Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Learn from the best! Meet the four finalists headed to the FINALS of the Power BI Dataviz World Championships! Register now

Reply
j_w
Helper IV
Helper IV

How to show more legend text in pie or donut?

In bar chart we can use Maximum size under Y axis to show more text, but similar feature is not available in donut or pie chart, and long legends are truncated even there is lot of space available.

 

donut-legend.png

 

Please vote the idea:

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/37757767-allow-to-show-more-text-...

 

Thanks

4 REPLIES 4
v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @j_w ,

 

You need to click the arrow button to scroll down to view more legend items. The feature that specify the maximum number of displayed text is not available in pie/donut chart, you could submit ideas here.

 

Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

OMG stop saying submit an idea! Its been years! There are so many answers of "submit an idea so that we can never take care of the most basic things that competitors will do with a click of button!"

Hi @v-yulgu-msft , my question is about the long legend text ended with three dots (horizontal), but not the hidden legends at the bottom which need to click the arrow to scroll down (vertical).

 

Sorry if my question was not clear to you.

v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @j_w ,

 

Unfortunately, there is no such a property setting to enable long text shown in legent. As a workaround, you may enlarge the width of pie/donut chart.

 

Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Helpful resources

Announcements
Join our Fabric User Panel

Join our Fabric User Panel

Share feedback directly with Fabric product managers, participate in targeted research studies and influence the Fabric roadmap.

February Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - February 2026

Check out the February 2026 Power BI update to learn about new features.

FabCon Atlanta 2026 carousel

FabCon Atlanta 2026

Join us at FabCon Atlanta, March 16-20, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.