on 03 Dec 2015 15:39:42
Please consider adding functionality to give the report author more control of shapes, textboxes and images. This functionality might include grouping, disabling selection, etc.
This would enrich the options for organizing data onto the report page and will remove all those unnecessary grey lines and rectangles that the user sees when hovering over the controls
Administrator on 10 Jun 2021 18:29:05
Several of these items have been implemented - including grouping, editing interactions, new shapes, etc.
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RE: Better control over the shapes, textbox and images
Excellent idea! Please help us stop teasing these beautiful background shapes with potential interactions. It must be such a let down for them to come all the way from the back to the front only to see really confused user faces. A huge blow to their self-esteem.
RE: Better control over the shapes, textbox and images
HELP REALLY NEED THIS!!!!
RE: Better control over the shapes, textbox and images
Please, please add the ability to disable selection. Shapes as background are effective for bringing organization and aesthetic beauty to a report. But if they are selectable, they pop up from the background over the other objects when clicked, and it isn't intuitive to the user on either what has happened or how to fix it. Disabling selection would allow these shapes to remain background objects.
RE: Better control over the shapes, textbox and images
This functionality is in desperate need, particularly the "disable selection" option. Having a user inadvertently click on a shape and then not realise they have to click off the page somewhere to get back to where they were is a terrible UX. Please implement this
RE: Better control over the shapes, textbox and images
Is disabling functionality going to be planned?
RE: Better control over the shapes, textbox and images
disabling functionality --- where are you?
RE: Better control over the shapes, textbox and images
Agree, the workaround is to add an action to the shape which links back to the bookmark in order to reapply the correct order (shape last on the zorder). Make sure the sync data is turned off on the bookmark.
RE: Better control over the shapes, textbox and images
I found a work around... I was really annoyed when somebody would click on background shape and it would come to the front and cover my charts but here is what you can do:
1. Create a bookmark that is set to Visual only with the report looking how you want it
2. Add action to background shape (my example was a gray box) to use bookmark
Basically if somebody clicks on shape it will go back to the viz setting with it in the background essentially turning off the interaction.
RE: Better control over the shapes, textbox and images
Still waiting BI team. Shapes are useless.
RE: Better control over the shapes, textbox and images
Please revisit and resolve the disabling functionality as a priority.
Lack of functionality to disable selection of components impacts heavily on the ability to apply accepted UX best practice.
We are unable to pass and deploy changes
Your supporting evidence for prioritisation is in the posts below since which goes back over three years. There is no practical work around, so PLEASE revolve!