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ryan0585
Advocate II
7 years ago
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Canvas Sliding Around in Power BI Desktop

Hello -   When I place a visual on the page in Power BI desktop, and I try to drag that element to the right side of the canvas, the canvas "shifts" and there's no scroll bar visible to scroll back...
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    v-juanli-msft
    7 years ago

    Hi ryan0585

    Which version of desktop or page size do you use? 

    Please check "Format"->page size->type to see the page size.

    I make a test with power bi desktop (September 2018),

    when i open power bi desktop, page size is set to 16:9 by default, my visuals on the report page(the visual display on the rightmost side of the canvas)

    Then i change the page size to 4:3, the canvas doesn't show all visuals, then i drag a new visual on the canvas, it can shift to the right side of the canvas and there is no scroll bar visible.

     

    If your are also in this scenario, i would suggest you to set the proper page size so that all visuals are visible.

     

    Best Regards

    Maggie

     

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ryan0585
Advocate II
7 years ago

Hello -

 

When I place a visual on the page in Power BI desktop, and I try to drag that element to the right side of the canvas, the canvas "shifts" and there's no scroll bar visible to scroll back to the left side of the canvas.  Is there any way to turn this off?  It's quite annoying.

 

My current workaround is to just have an element on the page I click and drag over to the left side of the canvas, allowing it to scroll back.  Still, I'd like to lock my page dimensions without the canvas scrolling without scroll bars.

 

Thanks!