Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/applyoptions.js
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/applyoptions.js	(revision 19849)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/applyoptions.js	(revision 19850)
@@ -147,6 +147,6 @@
 			ccanvas=document.getElementById(ccanvasid);
 			if(ccanvas==null){
-				ccanvas = $('<canvas id="'+ccanvasid+' width="'+String(cwidth*4)+'" height="'+String(cheight+cheightoffset)+'"></canvas>').insertAfter('#'+options.getfieldvalue('canvasid'));
-				ccanvas.css({'display':'inline-block','position':'relative','top':((canvassize-cheight-cheightoffset)/-2).toFixed(2)+'px'});
+				ccanvas = $('<canvas id="'+ccanvasid+'" width="'+String(cwidth+cheightoffset*4)+'" height="'+String(cheight+cheightoffset)+'"></canvas>').insertAfter('#'+options.getfieldvalue('canvasid'));
+				ccanvas.css({'position':'relative','top':((canvassize-cheight-cheightoffset)/-2).toFixed(2)+'px'});
 				ccontext = ccanvas[0].getContext('2d');
 			}
@@ -154,8 +154,11 @@
 				ccanvas = $('#'+ccanvasid);
 				if (options.exist('colorbarcanvasid')){
+					//store actual colobar size
 					cheight=ccanvas.height();
-					cwidth=ccanvas.width();	
+					cwidth=ccanvas.width();
+					//get html object instead of jqurey object to modify height/width to accomodate labels
+					document.getElementById(ccanvasid).width=ccanvas.width()+cheightoffset*6;
+					document.getElementById(ccanvasid).width=ccanvas.height()+cheightoffset;
 				}
-				ccanvas.css({'display':'inline-block','position':'relative','top':((canvassize-cheight-cheightoffset)/-2).toFixed(2)+'px'});
 				ccontext = ccanvas[0].getContext('2d');
 				/*erase existing colorbar:*/