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

The Power BI DataViz World Championships are on! With four chances to enter, you could win a spot in the LIVE Grand Finale in Las Vegas. Show off your skills.

Reply
Turambar
Frequent Visitor

Report Builder - Rotate Textbox

I'm having trouble rotating a textbox in PBI Report Builder. From my understanding I need to click the box, but not the text itself, and then under Localization change WritingMode to Rotate270. When I run the report however the text displays normally and not rotated. What am I missing?

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
Turambar
Frequent Visitor

Issue was that margins needed to be adjusted

View solution in original post

5 REPLIES 5
Turambar
Frequent Visitor

Issue was that margins needed to be adjusted

AmiraBedh
Super User
Super User

Did you do a CTRL + S to save ?


Proud to be a Power BI Super User !

Microsoft Community : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/users/AmiraBedhiafi
Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/amira-bedhiafi/
StackOverflow : https://stackoverflow.com/users/9517769/amira-bedhiafi
C-Sharp Corner : https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/members/amira-bedhiafi
Power BI Community :https://community.powerbi.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/332696

Yes, I've saved the report. The text still displays horizontally when the report is run

AmiraBedh
Super User
Super User

In a paginated report, you can rotate a text box in different directions:

  • Horizontally

  • Vertically (rotated 90 degrees, with text reading from top to bottom, except East Asian text characters)

  • Rotated by 270 degrees (text reading from bottom to top).

Because you rotate the text box not the text, the rotation applies to all the text in the text box. You cannot specify different directions for parts of the text. Size the column width and the row height manually to accommodate the rotated text.

The WritingMode property, which you use to specify text orientation, isn't in the Text Box Properties dialog box. It's in the Properties pane and set the property there.

 

AmiraBedh_0-1719947380293.pngAmiraBedh_1-1719947417913.pngAmiraBedh_2-1719947449577.png

 


Proud to be a Power BI Super User !

Microsoft Community : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/users/AmiraBedhiafi
Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/amira-bedhiafi/
StackOverflow : https://stackoverflow.com/users/9517769/amira-bedhiafi
C-Sharp Corner : https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/members/amira-bedhiafi
Power BI Community :https://community.powerbi.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/332696

See original post, that is what I did. The text appears to have rotated while in design view but when I run it it goes back to standard.

Helpful resources

Announcements
Las Vegas 2025

Join us at the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference

March 31 - April 2, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Use code MSCUST for a $150 discount!

Feb2025 Sticker Challenge

Join our Community Sticker Challenge 2025

If you love stickers, then you will definitely want to check out our Community Sticker Challenge!

Feb2025 NL Carousel

Fabric Community Update - February 2025

Find out what's new and trending in the Fabric community.