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jshutters
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6 years ago
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Is there a better way to R-align text labels?

Is there a better way to R-align text labels? My goal is to find visual(s) to display 2 text labels with the following conditions: 2 texts (i.e. Acme Corp, Acct 123456) are right aligned, as shown...
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    jshutters
    6 years ago

    I have a solution to my R-alignment challenge. Buttons!!! I use 2 blank buttons, and set the Button Text to be Conditional Formatting based upon fields from my data source. I turn off the Outline, Background, etc... so it blends in perfectly.

    The only short-coming is that the button's font family doesn't pickup the font family from my JSON file (Helvetica Neue), but I've heard Microsoft will fix this in the next few months. In the meantime, I'll use the standard Times New Roman.

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v-juanli-msft
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6 years ago

Hi jshutters 

I use standard card visual, i could select two card visuals and select "View"->"Align"->"Align right".

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6 years ago

Thanks for your reply, Maggie.  But that idea doesn't work, per item #1 above (standard cards don't R-align the data label).  While it is true that I can R-align the edges of multiple visuals, and it'll look good for the first database value (e.g. Acme Corp), the labels will be immediately out of alignment once the database values change (e.g. Joe's Co.).  See screen shot.  Any more ideas?

 

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    jshutters
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    6 years ago

    I have a solution to my R-alignment challenge. Buttons!!! I use 2 blank buttons, and set the Button Text to be Conditional Formatting based upon fields from my data source. I turn off the Outline, Background, etc... so it blends in perfectly.

    The only short-coming is that the button's font family doesn't pickup the font family from my JSON file (Helvetica Neue), but I've heard Microsoft will fix this in the next few months. In the meantime, I'll use the standard Times New Roman.