# Is it possible to show on the legend the true minimum and maximum?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-to-show-on-the-legend-the-true-minimum-and-maximum/17659
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [July 13, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-to-show-on-the-legend-the-true-minimum-and-maximum/17659 "2026-07-13T17:02:55Z")
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### Author: ![PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/petrkryslucsd/32/5908_2.png) [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-to-show-on-the-legend-the-true-minimum-and-maximum/17659/1 "2026-07-13T17:02:56Z")

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I’d like to set the minimum and maximum, in which case the legend currently shows the chosen minimum and maximum, not the true minimum and maximum of the scalar field.

Edit: I happened to find “Draw data range labels”. Looks like a good substitute for what I wanted.

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### Author: ![Sahith](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/sahith/32/17770_2.png) [@Sahith](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Sahith)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-to-show-on-the-legend-the-true-minimum-and-maximum/17659/2 "2026-07-14T16:03:50Z")

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Yes, “Draw data range labels” is the way to do it. It shows the actual data minimum and maximum even if you’ve set a custom range for the color map.