# Canvas formatting options

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-formatting-options/265127>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** canvas\
**Created:** [February 22, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-formatting-options/265127 "2021-02-22T22:09:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Larry\_Gregory](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/larry_gregory/32/34969_2.png) [@Larry\_Gregory](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Larry_Gregory)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-formatting-options/265127/2 "2021-02-24T13:44:13Z")

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Hey @fefontana,

The format of the timestamps in the canvas workpad is a known limitation, and is being tracked here: [[Canvas] Apply relevant Kibana advanced settings · Issue #37436 · elastic/kibana · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/37436)

As for changing the format/orientation of the legends...it looks like support for this is being discussed here: [[Canvas] Make it easier to style chart axes · Issue #44325 · elastic/kibana · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/44325). Following the conversation in that thread, I found [a snippet](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-rotate-x-tick-label-in-canvas-css/197179/2) that worked for me:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/a/dad38db640514fdd6ab61d3befd70d68f1d0e5da.png)

This won't be a drop-in fix for you, but it should serve as a starting point:

```auto
.flot-x-axis div {
    white-space: nowrap;
    transform: rotate(-90deg);
    text-indent: -100%;
    transform-origin: top center;
    text-align: right !important;
    top: 280px !important;
}

```

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