# Improvements to orientation axis
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/improvements-to-orientation-axis/12687
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [August 12, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/improvements-to-orientation-axis/12687 "2023-08-12T01:48:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GregVernon)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/improvements-to-orientation-axis/12687/1 "2023-08-12T01:48:58Z")
## Allow orientation axis “box” to float off-page
Note in the image below that the model obscures the “X” and “Z” text of the orientation axis. In general, it would be nice if I could move the orientation axis further left and down into the corner so as not to overlap with a model I’m rendering.
ParaView allows the user to move a colorbar “off-screen”:
and so it seems like it should be possible for the orientation axis as well.
## Allow specifying thickness of axis lines
Especially with the use of a yellow axis line, it can be hard to see the arrow when against a white background – which I feel is a fairly common background color. It would be nice if, similarly to specifying line widths for rendered edges we could specify line widths for the orientation axis. Then it may be a bit more visible.
For example, notice how much more legible this axis is (constructed manually with `Axes` → `Glyph` + `Text` + `Text` sources) with the same yellow color but thicker lines:
Also, notice how this demonstrates the effect of having moved the axis “off-screen” (or at least its interactive box is partially off-screen).
## Support user-specified colors
Similar to the above image, I often prefer an all-black axis – especially when making figures that need to be legible when printed in grayscale:
But maybe I want to specify unique colors for each axis. Would be nice to have.
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### Author:  [@nicolas.vuaille](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nicolas.vuaille)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2023, 9:20am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/improvements-to-orientation-axis/12687/2 "2023-08-14T09:20:03Z")
Hi @GregVernon ,
Some improvements already are in the master branch and will be part of 5.12 release !
This includes:
- coloration per axis
- visibility per axis
- a new interactive widget (`Camera Orientation Widget`). It comes in addition (not replacement) to the existing one.
Note that you already can scale the widget in interactive mode.
Still missing:
- “offscreen” position
- thickness
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### Author:  [@henrybolt](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/henrybolt)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2024, 6:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/improvements-to-orientation-axis/12687/3 "2024-08-22T06:58:33Z")
It is strange that the orientation axes can’t be moved “off-screen” (or at least its interactive box is partially off-screen). So it can’t be moved to the left-bottom corner.
