You can enter a new title for the dashboard or a description, as well as change the font type, size, emphasis, color, and alignment. In the Edit Title dialog box that appears, format the title as you like.On a dashboard, double-click the title.In the Format pane, use the drop-down lists to change the default shading or border.On a worksheet, right-click (control-click on Mac) the title, caption, or legend and select Format -for example, Format Title.To reset a title or caption back to the default, click Reset.įor information on showing or hiding a title, see Titles. To add dynamic text such as sheet properties and field values. In the Edit Title dialog box, modify the text and format the font, size, style, color, and alignment.Note that captions and legend titles cannot be edited in web editing In web editing, double click the worksheet title.Right-click (control-click on Mac) the item you want to change and select Edit.On a worksheet, hover on the title, click the drop-down arrow on the right-hand side and select Edit Title or Edit Caption from the context menu.These items can also be toggled by right-clicking anywhere in the grey area of the sheet, such as under the Marks card.įor more information about adding elements such as legends, filters, and parameter controls to a worksheet, see Additional Shelves, Legends, Cards, and Controls. That is, if nothing is on the Size shelf, the size legend cannot be turned on. Only legends that are relevant to the view can be selected. Open the Analysis menu > Legends and select the desired option. If a legend is removed or hidden, however, it can be brought back. There is also a check box to toggle the dashboard or story title on or off, available in the left-hand pane.īy default, a legend card is created whenever a field is encoded by color, size, or shape. If a title or caption isn't showing, open the Worksheet menu and select Show Title or Show Caption.įor dashboards and stories, there are equivalent options in their respective menus (such as Dashboard> Show Title).

Some parts of the view have their own formatting and editing controls, such as an axis (Link opens in a new window), and the text (Link opens in a new window) like labels and headers. Note: Some of these formatting options are only available in Tableau Desktop.

These text elements can be customized for text properties like size, color, alignment, and font, as well as element properties like shading and borders. It’s also possible to Add Annotations for a mark, point, or area in the view. A legend card appears in the worksheet when you encode marks by dropping them on the Color or Size cards. Another option is to Add tooltips to marks. You can show titles and captions on any sheet. There are several ways text can appear on a sheet.

Appropriate caption definition