Stretch out a card or other visual for name

[nerdyplayer]

I have a card visual and I want to see if i can have it stretch out depending on the text. It's displaying the person's full name, so a short name Joe Smith displays just fine. Obviously when a jonathon Smith displays we get a few letters and then ... 

There a way to make the card stretch, or maybe decrease font size when displaying the name? ty Or use a different visual (table?). 

[cengizhanarslan · Accepted solution]

You can't make the card visual dynamically resize or auto-shrink font based on content length. That behavior is not supported, the card has a fixed size and will truncate with ellipsis when the text overflows.

Option 1) Resize the card manually

Just drag the card visual wider on the canvas. For most full names this is the simplest fix with zero DAX or configuration overhead.

Option 2) Switch to a single-row Table visual

A Table visual wraps text naturally and you can suppress the header/border to make it look almost identical to a card:

• Insert a Table visual, add only the Name field
• Format pane → Style presets → None
• Turn off Column headers, Grid lines, Row padding to minimum
• This wraps long names instead of truncating

[v-kpoloju-msft]

Hi @nerdyplayer, 

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Fabric Community Forum. Also, thanks to @danextian, @cengizhanarslan, @lbendlin,  for those inputs on this thread.

Has your issue been resolved? If the response provided by the community member @danextian, @cengizhanarslan, @lbendlin, addressed your query, could you please confirm? It helps us ensure that the solutions provided are effective and beneficial for everyone.

Hope this helps clarify things and let me know what you find after giving these steps a try happy to help you investigate this further.

Thank you for using the Microsoft Community Forum.

[v-kpoloju-msft]

Hi @nerdyplayer, 

Just wanted to follow up. If the shared guidance worked for you, that’s wonderful hopefully it also helps others looking for similar answers. If there’s anything else you'd like to explore or clarify, don’t hesitate to reach out.

Thank you.

[danextian · Accepted solution]

Hi @nerdyplayer 

Visuals in Powe BI do not resize dynamically.  You can make a card appear like it does by using html or svg which text size resizes depending on the total text lenght. But again, the visual doesn't resize - the text simply shrinks/expands.

[cengizhanarslan · Accepted solution]

You can't make the card visual dynamically resize or auto-shrink font based on content length. That behavior is not supported, the card has a fixed size and will truncate with ellipsis when the text overflows.

Option 1) Resize the card manually

Just drag the card visual wider on the canvas. For most full names this is the simplest fix with zero DAX or configuration overhead.

Option 2) Switch to a single-row Table visual

A Table visual wraps text naturally and you can suppress the header/border to make it look almost identical to a card:

• Insert a Table visual, add only the Name field
• Format pane → Style presets → None
• Turn off Column headers, Grid lines, Row padding to minimum
• This wraps long names instead of truncating

[lbendlin]

No, Power BI visuals cannot currently resize dynamically.

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