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+---
+title: How to Reduce the Excessive WhiteSpace Around the Chart
+description: Learn how to adjust the padding and legend position of a Chart and remove unnecessary whitespace.
+type: how-to
+page_title: How to Reduce the Excessive WhiteSpace Around the Chart
+slug: chart-kb-remove-excess-whitespace
+tags: chart, padding
+res_type: kb
+ticketid: 1663179, 1559824
+---
+
+## Environment
+
+<table>
+	<tbody>
+		<tr>
+			<td>Product</td>
+			<td>Chart for Blazor</td>
+		</tr>
+	</tbody>
+</table>
+
+## Description
+
+This KB article answers the following questions:
+
+- How to adjust the padding of a Chart in Blazor?
+- How to reduce whitespace around the Chart that is within a Telerik Card?
+- How to make the Chart more compact?
+
+## Solution
+
+To reduce the whitespace around a Chart, use the `Padding` parameter of the ChartSeries.
+
+````CSHTML
+<TelerikCard Width="330px">
+    <CardHeader>
+        <CardTitle>Simple Pie Chart</CardTitle>
+    </CardHeader>
+    <CardBody>
+        <TelerikChart Height="300px">
+            <ChartSeriesItems>
+                <ChartSeries Type="ChartSeriesType.Pie"
+                             Data="@pieData"
+                             Field="@nameof(MyPieChartModel.SegmentValue)"
+                             CategoryField="@nameof(MyPieChartModel.SegmentName)"
+                             Padding="5">
+                </ChartSeries>
+            </ChartSeriesItems>
+            <ChartLegend Position="ChartLegendPosition.Bottom" Width="300">
+            </ChartLegend>
+        </TelerikChart>
+    </CardBody>
+</TelerikCard>
+
+@code {
+
+    private List<MyPieChartModel> pieData = new List<MyPieChartModel>
+    {
+        new MyPieChartModel
+        {
+            SegmentName = "Product 1",
+            SegmentValue = 2
+        },
+        new MyPieChartModel
+        {
+            SegmentName = "Product 2",
+            SegmentValue = 3
+        },
+        new MyPieChartModel
+        {
+            SegmentName = "Product 3",
+            SegmentValue = 4
+        }
+    };
+    public class MyPieChartModel
+    {
+        public string SegmentName { get; set; }
+        public double SegmentValue { get; set; }
+    }
+}
+````
+
+## See Also
+
+- [ChartSeries API Documentation](https://docs.telerik.com/blazor-ui/api/telerik.blazor.components.chartseries)
+- [Chart for Blazor Overview]({%slug components/chart/overview%})