# feature request: effortlessly change between two x-axis-mins **URL:** \ **Category:** Bugabee\ **Created:** [August 12, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-effortlessly-change-between-two-x-axis-mins/11092 "2023-08-12T19:41:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![enbee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/enbee/32/4796_2.png) [@enbee](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/enbee)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-effortlessly-change-between-two-x-axis-mins/11092/1 "2023-08-12T19:41:55Z")
i don’t have a habit of doing this, simply because it would be so much effort. but since the graph zoom is Not At All ideal, i’ve often thought about changing the x-axis-min of many of my longer-running goals to something like only a week or a month in the past. so i believe it would be super handy to be able to quickly change between the default (x-axis-min = the original/chosen starting point many months or years in the past) and a “recent” display mode (x-axis-min = one month / week / 10 days / other short time period of one’s choosing in the past from the current day). **why do i want to see the most recent activity?** because i am interested to see how much autoratcheting there was, what colour the most recent data points have, how often i derailed recently, etc. etc. (some of my goals have 0 post derail reapite, but i think even 7 days post derail respite won’t be visible on a years-long graph.) **why don’t i just change the x-axis-min to yesterday/today and repeat that every two or whatever months to always have a good overview of the recent events?** because i am proud of ALL my progress and don’t just want to visually erase that! ---
**Author:** ![dreev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/dreev/32/4311_2.png) [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-effortlessly-change-between-two-x-axis-mins/11092/2 "2023-08-17T23:34:09Z")
Thanks for helping think through stuff like this! You’re totally right and we just need to hopefully find an answer that doesn’t introduce a new setting (see the [anti-settings principle](https://blog.beeminder.com/choices)). The ideal answer is to move the dynamic graphs from [graph.beeminder.com](https://graph.beeminder.com "Still officially a prototype but pretty solid at this point") to Beeminder proper. Which is still happening! (And I guess serves as a workaround for this feature request in the meantime?) ---
**Author:** ![shanaqui](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/shanaqui/32/3513_2.png) [@shanaqui](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/shanaqui)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-effortlessly-change-between-two-x-axis-mins/11092/3 "2023-08-18T10:14:36Z")
Just FYI, stuff in the forum doesn’t go into my feedback tracker (due to it being too difficult to ensure that I don’t double-enter stuff as people bump old threads, etc; I think I have some ideas about getting around that, but I haven’t got it nailed down yet). So, at least for now, when you’re super-keen for a feature, or have a bug report, or any other kind of feedback, it’d be super-helpful to let support ([support@beeminder.com](mailto:support@beeminder.com)) know as well. We do use that spreadsheet to aid in decision-making, after all. 😁 Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![enbee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/enbee/32/4796_2.png) [@enbee](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/enbee)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-effortlessly-change-between-two-x-axis-mins/11092/4 "2023-08-19T14:51:32Z")
> [@dreev](#): > > The ideal answer is to move the dynamic graphs from [graph.beeminder.com](https://graph.beeminder.com) to Beeminder proper. Which is still happening! (And I guess serves as a workaround for this feature request in the meantime?) oh yes, wonderful, thank you! i didn’t have that actively on my radar for whatever reason, that [graph.beeminder.com](http://graph.beeminder.com) is much better at this than beeminder proper—should prove to be a sufficient workaround for now `:)` > [@shanaqui](#): > > Just FYI, stuff in the forum doesn’t go into my feedback tracker good to know, thank you! i’ll send a bundle of all my past feature requests pitched on the forum to support right away. `:)`