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Combine Title and Menu Bar on all Visualizations

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John Fitzpatrick on 28 Apr 2016 11:19:10

Every visualization has a 25 unit bar on top with the "Focus Mode" and "More options links. When combined with a Title bar, this uses 50 units of 720 for the total vertical space on a report page. I like having a Title and the menu options but would like them combined.

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c3d67cf5 de47-4d21-a867-1abc66777fc1 on 05 Jul 2020 23:08:13

RE: Combine Title and Menu Bar on all Visualizations

hmmm, why is this still an issue? Should be simple, ya? ummm, any feedback Microsoft?

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698a305a 3c94-4d43-805e-6eef58f6d4a1 on 05 Jul 2020 23:06:46

RE: Combine Title and Menu Bar on all Visualizations

I completely agree as well, would be useful to just hide it.

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c6210f24 4981-4a5d-bd6e-6fdc2e6e3cad on 05 Jul 2020 23:06:17

RE: Combine Title and Menu Bar on all Visualizations

Not only is it wasted space, but it confuses the hell out of my clients. There should be an option to hide the bar once published.

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32da886b abf9-4030-9dd7-58d3ae387431 on 05 Jul 2020 23:05:53

RE: Combine Title and Menu Bar on all Visualizations

Yes - very annoying. Especially when creating an otherwise "small" KPI just to display a single value. For me, an alternative to the original idea would be to give us the option to completely hide the title bar - on some visuals, the controls there are not practical or useful (I don't need to export data or go full-screen for every single visual)

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af3128fe a548-4680-97ee-838762c59ad4 on 05 Jul 2020 23:03:48

RE: Combine Title and Menu Bar on all Visualizations

For me, this is a huge issue, because all my dashboards have some space on the top, which could be used more efficiently. Also it annoys me, that I click the wrong visualization, when I overlap them. I barely ever use any of the tools in that bar. Please make that optional.

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b1b14b78 b6b9-4e83-8ccd-c5c941e094a8 on 05 Jul 2020 23:03:29

RE: Combine Title and Menu Bar on all Visualizations

Such a waste of space, especially when designer don't want users to use any button on that blank bar.

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3fbb24c2 d0cd-4a00-bd1e-934bf62cb292 on 05 Jul 2020 23:02:17

RE: Combine Title and Menu Bar on all Visualizations

Please, change this! So much wasted space.

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a2a849a6 336a-467e-8016-176ffd0c74d8 on 05 Jul 2020 23:00:16

RE: Combine Title and Menu Bar on all Visualizations

Agree! Menu bars are especially annoying for e.g. text boxes, KPI tiles, etc. In almost every case there's absolutely no use for the menu bar and they take a lot of space and make it difficult to select other objects that are close by. Please make it possible to hide them.

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3da5155a eac4-4236-a728-b6b0989b9e21 on 05 Jul 2020 22:59:18

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I agree with this. It also makes it difficult to line up various things as the extra space on the top is not needed.

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 05 Jul 2020 22:58:58

RE: Combine Title and Menu Bar on all Visualizations

Blows my mind how menu bars is still a thing! Should be able to disable em on a visualization basis!! This ruins so much in most of my reports / dashboards