Purpose
A Power Apps text input control lets users enter text or data into a form or field. Its purpose is to enable user input, such as filling out a form or searching a table.
Properties
| AccessibleLabel Screen readers will voice this text when a user selects the control |
| ContentLanguage Describes the language used to the audience (e.g. “en-US”) |
| DelayOutput When true, wait until the user stops typing to update the Value output property |
| 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 |
| Mode Switch between single-line entry mode and multi-line entry mode = “SingleLine”  = “Multiline”  |
| OnChange Actions that will be executed when the Value property of the Text Input Canvas changes |
| Required Unknown purpose |
| Value Initial value displayed in the control before the user interacts with it. Can also be used as an output property to get the current value of the Text Input Canvas. |
| 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 Text Input Control
1. Set the initial value of the text input using the Default property.
"Lorem ipsum dolor"
2. Write some new text in the Text Input.
3. Get the current text input value using this code.
TextInputCanvas1.Value
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Any idea, how to change font size in Text Input control?
Truls,
The Power Apps text control does not have a Size property yet. It will be included in a future version of the control.
FYI – Required = Simply makes the border red if no data is within
Tom,
Thanks for the tip! I updated my blog.
His “tip” is not true. Just tested and it does not highlight the input control when I tab off the control, while the “required” property is true and the control is empty.
Jim,
Noted.
Is there a way to trigger actions OnSelect as well as when you take focus away from the textbox?
For example, I want to set a variable when a textbox gets selected. But let’s say the user does nothing to ‘Change’ the text and clicks focus away from it. that is where I want to trigger updating the variable with a different state.
Glen,
Not that I can think of. Maybe someone else will see this and have an idea. OnUnFocus is not a something I believe exists.
Any way to restrict entries to numbers only?
Is there a way to clear the text with other button? like reset to “”.
It seems the OnChange for the modern text control is a little wonky. The OnChange happens as the user types, and not when the control changes, which is pretty much breaking the app I’m working on. It pains me to have to shift every control back to classic, but might have to do so.