# Timelion legend out of plot area

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-legend-out-of-plot-area/176222>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** timelion\
**Created:** [April 10, 2019, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-legend-out-of-plot-area/176222 "2019-04-10T12:51:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![joaociocca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joaociocca/32/15827_2.png) [@joaociocca](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joaociocca)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-legend-out-of-plot-area/176222/1 "2019-04-10T12:51:03Z")

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What if instead of this:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/7/7786ed0215ce9ffb5154d4168632e944391b0a81.png)

Is there a way to make the legend use that upper space? Kinda like this (sorry for my poor Paint skills)

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/4/d4c3ed8ddeadb3dd53c9abc5ad779ce7458cb705.png)

I know that upper area is part of the graph because it activates the time bar that appears in every Timelion chart on the dashboard... so why not use that for legend, instead of throwing it in the middle of the plot area?

For example, one of the problems I have with Timelion's legend over the plot area is this:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/e/ceac0bcc2268249ca8b9c11b18323992aea54b0d.png)

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**Author:** ![ppisljar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ppisljar/32/11588_2.png) [@ppisljar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppisljar)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-legend-out-of-plot-area/176222/2 "2019-04-10T13:19:36Z")

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thats unfortunately not possible.

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**Author:** ![joaociocca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joaociocca/32/15827_2.png) [@joaociocca](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joaociocca)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-legend-out-of-plot-area/176222/3 "2019-04-10T13:29:52Z")

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so sad. Gives me the impression that Timelion was thought only for using as one big graph, and not slim small panels on a dashboard.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-legend-out-of-plot-area/176222/4 "2019-05-08T13:29:55Z")

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