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am_nr
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1 year ago
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Button slicer grid formatting not retained when published to PBI Service

Hi all,

 

I have a button slicer in my PBI report which is formatted with a grid layout 1 row x 6 columns. In the Desktop app it looks like this (just the bottom row, the top half are actual buttons with bookmark navigators):

The grid formatting seems to get messed up in PBI services. The same bit of the published report looks like this:

I'm not using a custom theme, which I've seen can mess up slicer formatting. The Layout section of the Visual settings looks like this:

Has anyone experienced this before or know what could be causing it? Could it be related to other existing bugs with button slicers?

 

Cheers.

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  • v-sgandrathi's avatar
    v-sgandrathi
    1 year ago

    Hi am_nr,

     

    Thank you for confirming.
    yes, that makes sense. I agree it feels like a regression because button slicer grids previously rendered consistently between Desktop and Service. However, recent updates to the Power BI Service visual rendering engine (especially the responsive layout logic) have caused minor differences in how empty grid cells are handled.

    If your formatting used to align perfectly and now doesn’t, it’s worth logging this through the Power BI Fabric Ideas Forum site so the product team can review whether it’s an unintended change.
    In the meantime, adjusting the Columns count to match the actual number of visible items or disabling the Responsive layout under the visual’s formatting options usually restores consistent alignment.
    Fabric Ideas - Microsoft Fabric Community

     

    Thank you.

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  • MasonMA's avatar
    MasonMA
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    1 year ago

    Hi,

     

    I think the real issue isn’t that Service is 'losing' formatting, it’s that the slicer grid in Service renders differently depending on how many items it has to place. Desktop tends to 'reserve' empty cells in the grid, while Service collapses them, which makes the alignment look inconsistent..

     

    If you only ever need 2 buttons visible, maybe set Columns to 2. Don’t leave unused columns because Service won’t keep them 'empty'.

     

    • am_nr's avatar
      am_nr
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      1 year ago

      Hi MasonMA, thanks for your reply. Indeed, this is the issue but I would still call it a bug. I've used this formatting trick in the past and it has previously formatted the same in both Desktop and Service. If this is the design behaviour, then I will just change my formatting accordingly.

    • v-sgandrathi's avatar
      v-sgandrathi
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      1 year ago

      Hi am_nr,

       

      Thank you for confirming.
      yes, that makes sense. I agree it feels like a regression because button slicer grids previously rendered consistently between Desktop and Service. However, recent updates to the Power BI Service visual rendering engine (especially the responsive layout logic) have caused minor differences in how empty grid cells are handled.

      If your formatting used to align perfectly and now doesn’t, it’s worth logging this through the Power BI Fabric Ideas Forum site so the product team can review whether it’s an unintended change.
      In the meantime, adjusting the Columns count to match the actual number of visible items or disabling the Responsive layout under the visual’s formatting options usually restores consistent alignment.
      Fabric Ideas - Microsoft Fabric Community

       

      Thank you.

    • v-sgandrathi's avatar
      v-sgandrathi
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      11 months ago

      Hi AlenaT,

      Thank you reaching out to Community Forum.

       

      Currently, Microsoft has not provided an official ETA for resolving the Button Slicer grid rendering issue in the Power BI Service. This issue has been recognized as a result of recent updates to the visual rendering engine, and the product team is working on it.

      Please monitor the Microsoft Fabric Release Notes and the Power BI Blog for updates when the fix becomes available.

       

      Thank you.

      • AlenaT's avatar
        AlenaT
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        11 months ago

        Thank you very much v-sgandrathi ! It is reassuring to know that the issue has been identified and there is hope for a fix to be implemented soon. Thank you!

    • v-sgandrathi's avatar
      v-sgandrathi
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      11 months ago

      Hi AlenaT,

       

      Thank you for following up and creating the issue thread, that’s perfect.
      This will help the product team track and prioritize the fix more efficiently. I appreciate you taking the time to share it with the community!

      Thankyou.