![]() The Align menu aligns a single selected visual to the edge (or center) of the report canvas. In Power BI Desktop, the Format ribbon lets you align or evenly distribute selected visuals on the canvas, which ensures your visuals appear on the page in the alignment that looks and works best. In the Selection pane, you set the z-order using the Layer order tab. On the Format ribbon, select Selection pane. You can also set the z-order of your visuals using the Selection pane. For example, to bring one or more selected visuals to the front-most (top) layer, select Bring to front. The Format ribbon appears when you select one or more visuals on the page. You can set the z-order of your visuals using the Bring forward and Send backward menus, found in the Format ribbon. This feature lets you overlap visuals in any way you want, then adjust the front-to-back order of each one. You can manage the front-to-back order of visuals in a report, often referred to as the z-order of elements. Smart guides appear for the center, sides, top, and bottom of the selected visual, with respect to a nearby visual. When a smart guide appears, you can stop moving the visual, and it will be aligned to a neighboring visual. These lines appear when a selected visual or group of visuals is moved. Smart guides are visible guides that help you align your visuals relative to another visual. That's all there is to using gridlines and snap-to-grid to ensure the visuals in your reports are neatly aligned. ![]() When you enable Snap objects to grid, all visuals on the Power BI canvas that you move (or resize) are automatically aligned to the nearest grid axis, making it much easier to ensure two or more visuals align to the same horizontal or vertical location or size.įor example, this visual is in between gridlines.Īfter moving this visual, it's aligned with the grid. With a visual selected, scroll to the Gridlines setting and set it to On. The following images show the Gridlines section in the Y axis card. Modifying certain elements of gridlines can be especially useful in reports where dark backgrounds are used for visuals. Select the line style of the gridlines in the visual, such as solid, dashed, or dotted.You can manage the following elements of gridlines within a visual: You can manage the gridlines within visuals using the X axis or Y axis card (as appropriate based on visual type) found in the Format section of the Visualizations pane. In Power BI, there are also gridlines inside visuals that provide visible guides for comparing data points and values. Use Ctrl+Click to select more than one visual at a time, which displays all selected visuals' borders and shows whether the visuals are properly aligned. When you're trying to determine whether two (or more) visuals are aligned horizontally or vertically, use the gridlines to determine whether their borders align. Gridlines are visible guides that help you align your visuals. ![]() If Show gridlines and Snap objects to grid are disabled, connect to any data source and they become enabled.
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