# XY Chart: how to prevent long text getting clustered? Is there a way to break it into multiple lines?

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**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [March 18, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-how-to-prevent-long-text-getting-clustered-is-there-a-way-to-break-it-into-multiple-lines/71273 "2023-03-18T17:37:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lalillo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Lalillo1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lalillo1)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-how-to-prevent-long-text-getting-clustered-is-there-a-way-to-break-it-into-multiple-lines/71273/1 "2023-03-18T17:37:32Z")

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Hello,

This is my issue I am trying to correct in the x-axis label:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/f/bff157369173ad597aa8e49f92154ae102cd4afe.png)  
The x axis label comes from my data source: "label" column...

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/0/008e73c245f1be0cbeef921d572b638521516360.png)  
So, in my series setup, I call for the "label" column as my x-axis label. However is there anyway to wrap the "label" text in the highlighted item in the next screenshot?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/a/da5b049bd33dae31e1ce0d66c1dc89ac300b6c94.png)

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**Author:** ![zacharyw.larson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zacharyw.larson/32/23749_2.png) [@zacharyw.larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacharyw.larson)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-how-to-prevent-long-text-getting-clustered-is-there-a-way-to-break-it-into-multiple-lines/71273/2 "2023-04-11T12:30:02Z")

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What version are you on?  
There is a rotate text option on newer versions.  
(Only issue I have with rotating my text is not knowing how to control the chart/text height consistently.)

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**Author:** ![Lalillo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Lalillo1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lalillo1)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-how-to-prevent-long-text-getting-clustered-is-there-a-way-to-break-it-into-multiple-lines/71273/3 "2023-04-18T22:35:22Z")

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I am on 8.1.14

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**Author:** ![zacharyw.larson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zacharyw.larson/32/23749_2.png) [@zacharyw.larson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zacharyw.larson)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-how-to-prevent-long-text-getting-clustered-is-there-a-way-to-break-it-into-multiple-lines/71273/4 "2023-04-19T12:21:25Z")

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[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Perspective+-+XY+Chart](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Perspective+-+XY+Chart)

The doc shows a wrap below rotate, but has to be manually added. Says after 8.1.10 maybe?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/9/d99df7785d129144542bacc428a448bb0f9eecee.png)

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**Author:** ![Lalillo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Lalillo1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lalillo1)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-how-to-prevent-long-text-getting-clustered-is-there-a-way-to-break-it-into-multiple-lines/71273/5 "2023-04-19T17:32:29Z")

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Great!! Thank you very much for the information