elements-in-perspective/43610/3 "2021-02-19T13:25:15Z")

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Perspective is very different from Vision on how sizing etc… is accomplished.

If you want to duplicate the same type of control that you have in Vision then you need to use the coordinate container.

I would suggest watching the inductive university videos on the perspective stuff… they do a good job a covering all the basics.

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**Author:** ![OscarLucas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/oscarlucas/32/6417_2.png) [@OscarLucas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/OscarLucas)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 5:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/size-elements-in-perspective/43610/4 "2021-02-22T05:57:08Z")

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I have watched the videos. But i don´t know the strategy of make windows etc. Do you recommend make a root with coordinate container in to manage the size? is not other way?

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**Author:** ![OscarLucas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/oscarlucas/32/6417_2.png) [@OscarLucas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/OscarLucas)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 5:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/size-elements-in-perspective/43610/5 "2021-02-22T05:59:56Z")

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I will check, thanks

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**Author:** ![bschroeder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bschroeder/32/13260_2.png) [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/size-elements-in-perspective/43610/6 "2021-02-22T13:14:50Z")

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If you want defined x,y position and complete control over the size of elements then yes a coordinate container is the way to go.