# Adjust Y Position on Report Detail for Label Printer **URL:** \ **Category:** questions\ **Tags:** report\ **Created:** [May 13, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/adjust-y-position-on-report-detail-for-label-printer/9106 "2026-05-13T20:36:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jorge-paladino](https://clarionhub.com/user_avatar/clarionhub.com/jorge-paladino/32/2847_2.png) [@jorge-paladino](https://clarionhub.com/u/jorge-paladino)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/adjust-y-position-on-report-detail-for-label-printer/9106/1 "2026-05-13T20:36:13Z")
Good afternoon! I’m trying to edit the Y-position of a report; it’s labels. But I can’t find the point to adjust it. Can anyone help me? I’m trying to use ```clarion REPORT$?detail_termica{PROP:Ypos}=1 ``` or ```clarion SetTarget(report) REPORT$?detail_termica{PROP:Ypos}=1 settarget() ``` But the `?detail` tag doesn’t change position. I need this because label printers have different values ​​for this starting position. I would like to be able to edit this according to the client’s printer. My report ```clarion REPORT REPORT('Etiquetas A4'),AT(1,15,41,25),PRE(RPT),PAPER(PAPER:USER,2350,1580),FONT('MS Sans Serif', | 8,,FONT:regular),MM detail_termica DETAIL,AT(0,0,43,25),USE(?detail_termica),#ORDINAL(1) STRING(@s45),AT(3,0,39,4),USE(Qtq_:Line1),FONT('Tw Cen MT Condensed',10,,,CHARSET:ANSI), | TRN,#ORIG(?String1),#ORDINAL(2) STRING(@s45),AT(3,4,39),USE(Qtq_:Line2),FONT('Tw Cen MT Condensed',10,,,CHARSET:DEFAULT), | TRN,#ORIG(Qtq_:Line1),#ORDINAL(3) STRING(@s45),AT(3,8,39),USE(Qtq_:Line3),FONT('Tw Cen MT Condensed',10,,,CHARSET:DEFAULT), | TRN,#ORIG(Qtq_:Line1),#ORDINAL(4) STRING(@s50),AT(3,14,37,9),USE(Qtq_:Line7),FONT('C39HrP24DhTt',25,,,CHARSET:ANSI), | CENTER,#ORIG(Qtq_:Line5),#ORDINAL(5) END END ``` It is programmed to `y=15`, but in some cases I need to change it to 0, for example. I would like to do this with variables, without having to modify the report. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![jslarve](https://clarionhub.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jslarve](https://clarionhub.com/u/jslarve)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/adjust-y-position-on-report-detail-for-label-printer/9106/2 "2026-05-13T21:07:14Z")
You can’t really fight the report by changing the detail’s position like that (unless you want to use ABSOLUTE and own the position every time 🙂 ) I would query the printer’s printable area, then set the report’s dimensions. Then the detail will print where it’s supposed to go, naturally. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleEdge2214](https://clarionhub.com/user_avatar/clarionhub.com/purpleedge2214/32/5109_2.png) [@PurpleEdge2214](https://clarionhub.com/u/PurpleEdge2214)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/adjust-y-position-on-report-detail-for-label-printer/9106/3 "2026-05-14T02:14:44Z")
Try adding a report header and adjusting the height of that. A detail prints at wherever the report print head is at the time, automatically, so I don’t think you can change it? ---
**Author:** ![CarlBarnes](https://clarionhub.com/user_avatar/clarionhub.com/carlbarnes/32/1859_2.png) [@CarlBarnes](https://clarionhub.com/u/CarlBarnes)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/adjust-y-position-on-report-detail-for-label-printer/9106/5 "2026-05-14T14:03:41Z")
> [@jorge-paladino](#): > > ```auto > REPORT REPORT('Etiquetas A4'),AT(1,15,41,25),PRE(RPT),PAPER(PAPER:USER,2350,1580),FONT('MS Sans Serif',8,,FONT:regular),MM > detail_termica DETAIL,AT(0,0,43,25),USE(?detail_termica),#ORDINAL(1) > > ``` You need to adjust the Report `AT(1,15,41,25)`. That Report AT() is what defines the X/Y and Width/Weight of the “Print Area” for Details, so that lets you adjust the position of all details on a page. You probably have just 1 detail, but it works the same. In Designer you would find this on the “Report Designer” menu an item named “Page Layout View”. Normally you work in “Band View”. * * * Since you just have 1 Detail an alternative would be to add the “ABSOLUTE” attribute to the DETAIL. Then the Detail AT(X,Y) is relative to the Page not the Report so `REPORT$?detail_termica{PROP:Ypos}=1` would work to move it up to 1. IIRC ABSOLUTE only allows one detail per report page. ---
**Author:** ![jorge-paladino](https://clarionhub.com/user_avatar/clarionhub.com/jorge-paladino/32/2847_2.png) [@jorge-paladino](https://clarionhub.com/u/jorge-paladino)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/adjust-y-position-on-report-detail-for-label-printer/9106/6 "2026-09-14T00:00:21Z")
I didn’t solve it; I created new reports—one for each label type… unfortunately. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Julian](https://clarionhub.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@Julian](https://clarionhub.com/u/Julian)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 5:48am UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/adjust-y-position-on-report-detail-for-label-printer/9106/7 "2026-09-15T05:48:56Z")
I note your workaround but this is what I did .. [Printing Avery Labels - 65 per page](https://clarionhub.com/t/printing-avery-labels-65-per-page/7689) ---
**Author:** ![Jane](https://clarionhub.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Jane](https://clarionhub.com/u/Jane)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/adjust-y-position-on-report-detail-for-label-printer/9106/8 "2026-09-15T19:15:29Z")
You might also get some ideas from Lee White’s [“nudge” code](https://clarionmag.jira.com/wiki/download/attachments/399458/cmag-2000-10.pdf?api=v2) as published in Clarion Mag long ago (page 45 in the PDF). You can also find his zip of sample code in the cmag repository.