Text position in gauges in version > 13.0

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  • What Grafana version and what operating system are you using?
    13.0.1

  • What are you trying to achieve?
    Reposition the text below the gauge, as in previous versions.

  • How are you trying to achieve it?
    Display small-sized gauges, but with readable text.

  • What happened?
    In the current version, the text is positioned in the middle of the gauge.

  • What did you expect to happen?
    The previous version’s behavior, where the text was located below the gauge.

  • Can you copy/paste the configuration(s) that you are having problems with?
    V12.3

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    V13.0.1

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    V12.3

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    V13.0.1

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  • Did you receive any errors in the Grafana UI or in related logs? If so, please tell us exactly what they were.
    No

  • Did you follow any online instructions? If so, what is the URL?
    No

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I tested this on Grafana 13.0.1 and there is currently no option to position text below the gauge in the new Gauge panel. I went through all available options
Style Circle / Arc → text stays inside in both
Text mode Auto, Value, Value and name → text stays inside in all modes
Orientation Auto, Horizontal, Vertical → no effect on text position
This is a change in Grafana 13 redesigned Gauge panel. The old Gauge placed text below the arc, the new one always places it inside.

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1 → Make the panel bigger Since text is now inside the gauge, larger panels give enough room for readable text without overlap or cutoff.

2 → Reduce text size In the Gauge section → Text size → set Value to a smaller number (12 or 14) so it fits inside without being cut off on small panels.

3 → Downgrade to Grafana 12 The old behavior is preserved in v12.