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max_31
Advocate I
3 years ago

Selecting multiple elements via a rectangular lasso doesn't work anymore in powerbi services

Hi all,   I have following problem: If I try to select multiple elements via via a rectangular lasso in PowerBI Services, they aren't selected - it only selects the element which is in the upper le...
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max_31
Advocate I
3 years ago

Hi v-yueyunzh-msft ,
thanks a lot for you quick testing and feedback.
I'm not 100% sure if you tested the same thing. What I don't understand from your response is, the part about beeing in the "reading view". From my perspective this dosen't make sense. The usecase is "select multiple elements using rectangle select" in the "editing view". Only there it make sense so select multiple elements in my perspective. I tested it with the newst edge and chrome browser versions. And I also tested holding "Ctrl" key while selectzing a rectangle with the mouse. THis also didn't help.  Could you please confirm, that you tested editing mode and you were able to select multiple elements with the rectangle mouse select?  Thanks a lot for your support 

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v-yueyunzh-msft
Community Support
3 years ago

Hi, max_31 

I'm sorry, I misunderstood what you meant. According to my tests, there was no problem with "select multiple elements using rectangle select" in Power BI Serice's Editing View. The reault is as follows:

You can try holding down the "Ctrl" or "Shift" button with the left mouse button and clicking Select Unit Module to see if it works.

For more information , you can refer to :

Multi-select data elements, data points, and visuals - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

Best Regards,

Aniya Zhang

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