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The ability to click and drag to select multiple visuals

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on 06 Dec 2016 18:31:12

Like other visual editing packages, would be good if it was possible to drag and select multiple visuals.

Administrator on 17 Nov 2020 22:56:34

We've implemented this as of April 2020!

Power BI Desktop April 2020 Feature Summary | Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI

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JOHN on 05 Jul 2020 23:33:37

RE: The ability to click and drag to select multiple visuals

I dont believet that they dont have this

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:33:09

RE: The ability to click and drag to select multiple visuals

A definite need to craft compelling dashboards

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Soares on 05 Jul 2020 23:32:54

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This should have been implemented by default, it's so basic.

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Manjiri Kharkar on 05 Jul 2020 23:32:05

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This seems like a basic thing to have. Wonder why its not already there! I have to move like 25 controls on my page and you are telling me to do it one by one??

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Kali on 05 Jul 2020 23:31:07

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There's nothing I can say that hasn't already been mentioned. Please add this feature. It would make formatting so much simpler and less time consuming

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:30:57

RE: The ability to click and drag to select multiple visuals

This is a very basic feature that would save a ton of design time for users.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:27:19

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I have 15 tabs with the same set of 20 selections that link to bookmarks. To rearrange these, I need to make over 600 changes, and go through all the fine position adjustments. (delete 20 on 14 pages, re-position on one page, copy and paste newly positioned items to 14 tabs. It would be a HUGE time-saver to delete the 20 selections (with grouped select) on all but one page, rearrange them, and then copy and paste (with group select) the 20 items to the 14 tabs, reducing effort to around 50 actions.

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JB on 05 Jul 2020 23:27:06

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If anyone has ever tried to move all of the page elements down to make room for something else (like a header, or another visual), they'll know how much time it takes to make such a simple change.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:26:51

RE: The ability to click and drag to select multiple visuals

It is very difficult to control click buttons (control click navigates to the target)

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Scott Hunt on 05 Jul 2020 23:26:01

RE: The ability to click and drag to select multiple visuals

Similar Question here: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Option-to-select-multiple-visuals-and-Move/td-p/198380