Dark Power BI background · 1280×720

Ink Sidebar Navigation

Dark Power BI background with a left navigation rail for page-navigator buttons, title area and a five-panel layout. VizForge yellow accent.

By Nawaf Sharaf · Founder & Reliability Engineer · Updated November 4, 2026

Free for commercial use

Free, no sign-up. 1920×1080 fits a new page in a Fluent 2 report; 1280×720 and 2× fit Classic pages. Downloads include a small “Made with VizForge” mark; sign in to the studio to remove it.

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About this background

A left rail 72px wide holds five icons for report pages; place a vertical page navigator (Insert → Buttons → Navigator → Page navigator) over them with transparent fill and the rail becomes real navigation. The first icon is drawn in the active state; duplicate the background per page and move the highlight, or export one background per page from the design studio.

To the right: a title area, three KPI cards and two chart panels (wide and narrow). Panel edges line up with the rail so the page has one clear left edge.

The warm near-black page and charcoal panels pair with the VizForge Ink theme JSON, whose first data colour is Power BI yellow.

Where to place your visuals

Page pixels. In Power BI select a visual, open Format → General → Properties → Size and position and enter these values (inset by 16px for padding).

Panel positions on the Ink Sidebar Navigation background
Visual	X	Y	Width	Height
KPI tile 1	96	96	376	144
KPI tile 2	488	96	376	144
KPI tile 3	880	96	376	144
Main chart 1	96	256	576	440
Main chart 2	688	256	568	440

VizForge AI · custom visuals

Generate a custom visual for this slot

Pick a panel and VizForge AI writes a custom visual (.pbiviz, with TypeScript source) sized to it, in this background's colours, with a transparent background so the panel shows through.

Slot to replace

Panel at 96, 256 · 576×440 px

1, 2 or 5 credits depending on the brief · 5 free on signup. Sign in or create a free account on the next screen; the brief is saved for 30 minutes.

Brief sent to the generator (you can edit it there)

A Power BI custom visual titled "Main chart 1". It sits in a 576×440 px slot on a designed report page. Match the report's brand: data colours #F2C811, #38BDF8, #FB7185, #2DD4BF, #A78BFA, #FB923C; background #16140F; text #F5F3EE; font Segoe UI. Transparent visual background so the page design shows through; no visual border. It sits on a panel of the Ink Sidebar Navigation page background.

Matching theme

VizForge Ink

The Theme JSON button above downloads this palette.

View the VizForge Ink theme →

Set this background in Power BI Desktop

1
Download the PNG
Take the 1920×1080 PNG for a new page in a Fluent 2 report, or the 2× PNG (2560×1440) for crisp edges on a 1280×720 Classic page.
2
Open Canvas background
Select the page, then Format page → Canvas background → Browse, and pick the file.
3
Fill, 0% transparency
Set Image fit to Fill and transparency to 0% so the panels line up with the page grid.
4
Place visuals on the panels
Turn off each visual's background and border, then use the positions above.

Other themes for this background

Other dark themes that work on this background. Download the theme JSON from its page and import it after setting the background image.

Need a chart Power BI doesn’t ship?

Describe it in plain English and VizForge generates a custom visual as a .pbiviz file, with its TypeScript source. In the design studio, hand any visual slot to the AI and the brief carries the slot size and your brand colours. Sankey, Gantt, bullet, waterfall and more: see the visual catalog.

Generate a custom visual with AI · starts free →

Questions about this background

What size is the Ink Sidebar Navigation background?

It is designed on a 1280×720 pixel Power BI page (the Classic report size) and downloads at 1280×720, at 1920×1080 for a new page in a Fluent 2 report, and at 2× (2560×1440) for sharper edges on high-resolution screens.

Where do I place my visuals on this background?

Use the 5 panel positions in the table on this page. Inset each visual by about 16 pixels inside its panel so rounded corners and shadows stay visible.

How do I set a background image in Power BI?

Select the page, then in Format page → Canvas background choose Browse, pick the image, set Image fit to Fill and transparency to 0%. In theme JSON the labels differ: JSON “Fill” is UI Fill, JSON “Fit” is UI Stretch and JSON “Normal” is UI Fit.

Why do my visuals hide the background panels?

Visuals have their own background and border turned on by default. Turn off Format → General → Effects → Background and Visual border for each visual, or apply the matching theme JSON, which does it for you.