# Diagram display options

The most common cosmetic complaint about diagrams is one of these settings, not a broken drawing.

![image-20260907-075550.png](https://help.gocapable.com/images/dccfd15e-853e-4fdc-99a7-738916d702fc.webp)

![image-20260907-075618.png](https://help.gocapable.com/images/3b53e120-a3ef-4d28-b528-12ccae375237.webp)

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## The modes

| **Mode**    | **Behaviour**                                        | **Use when**                                           |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Default** | Scales proportionally to the page width.             | Most diagrams. It is the sensible default.             |
| **Legacy**  | Fixed viewport with pan and zoom.                    | Large diagrams you want to explore rather than shrink. |
| **Max**     | Proportional, expanded to fill more of the page.     | A diagram that is the point of the page.               |
| **Classic** | Authored size, left aligned, frame hugs the drawing. | Matching the look of the old draw.io macro.            |

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**A diagram that looks cut off is usually in a fixed-viewport mode.** Switch to default and it will fit.

## Where it is set

Per diagram in the macro, or per space so a team is consistent by default. The space setting is in [Administration](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/administration.html).

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## A few things that catch people out

* The editor preview does not always match the page, because the page applies the display mode and the editor does not.
* Setting a fixed height overrides proportional scaling.
* Published sites use the same modes, so a diagram cut off in Confluence is cut off there too. See [Integrations](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/integrations.html).

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## Related

[Theming and dark modeColour rather than size.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/display-and-appearance.html)

[AdministrationSpace-wide defaults.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/administration.html)

[ReferenceExact definitions of each mode.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/reference.html)

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_One setting fixes most of the complaints._