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Good day,
I have a scorecard of 10 frames, each representing a KPI,
1. is it possible somehow to make the frame hover over to have a shadow
2. While also showing frame hover, allow it to show tooltip/oobjects like allow button press/dateslicer etc still when interacting with the visual within the frame?
My idea is to highlight which visual the user is focusing on?
Regards
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Hi @icassiem ,
So what you can do right now is;
1. Frame Hover Shadow: Power BI doesn’t natively let you add a shadow or highlight effect just on hover for card or KPI visuals. The closest workaround is to use a shape or button behind your visual with a conditional formatting rule (like changing color based on selection), but true hover-only shadow isn’t available yet.
2. Interactive Tooltip Objects (Buttons, Slicers): Standard Power BI tooltips can show info, but they can’t include interactive objects like buttons or slicers that users can click or change. Tooltips are for display only; they don’t support input.
Possible Workarounds:
You can use Bookmarks or Selection Pane tricks: Layer a highlighted frame version (with shadow effect using shapes) on top, then use buttons or selection to toggle which one is shown. Not true “hover,” but can simulate focus.
For interactivity, consider placing your KPI visuals inside buttons with “Action” turned on, so clicking can reveal new pages or popups with more interactive elements.
Hi @icassiem ,
Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Community Forum.
Hi @rohit1991 , Thank you for your prompt response.
Hi @icassiem , If @rohit1991 response has resolved your query, Please mark his response as "Accept as Solution".
Please do let us know if you have any further queries.
Regards,
Dinesh
Hi @icassiem ,
So what you can do right now is;
1. Frame Hover Shadow: Power BI doesn’t natively let you add a shadow or highlight effect just on hover for card or KPI visuals. The closest workaround is to use a shape or button behind your visual with a conditional formatting rule (like changing color based on selection), but true hover-only shadow isn’t available yet.
2. Interactive Tooltip Objects (Buttons, Slicers): Standard Power BI tooltips can show info, but they can’t include interactive objects like buttons or slicers that users can click or change. Tooltips are for display only; they don’t support input.
Possible Workarounds:
You can use Bookmarks or Selection Pane tricks: Layer a highlighted frame version (with shadow effect using shapes) on top, then use buttons or selection to toggle which one is shown. Not true “hover,” but can simulate focus.
For interactivity, consider placing your KPI visuals inside buttons with “Action” turned on, so clicking can reveal new pages or popups with more interactive elements.
Thank You @rohit1991 , the frame hover won't work as I have a few visuals within the frame and disguising the frame as a button for hover will only work once navigating, but all the visuals ahead of the disguised buttons will take the hover off once past the border of the button
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