Is there a way to get a Button Slicer Grid to populate down then across?

[Nick_R]

I'm using a button slicer in a grid of 2 columns and five rows.

The slicer values are displaying in the correct order, but are popluated across, then down, whereas I would like them to populate down then across.

Is there are setting that allows me to do this?

[Nick_R]

Hello @burakkaragoz , thank you very much for confirming that this is not currently possible, and for the workaround suggestion.

Hopefully this will be added in future releases.

[Nick_R]

I've submitted an idea for this option to be added, in case anybody wants to vote for the feature:

Enhance button slicer to allow grid to be populated down then across 

[BhavinVyas3003]

No, Power BI does not have a built-in setting to make a button slicer grid populate down then across. It only supports across then down.

Manually reorder your data or create a calculated column to control the display order and simulate the "down then across" effect.

[burakkaragoz · Accepted solution]

Hi @Nick_R ,

Yeah, currently the Button Slicer Grid in Power BI doesn’t support a native setting to change the fill direction from “across then down” to “down then across.” It always fills row-wise by default.

That said, here’s a workaround that might help:

1. Reorder your data: Create a calculated column that assigns a custom sort order based on how you want the buttons to appear (top to bottom, then left to right). For example:

SortOrder = 
SWITCH(
    [YourField],
    "Option1", 1,
    "Option2", 2,
    "Option3", 3,
    ...
)

1. Sort your slicer field by this new SortOrder column.

2. Then adjust the grid layout (e.g. 2 columns, 5 rows) to match the visual structure you want. It won’t change the fill direction, but it will control the order in which items appear.

Unfortunately, there’s no toggle to change the fill direction itself — but this trick helps you control the visual flow.

Hope that helps.

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