Customizing Table Writeback visual

Last updated 18 days ago

These settings are in the Power BI format pane and are typically managed by the report author.

Table Setting card

Setting	Effect when on
Disable Create Table	Removes the Create Table tile
Disable Action Panel	Hides the whole toolbar
Disable Exit	Hides the close (X) icon so users cannot leave the table
Disable Add Row Icon	Hides the green + button at the bottom of the table
Disable Delete Row	Removes the Delete option from the row menu
Auto Save	Saves every edit immediately (hides Save, Undo and bulk add options)
Hide Table Header	Hides the header bar with the table name

Add group (all ON by default): show or hide each item of the Add menu individually:

Icons group (all ON by default): show or hide each toolbar icon individually:

Setting	Default	Effect
Wrap Text	On	Wraps long cell text (row height capped at 60 px). Turning it off reveals Cell Height.
Cell Height	25	Fixed row height in pixels (when Wrap Text is off)
Padding Top / Bottom / Left / Right	1	Cell padding in pixels
Font Settings	Segoe UI, 10	Cell font family, size (8 to 60) and bold/italic/underline
Text Alignment	Left	Cell text alignment
Text Color	Black	Cell text color
Background Color	White	Cell background color
Locked Cells Background	Light grey	Color of cells in columns locked for editing

Setting	Default	Effect
Font Settings	Segoe UI, 10	Column header font
Text Alignment	Left	Header text alignment
Text Color	Black	Header text color
Background Color	White	Header background color
Disable Action	Off	Hides the column header menu (Edit, Delete, Freeze)

Disable Manual Input group: one toggle per field placed in the Dropdown field. When on, that dropdown column only accepts values from the list; users cannot type their own.