# Label alignment with two layers (7.15.0) **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Tags:** lens\ **Created:** [September 28, 2021, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/label-alignment-with-two-layers-7-15-0/285334 "2021-09-28T10:01:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tomhe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tomhe/32/120065_2.png) [@tomhe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomhe)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/label-alignment-with-two-layers-7-15-0/285334/1 "2021-09-28T10:01:03Z")
I have a lens visualization (in version 7.15.0) where I want bar chart showing "Closed" vs "Not closed" where I color "Closed" with green and "Not closed" with red. To be able to set different colors for the bars I use two layers, but the thickness of the bars is halved causing the alignment of the labels to look weird. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong? ![kibana alignement](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/e/7ebc68b87d41224070eec2d87ff5c4befe5b528d.png) ---
**Author:** ![Marco\_Liberati](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marco_liberati/32/82953_2.png) [@Marco\_Liberati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marco_Liberati)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/label-alignment-with-two-layers-7-15-0/285334/2 "2021-09-28T13:01:55Z")
Hi @tomhe , welcome to the Kibana community. I think you can achieve what you want with a single layer in Lens, with filtered metrics. Here I've used the `extension.keyword` with `"css"/"deb"` instead of your `Closed/Not closed` categories, but the same result applies. ![Screenshot 2021-09-28 at 14.58.26](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/0/40a18f3c7fd4a0899e41031874037e50f701d171.png) On the "Horizontal axis" you can filter a metric as shown here (click `Add advanced options`): ![Screenshot 2021-09-28 at 14.58.44](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/7/c718e3449f504400253166fd8fa69c87b22adbb9.png) Is this what you were looking for? ---
**Author:** ![tomhe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tomhe/32/120065_2.png) [@tomhe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomhe)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/label-alignment-with-two-layers-7-15-0/285334/3 "2021-09-28T13:57:46Z")
Yes, that's what I'm looking for. You're right in that I don't need two layers for this. The alignment is actually correct and the empty space refers to a bar with zero hits. The trick is to switch to stacked bars. Bar horizontal: ![closed4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/1/b142bce7fa345f348d2023c3ec9e521f5130cd59.png) Bar horizontal stacked: ![closed3](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/f/7f1778abd8352100e47d368f840a1974f1660e6b.png) Going with stacked bars moves the "empty" bar to the end (or beginning) of the bars. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![tomhe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tomhe/32/120065_2.png) [@tomhe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomhe)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/label-alignment-with-two-layers-7-15-0/285334/4 "2021-09-28T14:18:02Z")
My only problem now is that I prefer to have the number inside the bars like this: ![closed5](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/d/ed5a25c669b987165d64d803827fe3cce64479e6.png) But showing the numbers inside the bars like that is not possible for stacked bars: ![closed6](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/e/2e031ec2a4ce508d2398bf26826ace200a93c51d.png) So either I can have my color coding or I can have the numbers. Well, well. ---
**Author:** ![Marco\_Liberati](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marco_liberati/32/82953_2.png) [@Marco\_Liberati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marco_Liberati)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/label-alignment-with-two-layers-7-15-0/285334/5 "2021-09-28T14:34:19Z")
Oh right. There's an issue for stacked bar you can track for value labels: [[Lens] Display total value on top of each bar in the vertical bar chart · Issue #55262 · elastic/kibana · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/55262) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/label-alignment-with-two-layers-7-15-0/285334/6 "2021-10-26T14:34:27Z")
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