Power Apps Spinner – Modern Controls

Purpose

A Power Apps spinner control is a visual element that indicates to the user that content is being loaded or processed. Its purpose is to provide feedback to the user that the system is working and to alleviate anxiety or frustration caused by long loading times.

Properties

AccessibilityLabel Screen readers will voice this string when a user selects the control

Appearance Chooses the spinner’s style. = “Primary” = “Inverted”

DisplayMode Selects the mode: Edit, View or Disabled. In Edit mode the user can input values. In View mode the user can only see the values and in Disabled mode the control is greyed-out. Options: = DisplayMode.Disabled = DisplayMode.Edit = DisplayMode.View

Height Distance from the top of the control to the bottom

Label Text to display beside the spinner

LabelPosition Selects the label placement relative to the spinner Options: = “Above” = “After” = “Below” = “Before”

OnChange Actions that will be executed when the Value property of the progress bar changes

Spinner Size Determines the spinner size Options: = “Tiny” = “ExtraSmall” = “Small” = “Medium” = “Large” = “ExtraLarge” = “Huge”

Visible Determines whether to show (true) or hide (false) the control

Width Distance from the left side of the control to the right side

X Distance from the left edge of the screen to the left side of the control

Y Distance from the top edge of the screen to the top of the control

How To Use The Power Apps Spinner Control

1. Select the Spinner control in Power Apps studio. Write a text value in the Label property.

"Loading"

2. Set the Label Position property to the preferred value

"After"

3. Create a variable to show the spinner when true

Set(varIsLoading, true)

3. Create a variable to show the spinner when true

Set(varIsLoading, true)

4. Apply the variable to the Visible property of the spinner

varIsLoading

5. Set the variable to false to hide the spinner

Set(varIsLoading, false)

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