On the View menu, turn the Selection pane on. You can set the z-order of your visuals using the Selection pane. Scroll to the Gridlines setting and set it to On, then change the settings as desired. With a visual selected, select the drop-down carat next to Y axis in the Format section of the Visualizations pane.
In addition, you can turn on Show smart guides, which provide relative guidelines when moving a visual or group of visuals. You can select one or both options they operate independently. To enable gridlines and snap-to-grid, select the View menu, then turn on Show gridlines and Snap to grid. With a few selections from these gridlines, alignment, and distribution tools, your reports will look just how you want them to.Įnabling gridlines, snap-to-grid, and smart guides Just select more than one visual, and then select Distribute horizontally or Distribute vertically from the Align menu of the Format ribbon.įor example, if you select three visuals and choose the Distribute vertically option, the visuals then distribute evenly on the report canvas. You can also distribute your visuals evenly across the report canvas, either vertically or horizontally. When two or more visuals are selected, they are aligned together using the existing boundaries of the visuals.įor example, if you select three visuals and choose the Align center option, the visuals then align to the center of all selected visuals. The Align menu aligns a single selected visual to the edge (or center) of the report canvas. In Power BI Desktop, the Format ribbon lets you align or evenly distribute selected visuals on the canvas, which ensures your visuals appear on the page in the alignment that looks and works best. In the Selection pane, you set the z-order using the Layer order tab. On the Format ribbon, select Selection pane. You can also set the z-order of your visuals using the Selection pane. For example, to bring one or more selected visuals to the front-most (top) layer, select Bring to front. The Format ribbon appears when you select one or more visuals on the page. You can set the z-order of your visuals using the Bring forward and Send backward menus, found in the Format ribbon. This feature lets you overlap visuals in any way you want, then adjust the front-to-back order of each one. You can manage the front-to-back order of visuals in a report, often referred to as the z-order of elements. Smart guides appear for the center, sides, top, and bottom of the selected visual, with respect to a nearby visual. When a smart guide appears, you can stop moving the visual and it will be aligned to a neighboring visual. These lines appear when a selected visual or group of visuals is moved. Smart guides are visible guides that help you align your visuals relative to another visual. When you enable Snap objects to grid, all visuals on the Power BI canvas that you move (or resize) are automatically aligned to the nearest grid axis, making it much easier to ensure two or more visuals align to the same horizontal or vertical location or size.įor example, this visual is in between gridlines.Īfter moving this visual, it is aligned with the grid.Īnd, that's all there is to using gridlines and snap-to-grid to ensure the visuals in your reports are neatly aligned. With a visual selected, scroll to the Gridlines setting and set it to On, then change the settings as desired. The following images show the Gridlines section in the Y axis card.
Modifying certain elements of gridlines can be especially useful in reports where dark backgrounds are used for visuals.
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