# Canvas markdown is not showing data

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-markdown-is-not-showing-data/193442
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [August 2, 2019, 4:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-markdown-is-not-showing-data/193442 "2019-08-02T04:49:43Z")
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### Author: ![lukeelmers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukeelmers/32/35230_2.png) [@lukeelmers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukeelmers)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-markdown-is-not-showing-data/193442/6 "2019-08-02T23:52:06Z")

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You can't change the shape of the markdown widget, but you could use a separate shape element and conditionally color it. The implementation of this would involve a similar technique to what I described above, only applied to the `shape` function instead.

This thread may be of interest, as it is solving a very similar problem: [Can't get shape to render with correct color](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-shape-to-render-with-correct-color/193552)

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