Power Apps Text Input – Modern Controls

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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