Floating Text Editing Toolbar/dialog box

Hi ArchStanton​,

Since you have now confirmed this is listed as an active known issue, I would treat it as a Power BI Service UI bug rather than anything in the report itself.

Microsoft's current Power BI Service editing guidance confirms that report editing in the browser uses the Service-side editing experience, which is separate from Desktop. That fits with your observation that the same text box behaves correctly in Desktop but not in the Service.

For now, the safest workaround is to edit those text boxes in Power BI Desktop and republish rather than trying to work around the floating toolbar in the browser.

If you want to track or report the issue, Microsoft's Power BI known issues page is the place I would monitor. Since the issue is already active, I would avoid spending time changing browser zoom, report layout, or text-box formatting unless you need a temporary workaround.

So the short version is:

• Desktop editing = currently unaffected
• Service editing = affected by the known toolbar overlap issue
• Best workaround = edit in Desktop until Microsoft ships the fix

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