New Button Slicer Formatting Options in Service

[davidebacci]

UPDATE: Issue fixed with new json theme. However, @mattlee there is a problem with the button fill. The fill doesn't actually fill the whole of the last button and is a visual glitch. See the screenshot below. Any idea if this will be fixed?

This is a new issue in the service recently introduced. I have a new button slicer with the selected state of the callout values configured to have a different font colour. This works fine in Desktop but is ignored in the Service. Previously, this was working fine. 

Update for repro steps:

In Desktop:

In Service (colours not applied and also note the thin grey bar to the right of the last button which also should not be there):

[ATPBI]

I am also getting this fault. White font in PBI desktop for the Selected view but shows as Black in PBI Service. I had the same issue when I tried to change the background colour too.

[TinGibson]

I have the same issue with button slicer when open report in Power BI desktop (version Apr-25).

[NsHrTr]

I am facing the same issue.

A published report does not keep the format selected on Desktop.

In my case, this affects to the following:

Call values

Apply settings to:

> All

> REST

> Press

Format applied to Hover and Selected seems to remain the same.

[mattlee]

Is this still an issue for folks? Please confirm version of Desktop the format settings were created with.
We cannot repro - using new button slicer, we have tried conditional formatting font color for Callout Value (using a Rule), and have also set Selected font color for callout value and Selected background color for the Buttons. If this is still an issue, please specify Field Well setup and specific format options used.

[TinGibson]

Hi @matlee, I'm encountering an issue when uploading to the PBI service. The conditional formatting isn't being retained when using the "Selected" state in Callout values. My version is: 2.142.1277.0 64-bit (April 2025).

[davidebacci]

@mattlee this is still happening for me. It is a problem in the service and was working fine until I originally reported. I have updated the original post with my version and settings. There is also a weird grey bar on the last button which is not present in the desktop and needs to be fixed.

[mattlee]

Thank you for the updates - the most likely issue at this point is that you are using a custom theme, and are using action state selectors ($id: "selected" etc.) in your theme file for this new visual. Are you all using custom theme files with State formatting in them for button slicer?

[davidebacci]

I can confirm I'm using a custom theme with action state selectors. Is the fix to not use a theme or do you plan to make this work with a theme? As an aside, I notice not all properties in my theme work on the new custom visuals.

[mattlee]

We did update our selectors to be more specific, as there are more states supported now. You will need to update your theme file to use the new $id selectors, or remove them from your theme and set formatting on the specific visuals through the format pane.