Set default visual viewport size in custom visual

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to set the defaul viewport size when start a custom visual?  Thanks.

[taghos]

Just wondering, if there has been an update on the same?

I want to set a fixed width and height by default for a custom visual I am developing. Currently in I try to do options.viewport.width=800 in say Visual's constructor or update method, it's not respecting it.

[dm-p]

Hi @taghos - there have been no new features added to the SDK for 9-10 months, so this is still not possible. The only manipulation of the viewport in the SDK is to maximise it to full screen mode by using switchFocusModeState on the visual host object.

Your best bet is to contact the custom visuals team - pbicvsupport@microsoft.com - if you need a direct answer.

Regards,

Daniel

[taghos]

Yes, I followed up with pbicvsupport@microsoft.com team and they confirmed that the viewport properties like width and height could not be set as of now.

Also, I have another related question -> Although we can't set the viewport properties but at any point we can get and read the values(width & height) as described here: https://microsoft.github.io/PowerBI-visuals/tutorials/building-react-based-custom-visual/receiving-p.... Just wanted to check if there is any variable corresponding to the transparency under Background? I just want to get the transparency value in % or fraction of the current window.

[dm-p]

This is probably another question to the team to confirm. I suspect that we can't do this - advice I have been provided previously is that standard properties are not accessible through the SDK, unless exposed to the host services.

I just tested and inspected checked the host.colorPalette object in my constructor and this doesn't correspond to the value I set in my visual properties, so I presume this pulls from the report theme.

I also checked to see if the sandbox has anything passed through as part of its CSS from the parent window, but this appears to be set far above the iframe sandbox in the DOM in a div with a class of themableBackgroundColor, meaning that the style is several levels higher and therefore inaccessible.

[dm-p · Accepted solution]

Hi there,

It's currently not possible, but has been accepted onto the backlog. I'd suggest adding a vote to the idea and watching it for progress.

Regards,

Daniel

[cboneill0099]

Anyone know if there has been any movement on this?  Looks like the idea was accepted a year ago.