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Better control over the shapes, textbox and images

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on 03 Dec 2015 15:39:42

Please consider adding functionality to give the report author more control of shapes, textboxes and images. This functionality might include grouping, disabling selection, etc.

This would enrich the options for organizing data onto the report page and will remove all those unnecessary grey lines and rectangles that the user sees when hovering over the controls

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710202e8 6ff6-ea11-a815-000d3a563be2 on 14 Sep 2020 10:06:53

RE: Better control over the shapes, textbox and images

Hi,

a better workaround than using an action on Bookmark is to make an Action on Navigation Page.
Create a measure with your page name as value and then choose this mesure on Fx action.

Sync and filters will no change as it may append on bookmark.

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7325ddb6 9cf1-ea11-a815-000d3a8faea9 on 08 Sep 2020 06:45:47

RE: Better control over the shapes, textbox and images

I have also the same issue, I use image as background and placed some visuals on top of image and image set as a back. It looks good but when users accidentally click on the image, it covers all the visuals/KPI which doesn't looks good.

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02b95658 2c0a-48d7-8257-1d81e01b7bb3 on 06 Jul 2020 00:18:14

RE: Better control over the shapes, textbox and images

I have the same issue, I use shapes as background tiles to separate different sections of my dashboard. It looks fantastic but when users accidentally click on the shape / tiles, it covers all the visuals which is extremely poor in terms of UX.

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a9de738c 2635-446a-9c58-caa684ed37ea on 06 Jul 2020 00:16:09

RE: Better control over the shapes, textbox and images

Supporting the idea to disable selection.
It will give the end user a more professional impression if they don't get stuck by clicking on the wrong shape..

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0c8235f7 0488-443c-afe9-ad915ddaf53d on 06 Jul 2020 00:10:03

RE: Better control over the shapes, textbox and images

I would like to add the folowing to it:
By default Power BI give shapes a padding which seems te be a percentages of the shape size. This is ok when all shapes have the same size but it can become very uggly when shapes have different sizes and you have them snap to grid.
\I would like to be able to format the padding of shapes, both as a percentage as well as in number of pixels. This should also be possible in the json-template.

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 06 Jul 2020 00:09:12

RE: Better control over the shapes, textbox and images

small thing but very annoying. would be good to be able to disable possibility of selecting an item so that it doesnt get brought to front.
lots of people do some "design" on the page using shapes

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 06 Jul 2020 00:08:24

RE: Better control over the shapes, textbox and images

Please get this into the backlog! This is turning off decision makers, because it is the only way to have a modern look and feel that you can control. Add the disable focus or disable selection toggle.

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b5f390e5 12d3-e811-a974-000d3a1be90a on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:58

RE: Better control over the shapes, textbox and images

Any update on this? If you use shapes, you need this feature. Why would a default behavior be for the shape to be selected and come to the front, getting in the way of your report content? Doesn't make sense. This has been an issue for some time. Please fast track in the backlog.

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c3a84019 957b-491d-86f3-585038d8aa8e on 06 Jul 2020 00:04:13

RE: Better control over the shapes, textbox and images

Agreed disabling a textbox or image from selection altogether is needed.

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5507bb45 bf6c-4205-93cd-e90fe180daef on 06 Jul 2020 00:01:37

RE: Better control over the shapes, textbox and images

I agree, this sould be a option, we sould be able to say : this image can't be select by the user, and more option in the image manipulation is a most.