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Ability to wrap text in visual titles

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Jake Carville on 25 Aug 2016 18:54:36

When the title of a visual is too long relative to the visual size the title is cut off and replaced by 3 dots. This results in having to hover over the title or entering focus mode to see the full title.

I think the titles should have the option to wrap text, similar to the functionality that the card visual has.

Administrator on 07 Mar 2019 17:45:17

I'm pleased to say we shipped this feature in the Feb 2019 update of Power BI Desktop! You'll see an option to enable word wrap in the formatting pane for visuals. Thanks!

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5f1e620e 8d18-4608-9949-6310f352366b on 05 Jul 2020 23:52:24

RE: Ability to wrap text in visual titles

Great that the team have released some wrapping but we really need the option to map the axis labels and legends.

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3b57ae91 710a-45b9-83d9-d63aa0237eb8 on 05 Jul 2020 23:50:06

RE: Ability to wrap text in visual titles

Why is there no word wrap for Category labels as well?

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cc2b0aa1 478f-46e0-9bfc-7987df76877d on 05 Jul 2020 23:46:54

RE: Ability to wrap text in visual titles

The Wrap Text option only appears in the "Title" formatting menu for the Treemap visual - is it different depending on the visual being used, or did Microsoft only apply the update to Titles? It would be better to have test wrap on all data fields (Category labels...)

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b91ddffc 804a-43e6-bad9-1e62c0178e76 on 05 Jul 2020 23:45:55

RE: Ability to wrap text in visual titles

Does not work correctly. That is that it does not wrap until you size the table smaller than the other columns within the visualization.

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a88c90c7 3d08-4317-8945-357730a4e35b on 05 Jul 2020 23:42:52

RE: Ability to wrap text in visual titles

The same Option should be available for items in the visual not only the title

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52b5cce4 5162-45fc-a468-4609777326e8 on 05 Jul 2020 23:41:01

RE: Ability to wrap text in visual titles

This feature has been released as of the February 2019 desktop update: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-february-2019-feature-summary/

Thanks to all who voted for the idea and for the PBI team for implementing this.

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6de7cffd a8f0-47ae-bdb7-6a74e42c685f on 05 Jul 2020 23:39:55

RE: Ability to wrap text in visual titles

Please add

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04af26f1 cf71-4e43-a253-3799ed7ae2c0 on 05 Jul 2020 23:39:51

RE: Ability to wrap text in visual titles

Yes, please add the feature that can wrap text legend. Please.

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91fa75d3 1a4d-4082-9f6c-1a7e50ec713e on 05 Jul 2020 23:39:01

RE: Ability to wrap text in visual titles

Two and a half years later and this feature has not been added. Let's keep begging, everyone. It's a very basic functionality of any visualization program.

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9ec20a6e beff-4832-b242-9622e9a8f891 on 05 Jul 2020 23:38:58

RE: Ability to wrap text in visual titles

Definitely a good idea. I have many single row cards where the number is a small percentage, but requires 3-4 words to describe. End up making the card too wide to accommodate the text.