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Vanessa on 14 Feb 2017 21:12:07

Disable/hide visual borders when hovered over, atleast in full screen mode. It makes the UI look pretty untidy.

Administrator on 14 Dec 2018 07:25:52

Back in July, we shipped a completely new visual header that lets you disable per visual some or all the various options and doesn't take up space on the page. You can read the details on our blog: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-july-2018-feature-summary/#visualHeader

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49516fe0 e047-4bbc-ad09-2dcd47329e1b on 05 Jul 2020 23:24:29

RE: Disable/hide visual border on hover

I used the hide feature on a report and it works well in a browser. However, when viewing in the Power BI app on an iPad, I still see an outline where the header would appear, including for buttons. I'm trying to remove the header for bookmark buttons.

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02c3321c 6197-4b0f-a558-e18e23c3641e on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:02

RE: Disable/hide visual border on hover

Do those planned customization options include the ability to fully remove the visual header in Report View rather than just making it invisible? The feature added in March to make it invisible in Report View makes it looks nicer but the headers still take up real estate when you hover over it, which limits how your ability to make full use of the canvas (you can't have overlapping slicers, for instance).

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52b5cce4 5162-45fc-a468-4609777326e8 on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:14

RE: Disable/hide visual border on hover

Thanks for the update Amanda. As some people have stated, being able to hide the border needs to be on a per-visual basis, not an all or nothing.

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12d843b3 bef5-4e2e-a7cd-bda65a3053b6 on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:13

RE: Disable/hide visual border on hover

Consider building a team to address the formatting request versus the data engine. The 1 year turn around is inexcusable and as an org we lose confidence with each passing update.

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036e5fc8 c0ed-4678-aa73-386e37189351 on 05 Jul 2020 23:18:06

RE: Disable/hide visual border on hover

Agreed, so annoying with the borders

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f8f06e14 dedc-4d87-993b-2567b85f60af on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:47

RE: Disable/hide visual border on hover

"Hide the visual header in reading view" is a step in the right direction, but this needs to be enabled as an individual visual setting or atleast a page setting instead of global.

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56b28752 bcca-4fd0-ae93-18566a2a17aa on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:43

RE: Disable/hide visual border on hover

Agreed. Especially annoying when i add text boxes that have zero need to be expanded/pinned.

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b45b3cb0 726b-44bd-add2-62b100bfb84f on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:27

RE: Disable/hide visual border on hover

This will drastically improve the look and feel of the visuals. Make it happen MS. You guys have been great!

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:16:43

RE: Disable/hide visual border on hover

I would argue this complete now with the March release.

In practice, I almost immeadiately has users complain:

What happened to focus mode?
I can’t export data today !
I can’t turn on search in this slicer.

Can we please get a toggle switch for each visualisation and a toggle switch to set the default for the whole report l?

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b2972509 eaf3-4dd6-8ff6-c77c3caada06 on 05 Jul 2020 23:15:42

RE: Disable/hide visual border on hover

I agree, this is annoying. Sometimes I would like to place the visuals close to each other and the borders are then overlapping each other.