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    Pedro Innecco on 07 Jan 2015 17:27:10

    I think this is a must not only for Power BI designers (the online one and the desktop one), but also the Power View designers (both SharePoint and Excel).

    We need the ability to be able to align, resize and distribute components in a dashboard/sheet. I mean the controls we normally find with office tools such as:

    * Alignment: Align left, right, top, bottom, centre, middle. Distribute horizontally and vertically. Snap to grid, view gridlines, set gridlines, etc.

    * Positioning: Being able to see and specify x and y coordinates for objects.

    * Sizing: Specify height and width values.


    I feel these requirements are long overdue since the initial release of Power View years ago.

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    0d57856b e578-4a0d-8651-7e99a175f88e on 05 Jul 2020 22:05:34

    RE: Add alignment, positioning and sizing controls for Power BI/View report designers

    Yes, totally need to have these options available.

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    ae82a401 eadb-e711-8114-fc15b428ab70 on 05 Jul 2020 22:04:53

    RE: Add alignment, positioning and sizing controls for Power BI/View report designers

    Alignmet lines or design grid is also something I need

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    ae82a401 eadb-e711-8114-fc15b428ab70 on 05 Jul 2020 22:04:50

    RE: Add alignment, positioning and sizing controls for Power BI/View report designers

    It has nothing to do with excel, I want to be able to align the objects when I am doing a report in the power bi desktop, so they are organised when I click on the objects from the dashbaord.

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    f076b7de d0ee-4a98-bf0e-876c8d35a9a4 on 05 Jul 2020 22:04:43

    RE: Add alignment, positioning and sizing controls for Power BI/View report designers

    Excel does great job giving us control over positioning, grid. PowerPoint gives us line where everything else falls, so we can align with rest of the charts/text, etc.

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    39b3c17c 7404-4526-92bd-eac0316c310d on 05 Jul 2020 22:04:42

    RE: Add alignment, positioning and sizing controls for Power BI/View report designers

    Agree all are very important

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    a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 05 Jul 2020 22:04:42

    RE: Add alignment, positioning and sizing controls for Power BI/View report designers

    This would save me so much time!!! Would be very nice for all those perfectionists out there.

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    af809413 4c13-49bd-8867-5be403576626 on 05 Jul 2020 22:04:35

    RE: Add alignment, positioning and sizing controls for Power BI/View report designers

    Would like to have some 'Grid ruler' features and snap to grid.

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    0b3cf27e c3e6-4a8a-b725-20500f9b3e61 on 05 Jul 2020 22:04:26

    RE: Add alignment, positioning and sizing controls for Power BI/View report designers

    Totally agree ... alignment is a must

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    36c076c4 dfe4-4b30-9245-155de15b64d7 on 05 Jul 2020 22:04:21

    RE: Add alignment, positioning and sizing controls for Power BI/View report designers

    It appears that measures are always right-aligned. CONCATENATEX(VALUES(...)) should be left-aligned by default at the very least.

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    c3e9875e 2484-435b-980d-62ec722e2b3e on 05 Jul 2020 22:04:21

    RE: Add alignment, positioning and sizing controls for Power BI/View report designers

    Provide the ability to align visuals with each other on the canvas in the same way that you can align shapes in Excel or PPT