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veronicaxge
Frequent Visitor
6 years ago
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Turn off auto alignment?

Is there a way to turn off auto alignment in Power BI Desktop? I am talking about the dash lines that appeas when you move objects around the canvas, which is supposed to help you easily find alignme...
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  • v-lid-msft's avatar
    v-lid-msft
    6 years ago

    Hi veronicaxge ,

     

    This feature is called "Smart guides for aligning objects on a page“ intrduced in Power BI Desktop December 2018, If you decide you don’t want the smart guides, you can turn them off in the Report settings page of the Options dialog.

     

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    Best regards,

     

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jgubler
Advocate III
4 years ago

Another solution to avoid having to go into settings to turn it on and off all the time:

  • select a visual
  • hold the shift key
  • select another visual
  • drag them to another spot

The auto aligning wont work while moving 2+ visuals