# A04 screen display vertical offset **URL:** \ **Category:** DevTerm\ **Created:** [January 6, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/a04-screen-display-vertical-offset/7829 "2022-01-06T22:20:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 21
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This was discussed on another thread and it sounded like the xrandr method was a.workaround and not an actual fix since either either can be used to shift the missing pixels to the bottom instead of top of screen, or it can be used to stretch the screen as a “fix” which ends up distorting the image. See the discussion below: > [@Help Getting Started with DevTerm](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/help-getting-started-with-devterm/7392/12): > > Unfortunately, it’s not quite that easy: shifting the display four pixels down via xrandr does, indeed, bring back the missing four pixels at the top of the screen… but makes four pixels disappear from the bottom. To test, make a plain 1280x480 image with a four-pixel border all the way around. View it full-screen in Viewnior. You’ll see the top part of the border missing. Use xrandr to shift the display down. Go back to Viewnior. You’ll see the top part of the border present, but the bottom p… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/a04-screen-display-vertical-offset/7829)._