Power Apps - How to Create a Dialog Box in 3 Steps

[@samgray559]

Key takeaways: 1. You've made it look easy. 2. Clippy is making a comeback Power Apps style! 👍

[@AprilDunnam]

Long live Clippy!

[@SnackKingOfficial]

The fact that I can follow this without listening to the audio shows how well instructed it is. Thank you April 👍🏾

[@AprilDunnam]

That's amazing, glad I could help!

[@amalik6399]

Much Respect April. Your Trainings are so effective and clear.

[@rodmiddleton8268]

The short format is useful and easy to watch. Always some takeaways. This one was grouping and going to custom colors for transparency. I guess Clippy is still cool could be a third! Thanks!

[@AprilDunnam]

Thanks Rodney!

[@JoeCole_social]

I just used this video to create a variable to show an image stored in the media when someone clicks on an "info" button. Thanks It work flawlessly!

[@AprilDunnam]

That's great! So happy to hear you were able to use this technique :)

[@damla2227]

Everyone else made it look so complicated, Thank you!!

[@AprilDunnam]

Happy to hear I made it look not so complicated, thanks for watching!

[@smartin8707]

Hi April...what's the logic on the "yes" in the dialogue box? I know for the trashcan in each row it references the Select Parent function...but how does the Yes, reference what item to delete if the pop up is outside the gallery/form?

[@AprilDunnam]

Hey there - great question. So for the "yes" to actually remove the item the formula looks like this: Remove(MyDataSource,Gallery.SelectedItem). So you can just point it to the selected item from the gallery so that it knows which record to delete from the data source

[@jlotica]

@@AprilDunnam why my Powerapps does not offers me selecteditems on intelisense only .selected and does not work. Any idea?

[@gustavojoserizziosorio8842]

@@jlotica and @April Dunnam I have the same issue. How did you managed to solve for that?

[@alpanapradhan2328]

Simple and to the point. Thankyou for sharing your knowledge. Where can I download these images and gifs from that dont have copyrights?

[@tibortot8148]

Excellent! Needed quick help and this worked perfectly.

[@AprilDunnam]

Glad it helped!

[@tuffley2175]

Simple as a kiss, quick and easy - I like it

[@AprilDunnam]

Thank you! 😊

[@briantheteacher]

This video was helpful for me. Thank you!

[@AprilDunnam]

Thank you, I'm glad it was helpful!!

[@thomaslisson5619]

It solved my problem quickly. Thank You very much. You made my day and weekend.❤

[@AprilDunnam]

I'm so glad I could help!!

[@RoshanKumar-ey2zs]

how did you manager to add the rectangle with pointed thing which looks like cliffy is saying a message

[@AprilDunnam]

I'm using the Triangle Icon

[@ahmadyamout1115]

Hi April I have a small question about when I tried to create a new seconde record after saving my entries in the new form it will start from the end of the page form not from the top of the form . So what can I do ? I need your help . Thank you so much

[@kevingordish9529]

Thank you for the brevity and nice lesson.

[@AprilDunnam]

Thanks for watching Kevin!

[@CarlosSolisNow]

Hi April. Great and succinct tutorial. I am using this to create a pop-up for images to give users a better view. I can get this to work with galleries, but when I try the same in a details form, and assign the UpdateContext to the OnSelect property of the image, I get no response. I suspect this is related to the Details form itself? Thanks, as always.

[@dwyergerrity7487]

Great video! You always make things look easy! Do you have a video that shows how to have pop ups appear as tutorial steps once a user fist comes into the app? There is no OnHover option that I have found but I want users to see what icons represent without clicking them. Wanted an OnHover option but I'd settle for a pop up appear that has a button at the bottom allowing users to 'skip tutorial' if they have already gone through it. Something like an automatic timing of pop ups until all have been shown.

[@mangeshmalvankar5957]

Hey April, much helpful! How to convert label as Messagebox label?

[@AprilDunnam]

I'm sorry I'm not sure I understand - can you clarify please?

[@twosm0ker]

great video, I am green with PA and SP, and I am self teaching myself. This helps a lot!!!

[@AprilDunnam]

Glad it was helpful Ryan!

[@ryanmott1282]

Hey friends, any idea how to make this work if you're using a Container instead of a Gallery? I'm getting an error (Select of a control that doesn't have an OnSelect property). I think this is because containers don't have the OnSelect property so the "Select(Parent)" part of the code isn't working.

[@MakroHQ]

Thanks for this! Very useful

[@AprilDunnam]

Thanks for watching!

[@chaimrabinowitz]

Very well explained. Kudos!

[@AprilDunnam]

Thanks Kevin! Glad it was helpful!

[@AkishaAnthony]

You're my hero! Rockstar, you are!

[@AprilDunnam]

Gosh! Thank you!

[@Vishalkumar-vj7hx]

Awesome explanation

[@AprilDunnam]

Thanks!

[@josecp]

Thanks a lot for this video. Very well explained, condensed and precise content!

[@AprilDunnam]

Thank you!

[@kmuralikrishna1582]

@April How did you rotated the triangle icon because i don`t find the rotate property to triagnle?

[@AprilDunnam]

I didn't rotate it. It's just the "Right Triangle" icon place beneath the rectangle.

[@kmuralikrishna1582]

@@AprilDunnam Right

[@komanguy]

Great video! Thanks a lot.

[@AprilDunnam]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@aquesadaa77]

Thank you! Your videos are really helpful!!

[@AprilDunnam]

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching!

[@DanielChristian19]

Awesome video and I love the new intro video and song too!

[@AprilDunnam]

Thanks Daniel!

[@azuremcfarlane3126]

April, you're a whiz. Thank you for this great video!

[@AprilDunnam]

Hey Azure! Thanks for watching :)

[@ivannaivanova3623]

Is there a tutorial that explains after you do this how to write the code in order to delete the elements? I'm having trouble with that part.

[@AprilDunnam]

Hey Ivanna - You can delete an item from a datasource using the Remove() function. So it would be like : Remove(name of your data source, ThisItem). Here's some documentation on the function: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/functions/function-remove-removeif

[@tenisviejos]

Hi! according to your experience, are there any advantages using the elements directly Vs. using a component with all the controls inside? Thanks for such a great and well-explained video.

[@AprilDunnam]

That's a great question Fernando. There are huge advantages of using components in some cases rather than using the controls directly. If you wanted to use a dialog box on multiple screens or in multiple apps for example, you are much better off building that as a component. You want to keep the total # of controls in your apps below 500 if possible. The benefits of components is that even if a component contains say 10 controls, it's seen as a single control in your app so that should give you a performance increase. And of course there is the benefit of having one central place to edit and not having to touch 10 screens and update them when you need to make a change.

[@tenisviejos]

@@AprilDunnam Thanks a Lot, April!

[@michaelc2712]

@@AprilDunnam Is there any easy way to determine the number of controls you have in an app?

[@rgibson69]

Thanks I needed this. Never thought anyone would bring back Clippy though. As hated as Jar Jar Binks.

[@AprilDunnam]

You're welcome! I know Clippy is controversial but I will always have mad love for Clippy!

[@titaatang4609]

Love this. Thanks April!

[@AprilDunnam]

You're welcome - thanks for watching Tita!

[@pkp044]

Thank you so much April! Much helpful and easily understandable

[@AprilDunnam]

Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching Praveen!

[@callfusion2012]

Great video! Question April, if I use 6 such dialogue boxes in one screen, is that too heavy for a screen in powerapps? Thanks a lot.

[@AprilDunnam]

Good question. In my opinion that is a lot of dialogs to have. One thing I wonder is can that be reduced? I'm not sure what you are doing with the dialogs but is it possible to use the same dialog but just change what is displaying in it based off of what you click? That's how I typically handle that because it reduces the total controls

[@callfusion2012]

@@AprilDunnam Thanks April, that's a bit tricky I think. I want to add data to a gallery with a simple pop up. With a desktop app, you quickly have a few galleries in one screen. I hope Power Apps will have a real popup function soon. Good luck!

[@andyolb]

Great video!

[@AprilDunnam]

Thanks!

[@orlandossss]

how can I add more than 1 dialog box in the same page without opening all at the same time?

[@ivannaivanova3623]

Amazing tutorial! Huge thanks

[@AprilDunnam]

Glad it was helpful - thanks for watching!

[@AndyNgo_ItAll]

Great video! Just what I was looking for to update my app. Thanks April!

[@AprilDunnam]

Glad it was helpful Andy! Thanks for watching!

[@kamranview9465]

Hi, This time are you using power point r not Because i am new in this Platform so Please guide me and solve my queries

[@cesargomes9808]

good this video help me. Congratulations my friend.

[@AprilDunnam]

Glad it helped

[@ShaolinMumps]

Great video thanks!

[@AprilDunnam]

Thanks Alex!

[@EdwardBenison]

Hi April, really good video, thanks.

[@AprilDunnam]

Thank Edward - glad it was helpful!

[@EdwardBenison]

@@AprilDunnam Yes, very, but I am now stuck at the "logic" bit. I have a browse screen with many entries. If you click on an entry you go to a detail screen that allows you to either edit or delete the entry. My dialog screen currently pops up at random times and I can't figure out why. Can I submit you my problem, please?

[@juansepowerplatform]

Great video, thank you

[@AprilDunnam]

Glad you liked it!

[@arjumandansari2873]

thank you, works well!

[@AprilDunnam]

You're welcome!

[@myounis]

Good tip thanks

[@AprilDunnam]

Thank you!

[@saurabhnavangul6691]

The video is great and so is all of your content! However, ironically, too many actions needed to make a simple dialog box! Microsoft haven't got this right at all I believe! This platform was mean to be fast with the hype around low-code/no-code.

[@AprilDunnam]

Thanks for watching Saurabh. I think dialog boxes are not typically standard out-of-the-box functionality in most low-code tools. I would be interested to see a comparison of other low-code tools to see if they actually include dialogs as included features. I don't think it's too many actions needed considering the fact that you can build this as a component and re-use it so you only have to build it once.

[@hashtechexpert]

Hi, Your videos are helpful, but please make sure to make it slow and clear because we are learning from this not just watching :) Thank you!!

[@AprilDunnam]

Thanks for the feedback

[@rodneym1390]

"Select of a control that doesn't have an OnSelect property" I followed this step for step.

[@rodneym1390]

You never showed the step of defining the variable "showDialogue"

[@pranavrawat2011]

Perfect Video. Thank you.

[@AprilDunnam]

Glad you enjoyed it Pranav!

[@salimkoraymalkoc5948]

thanx a lot

[@AprilDunnam]

Most welcome!

[@kmuralikrishna1582]

Really appreciate..

[@AprilDunnam]

Thanks for watching!

[@Sancarn]

This cannot be the only way to do this... This is soooo convoluted compared to other automation solutions... I suppose the alternative is use a seperate screen, but this feels so hacky... The more I work with powerapps the more frustrated I become :/

[@AprilDunnam]

It's only three steps so I'm a bit confused. To your point the alternative is simply using another screen and the Navigate() function to move to the screen. What other automation solutions are you referencing and how do they handle pop ups?

[@Sancarn]

@@AprilDunnam I'm referencing programming languages. In most programming languages there are some trivial methods of asking a simple question. E.G. VBA has msgbox() with vbYesNo. In languages where you can't you can at least make a function which has an encapsulated state and don't have to use global variables like this. Of course, PowerApps is designed as a low-code solution, but I didn't think this would mean "worse than code"... And yeah I did think about a seperate screen too, but you're still having to use a load of global variables to identify the answer, which is a great shame.

[@AprilDunnam]

@@Sancarn I think this is the answer to your concern. powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-fx-introducing-named-formulas/

[@kmuralikrishna1582]

Who find the animated clippy image ...🙄

[@AprilDunnam]

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[@kmuralikrishna1582]

@@AprilDunnam thank you.

[@optimisesocialmedia]

Great video, thank you so much

[@AprilDunnam]

You are welcome!