Hi, Shane. First time commenter, long time viewer. Your videos have been a big help to me and my org, so thank you so much for the content you produce. Question though. I don’t supposed Microsoft has said anything more on finalizing enhanced component properties, have they??
Awesome. As usual. Your consistency is remarkable! 🙂 On the properties for Label1, you have a few of them that I don't (minimum width - align in container - flexible height - height) I can live without those properties, but I'm curious why I'm not seeing them.
Hi Shane... first of all, I love your PowerApps videos and they are very VERY helpful for all PowerApps newbs like me :)... I do have a question regarding this behavior related to custom component... I have created a custom component with a drop down to select a language on my app using the custom components and it is working but it only works after I select or change the value, it doesn't work when I initially open or load the app, all the text labels are blank... not sure what I am missing here 😅
Hi Shane, Long time, First Time. I am creating a menu navigation component, and this video has helped so much in achieving this. One thing I find frustrating that I hope you have an answer for is if you have many screens to navigate to, you need to set each custom property on the component you have added to the new screen to the screen you want each button to navigate to. Can you set this in the component so that when it is added to a new screen, it knows where to navigate? I hope that was clear. Thanks,
Hey Shane, I love Library Components. I like to make them as self contained as possible. I have a challenge and I just can figure out how to do it. I have a left menu that is triggered by my hamburger menu in my Header component. That works. It turns the varShowMenu variable on and my menu appears. I wanted to make this a sliding menu so I'm using the X position. My problem/challenge is that I don't want to have to setup a timer outside my component. I just want to pass a varShowMenu true/false, and have an output of the component that gives me the X position my menu should have based on its width at that time. That way, when I bring in my left menu, it works with very little addition or complication. I bet you will find this chalenging too. If you do a video on this? Please try not to my it look too easy. I have put some effort into this and if you are able to solve this easily, I will be grateful, but my ego may not survive. 😜
Hi Shane, great video! Love watching you explaining things one by one and why is it important to learn step by step. I have one questions. I want to show the output of a combo box in a component, however I am not able to get the desire outcome. I create an input property type table. In a screen I was able to import my data source into the component and the combo box show the value as expected. By default, I set the input property Table(). When I select on a value and I want to return that value in a gallery or form, the output return an empty data. I try both table and record type output property and still get the empty data. I try both ComboBox.Selected and ComboBox.SelectedItems, still no result. Do you know how to get the combo box output from a component?
I believe you can import components from other power apps that you are owner. Next to +New Component, select the meatballs icon and you should see import components
Hi Shane. Great video. I read that components have limitations when using Power Apps in Teams, so I hesitated to start using them - do you know anything about this?
This video is always good to com back to. I recently found that with the addition of behavior property types (actual now its expanded into Function/Event/Action), some of my library component no longer function. Specifically... I have an output property (e.g. ResultColor) with an input parameter. The parameter is used to examine a table to a color. The table used to work as another output property, but that is no longer the case. I had to switch ResultColor to a Function property type to accept the parameter, and had to move the table into it as another parameter. The result works, but it exposes the table as a parameter which makers could modify. Is there a technique to have a property which uses parameters, but also uses other internal properties of the component?
Thank you Shane. Is there a tutorial where we can understand how Variables behave once they are in Components. It seems they cant be accessed (as per the online articles). However, i can access them in some cases within component but not in other cases. Unable to figure what happens to them as soon as we try to consume apps global variable inside complements. Its inconsistent behavior.
Components are great but I don't know how to implement them with a responsive layout. Example is my menu's orientation changes with my screensize. Anything above mobile it's vertical but in mobile it should be horizontal. Anyone has any solution to that? Maybe you can point me to one.
I have a navigation menu that is built using components in the footer. Sometimes the navigation menu only shows the first screen and my users have to hover over the area and click to see the other screen names in the footer. Do you know how I can fix this?
I had some weirdness like that. For me it was the order of when I was navigating to the screen vs. when I was setting a variable. I don't know how complicated your setup is but you might try rearranging any multi-step OnSelect formulas and see if that helps.
I covered the animation better in this video. th-cam.com/video/D_Kb7AXSE0s/w-d-xo.html But yes. Once you understand it is just manipulating the X and Y with a timer you can do it from any direction. :)
Why does no one address the experimental behavior property of components. Its been experimental for 2+ years which is just ridiculous. It is essential to a proper and complete component design.
I don't recommend ever using experimental features. 🫤 I am with you, I wish they would go to preview so we could get their super powers but the fact they are still stuck in experimental doesn't give me a warm fuzzy to recommends.
this is not thought through from MS. Because you can use components outside of forms. BUT it cannot be used INSIDE an Edit Form. And this is a royal pain in the *** because there a lot of people need it the most. If you imagine, how bad and manual the form element formatting options are, this is where components would shine. E. g. design a dropdown the way you like it and then just add it to the edit form. But it doesn't work. Once again, shame on MS.
Thank you Shane! I love learning from your videos! Please keep us posted when Components will be allowed inside the Gallery control!
Thank you Shane Young. This video is so informative and insightful
Happy to help. Have a great day. 🐶
Wow I HAVE been working too HARD. Thank you for this new knowledge!
Glad it was helpful!
Hi, Shane. First time commenter, long time viewer. Your videos have been a big help to me and my org, so thank you so much for the content you produce.
Question though. I don’t supposed Microsoft has said anything more on finalizing enhanced component properties, have they??
Hi. 👋 I have heard nothing on them in what feels like forever. Sorry. 😞
@@ShanesCows No worries! Thanks so much for taking time to respond!
Hi Shane. Thank you much for your sharing.
My pleasure!
Great tutorial. Thanks!
You're welcome!
Last step; being able to select components in the Test Studio! Have you ever found a way around that perhaps Shane?
I haven't looked for that one Felix. Sorry but good luck
Awesome. As usual. Your consistency is remarkable! 🙂 On the properties for Label1, you have a few of them that I don't (minimum width - align in container - flexible height - height) I can live without those properties, but I'm curious why I'm not seeing them.
They only show up if you put the label in a horizonal or vertical gallery 😊
@@ShanesCows Got it. Thanks Shane!
Thanks for this video!
My pleasure!
Hi Shane... first of all, I love your PowerApps videos and they are very VERY helpful for all PowerApps newbs like me :)... I do have a question regarding this behavior related to custom component... I have created a custom component with a drop down to select a language on my app using the custom components and it is working but it only works after I select or change the value, it doesn't work when I initially open or load the app, all the text labels are blank... not sure what I am missing here 😅
Hi Shane, Long time, First Time. I am creating a menu navigation component, and this video has helped so much in achieving this. One thing I find frustrating that I hope you have an answer for is if you have many screens to navigate to, you need to set each custom property on the component you have added to the new screen to the screen you want each button to navigate to. Can you set this in the component so that when it is added to a new screen, it knows where to navigate? I hope that was clear. Thanks,
Thanks Shane 😊
Happy to help!
Hey Shane, I love Library Components. I like to make them as self contained as possible. I have a challenge and I just can figure out how to do it. I have a left menu that is triggered by my hamburger menu in my Header component. That works. It turns the varShowMenu variable on and my menu appears. I wanted to make this a sliding menu so I'm using the X position. My problem/challenge is that I don't want to have to setup a timer outside my component. I just want to pass a varShowMenu true/false, and have an output of the component that gives me the X position my menu should have based on its width at that time. That way, when I bring in my left menu, it works with very little addition or complication. I bet you will find this chalenging too. If you do a video on this? Please try not to my it look too easy. I have put some effort into this and if you are able to solve this easily, I will be grateful, but my ego may not survive. 😜
Where can I find the explanation of the animation of the menu component?
Thank you. I was stuck on getting output from component input box to the app.
Hi Shane, great video! Love watching you explaining things one by one and why is it important to learn step by step.
I have one questions. I want to show the output of a combo box in a component, however I am not able to get the desire outcome.
I create an input property type table. In a screen I was able to import my data source into the component and the combo box show the value as expected. By default, I set the input property Table().
When I select on a value and I want to return that value in a gallery or form, the output return an empty data. I try both table and record type output property and still get the empty data. I try both ComboBox.Selected and ComboBox.SelectedItems, still no result.
Do you know how to get the combo box output from a component?
Is there a way to send these components to another app without copying & pasting them ? Thx again for that great video
Yes - PowerApps Component Libraries - Share and reuse across the org
th-cam.com/video/8Sdx7baJEuU/w-d-xo.html
I believe you can import components from other power apps that you are owner.
Next to +New Component, select the meatballs icon and you should see import components
Hi Shane. Great video. I read that components have limitations when using Power Apps in Teams, so I hesitated to start using them - do you know anything about this?
Great video! How did you achieve the smooth animation?
YOu have to use a Timer control to do it. I think this video I show a more detail example. th-cam.com/video/vbRdFfq5tB8/w-d-xo.html
@@ShanesCows tried it, works great!!
This video is always good to com back to. I recently found that with the addition of behavior property types (actual now its expanded into Function/Event/Action), some of my library component no longer function. Specifically...
I have an output property (e.g. ResultColor) with an input parameter. The parameter is used to examine a table to a color. The table used to work as another output property, but that is no longer the case. I had to switch ResultColor to a Function property type to accept the parameter, and had to move the table into it as another parameter. The result works, but it exposes the table as a parameter which makers could modify.
Is there a technique to have a property which uses parameters, but also uses other internal properties of the component?
Thank you Shane. Is there a tutorial where we can understand how Variables behave once they are in Components. It seems they cant be accessed (as per the online articles). However, i can access them in some cases within component but not in other cases. Unable to figure what happens to them as soon as we try to consume apps global variable inside complements. Its inconsistent behavior.
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Components are great but I don't know how to implement them with a responsive layout. Example is my menu's orientation changes with my screensize. Anything above mobile it's vertical but in mobile it should be horizontal.
Anyone has any solution to that? Maybe you can point me to one.
Check out this video, it should give you some ideas. th-cam.com/video/CCz5ImYHU_Q/w-d-xo.html Responsive tabs in a gallery component. Fun.
I have a navigation menu that is built using components in the footer. Sometimes the navigation menu only shows the first screen and my users have to hover over the area and click to see the other screen names in the footer. Do you know how I can fix this?
I had some weirdness like that. For me it was the order of when I was navigating to the screen vs. when I was setting a variable. I don't know how complicated your setup is but you might try rearranging any multi-step OnSelect formulas and see if that helps.
My access app scope turns off when I leave the editing environment. How Can I make it stay on? Turns off when I publish too.
Weird, I have never had that happen. I am not sure 😢
How did you do the animation? for slide in het menu? And also how do you if you wanne slide from an other postion?
I covered the animation better in this video. th-cam.com/video/D_Kb7AXSE0s/w-d-xo.html But yes. Once you understand it is just manipulating the X and Y with a timer you can do it from any direction. :)
Why does no one address the experimental behavior property of components. Its been experimental for 2+ years which is just ridiculous. It is essential to a proper and complete component design.
I don't recommend ever using experimental features. 🫤 I am with you, I wish they would go to preview so we could get their super powers but the fact they are still stuck in experimental doesn't give me a warm fuzzy to recommends.
As we can't add (working) components inside a gallery, component are useless.
You can, you may have to tweak things more
could you explain your answer a little bit?@@eyoborelvis8224
😅 👌 👍
Thanks 😁
this is not thought through from MS. Because you can use components outside of forms. BUT it cannot be used INSIDE an Edit Form. And this is a royal pain in the *** because there a lot of people need it the most. If you imagine, how bad and manual the form element formatting options are, this is where components would shine. E. g. design a dropdown the way you like it and then just add it to the edit form. But it doesn't work. Once again, shame on MS.