You Won't Believe How Easy Power Apps Text Box Input Control Really Is

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[@sundrapillay6668]

Thanks Darren for all your good work

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Thank you! 😁😁

[@seanpedersen2379]

Hey there, Thanks for the video. I've been wondering. Is it possible to store the text input into a table/data source? I am thinking of it as an alternative to forms.

[@benyamadugna]

Thank You so much! so amazing tutorial its help me a lot

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Awesome! Thanks for letting me know...makes my day!

[@madmajor34]

Thanks a lot, it was really helpful !

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Glad it helped!

[@VijaySharma-dw7we]

Very nice work

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Thank you! Cheers!

[@sudosaurus]

Darren, great starter video - I was actually looking to see if you have a tutorial on patching Text Input controls to SharePoint list columns? I am building an App where I have made a custom form that has a layout which isnt possible with using the 'Edit form' control. So I therefore need to patch the controls back to the associated SharePoint list.

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Of course! Check out this video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4C9XqypZ9WqZrs

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@@PowerAppsTutorial Thanks for this! Any idea how I would deep-link to a patched form in a powerapp?

[@gtoledo019]

Hi, I love your videos on Power apps. How can I set up a label to show the number value from a Form data card that is formatted as a currency number and show in the label de $ and commas?

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Hey, let me know if you need any help now.

[@FineTuningAnalysis]

Hey Shane, I have a checklist app with a simple text input control to say "Yes' or 'No' but when you start to type in the input box, it zooms in automatically every time and is quite frustrating for the user as they need to zoom out every time for every question & it can be a little tricky to zoom out too. Do you know if there is a way to stop the app from zooming in?

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Hello! That doesn't sound normal, to be honest. What operating system are you on? Are there any apps (perhaps are meant for the visually impaired) on the system that might be doing this? -Darren

[@asimrehan73]

Hi, Thanks for this video. Would you be able to help me with; how to have the keyboard locked to caps-on when focussed on a text-input-box. So that everything is typed in upper caps all the time.--specially on mobile

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You can't force the characters to show up as upper case as they are typing, however you can use the Upper() function to make it all uppercase before passing it into the database or variable. I hope that helps!

[@asimrehan73]

@@PowerAppsTutorial thank you. Much appreciated.

[@JaffarSath]

Hi, I love your videos on Power apps. I need a suggestion. I need to calculate the difference between current time and show it in a text box / label. I used the below formula in the Text property of the Text Label Minute(now()) - Minute(ProdTime) where the ProdTime is a variable which holds a time. When I update this formula, it gives me the hour difference between these two time (lets say 15 minutes). But the challenge is it is dynamic meaning when it past another minute, the text label still shows 15 minutes and doesn't change to 16. How to achieve this?

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I might have to create a video to show how to do this. You could just use an If function to check to see if it went past, then use a negative (multiply by -1), then in the else block, use what you currently have. I do have a whole video on converting time. That may be helpful too! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqLKoZxogcyEoJY

[@sdponnekanti784]

Hi Darren, Any suggestion you give us on how to insert a column to a text field - so that if i fill the text field the data should save in sharepoint column. Please advise Thank you

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Sure. You can do this with a form or by using a patch expression.

[@stevannsevellec1447]

Hi, the first example doesn't work : the reset function is ok. But impossible to reset the text with the expression textinput.text = "new..." ?? What is the solution ?

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You have to use the default property in conjunction with Reset. One of the points I was making is that you can't assign a value directly to a textbox programmatically like you can in other programming languages.

[@dandrem.4074]

I just want to know how to add default text to a datacard v_v and no one knows how.

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Did you figure it out ok? Are you referring to a datacard inside a form?

[@SEKK2109]

cool, you save my life

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[@mattparadise3410]

You never showed how to make the first example work. You just showed how to reset it. Is there no way to update a text box with text?

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No, that's how Power Apps is different. You can't just set a property of a control. What you have to do is create a variable and set it. Then, set the Text Input's default property to that variable. I hope that helps. :)

[@Vrbii]

That is text input not box

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That's true. Many people call them Text Boxes still, though. That's why you'll hear me use both names in the video. Thanks for watching! What topic would you like to see me do a video on next?

[@Vrbii]

@@PowerAppsTutorialreset text BOX input, cause it doenst have default property 😊

[@ivancarmenates84]

Ohh, sh... that's another ms access programing language.

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