# Dealing with shifting dimensions of the graph display

**URL:** <https://cl.desmos.com/t/dealing-with-shifting-dimensions-of-the-graph-display/397>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [February 19, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/dealing-with-shifting-dimensions-of-the-graph-display/397 "2019-02-19T16:01:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jared\_Warner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@Jared\_Warner](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Jared_Warner)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/dealing-with-shifting-dimensions-of-the-graph-display/397/1 "2019-02-19T16:01:39Z")

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I’m trying to meticulously format the display of a graph component that is present with a note and expression input component on the same screen. The dimensions of the display seem to be different when I edit the graph than they are when I preview the activity. This means I need to keep adjusting the graph and previewing the activity to format.

Is there some way to set the dimensions of my browser window and/or the ranges of the axes of the graph so that what I see in edit mode is what appears in preview mode?

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**Author:** ![JayChow](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/jaychow/32/1674_2.png) [@JayChow](https://cl.desmos.com/u/JayChow)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/dealing-with-shifting-dimensions-of-the-graph-display/397/2 "2019-02-19T17:29:43Z")

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Not exactly, but setting your window settings and then adjusting the expression bar width until you get a square viewport often helps.

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**Author:** ![HumanizedMath](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/humanizedmath/32/2947_2.png) [@HumanizedMath](https://cl.desmos.com/u/HumanizedMath)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/dealing-with-shifting-dimensions-of-the-graph-display/397/3 "2019-03-18T02:10:37Z")

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One thing that I have done that has helped is create four variables of makeBounds(a,b,c,d). Then in the graph window I have x=a; x=b, y=a, y=b… essentially showing you the same window, but not exactly since I do not think the graph component is square.