# Stop Graphs Auto-Filling Blank Space in Dashboard
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stop-graphs-auto-filling-blank-space-in-dashboard/225867
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [March 31, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stop-graphs-auto-filling-blank-space-in-dashboard/225867 "2020-03-31T13:11:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@KatherineMunro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KatherineMunro)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stop-graphs-auto-filling-blank-space-in-dashboard/225867/1 "2020-03-31T13:11:44Z")
Hi,
maybe I'm not phrasing this right but surprisingly can't find an online solution. I'm building a dashboard with multiple rows of graphs: each row should have three graphs except the top row which should have only two. These two should be the same width as all those below, i.e. 1/3 the page width. But when I set their width as such, a graph from the next row slides up to fill the blank space that is left. I tried making an empty element, i.e. a line graph with no data and where I set all axis to not visible, but the legend is still there and the title 'Empty Element' is also displayed on the dashboard. There must be a better solution.
Thanks,
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### Author:  [@Nathan\_Reese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Reese)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stop-graphs-auto-filling-blank-space-in-dashboard/225867/2 "2020-03-31T15:44:20Z")
What version of kibana are you using?
> But when I set their width as such, a graph from the next row slides up to fill the blank space that is left.
What action are you performing that causes the dashboard to re-adjust the panels?
You could put a markdown visualization as a place holder for the empty spot.
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### Author:  [@KatherineMunro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KatherineMunro)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2020, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stop-graphs-auto-filling-blank-space-in-dashboard/225867/3 "2020-04-01T09:46:04Z")
Hi,
I'm on 5.6.5. I just solved the problem using the empty markdown visualisation, thank you.
(FYI The action causing the problem was: say my top row of graphs had just two graphs which were 1/2 the available width each, and underneath I had a row of three graphs 1/3 the available width each. If I resized the top two graphs to make them also only 1/3 the available width wide, a graph from underneath would slide up to fill that spot.)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2020, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stop-graphs-auto-filling-blank-space-in-dashboard/225867/4 "2020-04-29T09:46:08Z")
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