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Advocate IICreating a bookmark with long text strings
Hi,
I wish to use a bookmark in the form of a matrix or table to show two columns, one being a note index and the other being a text note. The notes are quite long and i'd want to set the column width if possible so that there is a neat output rather than an extremely long column covering much of the page.
Can anyone advise the best way to do this ?
thanks
Scott
Hi Scott,
Totally doable — here is the setup that works cleanly:
1. Create your Notes table Two columns: Note Index (integer) and Text Note (text). You can use a simple M query or a calculated table — no DAX measures needed.
2. Add a Table visual
- Drop in both columns: Note Index and Text Note
- Format > Values > Word Wrap → On
- Drag the Text Note column edge to the width you want — this is the only way to control column width in a standard table. You cannot type in an exact pixel value, but the dragged width saves and persists reliably
3. Show/hide with bookmarks
- Create two rectangle shape buttons labelled "Notes"
- Set up two bookmarks:
- Bookmark 1: table visible, Button A visible, Button B hidden
- Bookmark 2: table hidden, Button B visible, Button A hidden
- Link each button to its bookmark via Format > Action > Type: Bookmark
Clicking the button toggles the table in and out as a side panel. The two-bookmark swap is the standard pattern for this.
The output is neat and readable — it is just manual rather than formula-driven, but it works well once set up.
5 Replies
- Kagiyama_yutaka
Skilled Sharer
Power BI matrix doesn’t let you fix column width by a number, and a bookmark just keeps whatever layout you set by hand, so for long notes I use a text box with wrap and a fixed size, or turn Auto-size column width off on the matrix, drag the note column to a good width, then save that view as a bookmark.
- divyed
Super User
Hello PaisleyPrince ,
You can now set width for table and matrix visual ( June 2026 onward) , just go to formatting and type width, it will show option to set width, set as per need and you are done. You can also set width for individual columns.
I hope this helps.
Did I answer your query ? Mark this as solution if this helps, Kudos are appreciated.
Cheers.
Neeraj Kumar
Hi Scott,
Totally doable — here is the setup that works cleanly:
1. Create your Notes table Two columns: Note Index (integer) and Text Note (text). You can use a simple M query or a calculated table — no DAX measures needed.
2. Add a Table visual
- Drop in both columns: Note Index and Text Note
- Format > Values > Word Wrap → On
- Drag the Text Note column edge to the width you want — this is the only way to control column width in a standard table. You cannot type in an exact pixel value, but the dragged width saves and persists reliably
3. Show/hide with bookmarks
- Create two rectangle shape buttons labelled "Notes"
- Set up two bookmarks:
- Bookmark 1: table visible, Button A visible, Button B hidden
- Bookmark 2: table hidden, Button B visible, Button A hidden
- Link each button to its bookmark via Format > Action > Type: Bookmark
Clicking the button toggles the table in and out as a side panel. The two-bookmark swap is the standard pattern for this.
The output is neat and readable — it is just manual rather than formula-driven, but it works well once set up.
- v-csrikanth
Community Support
Hi PaisleyPrince
We would like to inquire whether have you got the chance to check the solutions provided by Deepaky1813 divyed Kagiyama_yutaka in commiunity to resolve the issue. We hope the information provided helps to clear the query. Should you have any further queries, kindly feel free to contact the Microsoft Fabric community. - v-csrikanth
We haven’t heard from you on the last response and was just checking back to see if you have a resolution yet. And, if you have any further query do let us know.
Thank you.
