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Add Option to Set Font Color of Selected Items in Slicer

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Power BI User on 29 Jan 2016 01:02:50

In my dashboard I have a slicer which filters a large list of names. The default color for the text of a selected item seems to be black. My background color is black, so when an item is selected it makes it difficult to see. I have the color for my font set to be turquoise so unselected items show up fine. It would be nice to set the font color for selected items.

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BI New Line on 08 Nov 2023 15:16:53

RE: Add Option to Set Font Color of Selected Items in Slicer

It's honestly distressful having a dashboard with a palette and then having this gray background color on the slicer. Too basic to not be optional! Let's get the feature done, please.

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Ian Hollingsworth on 24 Oct 2023 08:48:03

RE: Add Option to Set Font Color of Selected Items in Slicer

To make this even better, I have a horizontal slicer with 3 buttons for "Year 1", "Year 2" and "Year 3". I would like all 3 to be a different colour to represent each year.

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Simran Kaur Thind on 08 Aug 2023 14:27:37

RE: Add Option to Set Font Color of Selected Items in Slicer

This feature already exists for Page navigation. It would be super helpful if it's there for slicers too. Thank you!

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Lida Meulendijks on 26 Jul 2023 10:02:20

RE: Add Option to Set Font Color of Selected Items in Slicer

And a hover/selection color change would also be a nice new option

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Rashad Mohamed on 21 Jul 2023 14:42:44

RE: Add Option to Set Font Color of Selected Items in Slicer

needs to be done, it should be a very simple add

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Hubert JANISZEWSKI on 11 Jul 2023 18:54:29

RE: Add Option to Set Font Color of Selected Items in Slicer

This is one of those basic features in Power BI, which nobody can understand why it is still not implemented. What a shame... Rather than working on features nobody asked for (like on-object interaction), please finally make some most basic formatting available on important visuals like this one.

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Wiezman Kimchi on 12 May 2023 02:24:53

RE: Add Option to Set Font Color of Selected Items in Slicer

This is really needed. Please implement it in the next release. Should not be so hard to do.

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M P on 05 Apr 2023 09:08:35

RE: Add Option to Set Font Color of Selected Items in Slicer

1200 votes but still needs votes??? This is a basic feature which has been requested for many years. The customisation options for the slicer visual are extremely limited considering it is practically the most important visual available. There are other glaring issues with the slicer, such as buttons not being centred and leaving awkward default padding along the right and left larger than the top and bottom. Yes, there are custom visuals available (like chiclet slicer) but this visual is outdated and has integration issues with PBI. The new page/bookmark navigators have all the customisation options we need - please can we replicate these for the slicer visual?

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Stefani Pavlova on 03 Apr 2023 16:28:17

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It would be great to be able to change the colour of the selected values.

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Reynaldi Sutrisno on 27 Mar 2023 02:03:03

RE: Add Option to Set Font Color of Selected Items in Slicer

I am using ChichletSlicer (a custom app) that allows being customized a little further than the usual slicer. For now, it's a workaround, however, would love to get the default slicer to be customized.