This was an extraordinarily awesome tutorial. You explained it very clearly and I was able to learn a lot from doing exactly what you said to do. It worked the first time, which rarely happens! Thank you so much, Reza, for sharing your knowledge.
On the one hand, we have the super shane with exciting technical videos. On the other hand, we have the incredible reza that has the advantage of being comfortable in design and technique. It's just amazing and it's so beautiful. And in addition it's super clear. I am not English and yet I understand almost everything. Thank you a thousand times reza
I don't think you know how important you are to us, new developers. You are Amazing Sir!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was extremely helpful. Thank you so much!!!! I've subscribed, and I am ecstatic about watching other videos.
Thanks a lot for this tutorial, very helpful. You forgot to make the rectangle show only on selected screen. It's quite easy but I'll paste it here for other watchers. On the rectangle element, set this code in the Visible controlfield: If(App.ActiveScreen = ThisItem.Screen;true;false)
Just discovered your channel an hour ago and I already anticipate I'm going to be binge-watching it. This video in particular is incredibly relevant to me and very well explained. Thanks!
I have watch other TH-cam video about left menu, but no one give me such details guide like yours, really really appreciated. Keep moving on with your amazing tutorial! Subscribed to your TH-cam channel!!!
Mr. Reza you are Amazing, you are definitely the best, your presentations are direct to the point, we seek your presentation to learn one thing and we come out with 100 things.
You are entitle for a medal I already watched twice and took down notes, I am going to start duplicating what shown . need to go through again because I am old and green I take my hat for this- thanks
Your work is truly commendable. So neat and accurate. I knew you're the guy when I saw your tutorial on uploading files to SharePoint document library through add an attachment control and gallery control. Keep up the good work 👍
Great Video! Thanks for making it! I was hoping you were going to include how to show which navigation item is active based on what screen you are on, but i believe it is as simple as this: Set the visable property of the Rectangle to If(App.ActiveScreen = ThisItem.Screen, true, false)
Exactly what i was after! Thank you Reza for making it easy to follow and understand! However following these tutorials from another language settings makes for some pitfalls. Of course the ; instead of , as mentioned in a comment to Asbjörns contribution. The first i stumbled upon was that when i do ClearCollect i have to surround my collection name with single quotes to make it work. Second is that i have to separate the two commands (set var to false and then navigate) with double semicolons. Sometimes it is ;; and sometimes & is sufficient.
Hello Resa, thank you so much for this tutorial, like the others already said, you save us so much time, your explanations are crystal clear, and progressive.
Thanks Reza. I will use this for many an app. The only change I would consider is to make the gallery rectSelected Visible property 'ThisItem.IsSelected' so it is only visible when selected, just like the PowerApp menu.
Hi Reza, amazing video demo on building components. This will help us a lot in the upcoming projects. Thanks for sharing the component itself as well. Waiting for more vidoes.
thanks for this feature. I think I will use that a lot. As Asbjørn mentioned you forgot to explain how to get the rectangular part. I did something different. I use the TemplateFill function in the Components and use this formula If(ThisItem.Screen = App.ActiveScreen, RGBA(12, 26, 85, 0.49), RGBA(12, 26, 85, 0)). Then the background gets a little darker. If(ThisItem.IsSelected, does not work for this feature thus whenever navigated from that screen to another screen you get another view of the component.
First of all, congrats for the great work. Help me a lot. Well explained. I don't know why, after I've share my app with some co-workers, it doesn't work. The app just open and close the left menu. We are opening this at Chrome.
I have this same component running within my COVID-19 Tracking solution. powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Emergency-Response-Gallery/Coronavirus-Tracking-application-Power-Apps-template/td-p/491988 github.com/rdorrani/PowerApps/tree/master/Coronavirus%20Tracking The menu should work across all browsers. I did test this in Chrome.
Another outstanding video. I really can't describe how valuable and inspiring your tutorials are - I'm using so many of them to build my first app with confidence! However :-( being new, I got a bit lost in where to modify/ add / take away more Title/Screen/ Icons in the navigation menu. Is it in the component itself, OnStart, bit of both? Thanks again!
Hi Reza, Excellent Video on Left Navigation, I did it with you while watching this video and it worked. :) Thanks.... Can you please show more on sub-Menu or Parent - Child Menu options as well ....
This is by far the best tutorial I've seen on making a left navigation menu. One question though, when you were creating the lblTitle you set the PaddingLeft property to 70 instead of setting the X property to 70 even though they both seem to do the same thing. Is there any particular reason why you would use padding instead of x? Thanks!
Thank You so much! I honestly do not remember - it's been more than a year since I build this :) I don't think it makes a difference using X or PaddingLeft.
Mr Reza, How are you ? Instead of create a table in Powerapps components (in hardcode), What do you think, If you create a Sharepoint list of MENU values (Home, Task, Details, etc) only to be dynamic ?, in this list, you only need to specify the name of Label Menu, name of icon and screen to navigate. Is it easier if we think about component reutilization? What do you think about this idea my friend ? Tks a lot! ;) 👍
Components currently do not allow data sources within them. The component shown in video can gets its Table data (input property) from any data source of your choice.
@@RezaDorrani The rectangle(Blue Bar) which we added near to the icons should only be visible when that Home, Task or Detail Screen is selected. I tried to achieve it by setting up visible property but could not. :-(
@@fakharahmedkhan5157 I will have to see your code and app in action to know why. I always recommend posting issues/queries with screenshots to forums at powerusers.microsoft.com/
This is a great tutorial. Thanks. Please how can I make the rectangle stop flickering when selected? When a menu item is selected, the previous rectangle of selected menu item does not hide fast enough so the rectangles (previous and new) seem to flicker sometimes, especially on canvas screen. Thanks once again for sharing your knowledge.
Hi Jonathan, The component has a gallery which has a default property value set. The code here looks for App.ActiveScreen. It takes a while for Power Apps to calculate the App.ActiveScreen and hence the flickering effect. To avoid this, create another property in component of type Screen, set this property everytime a nav item is clicked (using component output property to set a global variable) and use this global variable as input property value.
Tried my hand at this after a lot of apprehension... Liked it. I had one question for you though - I have a created a horizontal component and in my use case, I have tabs that have a disable options based on dates in the month. Like Tab 1 will be disabled on different dates and Tab 2 & 3 on different dates.. How Can i achieve this dynamically. Any guidance would be a great help..
I do not have a video reference on this scenario and would have to try it out to provide guidance. I recommend checking on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com/ in case someone has done something similar.
Hi Reza, thanks for all your tutorials on Power Apps, they're my one stop shop when I'm in a bind. Please I tried to import this component into an App, but I'm getting an error message saying the "Left Nav Component does not contain any components". Can you check out the file in the repo? Thanks
Thanks for watching and liking the tutorials. File is repo is fine. I have not updated it in years. I would recommend posting your issue with screenshots on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com. May be its a general component issue.
You would need to change logic in the component. Its not something I can type out here on chat. There would be updates and I would have to try it out to know what it would be.
Sir, Video is awesome and works really well for this requirement. However, I really struggled while creating a component for Alert pop up. I have 2 buttons and they have multiple actions when buttons are clicked. But I could not pass those actions to the component. Also could not find the way to pass actions, variables, form names to the Component. Please make a video if these things are possible.
Hi Reza, I am always impressed how well are your lecures structuree. Could you please let me know I I can use instead of canvas element a container.. I am just learning to build more responsive apps. If container is not a solution, is there any other alternative after 2 years since you uploaded this video? Thanks
Well, its absolutely a perfect walkthrough which I wanted. But, is there any thing to highlight the current selected menu in the left nav bar to show the user currently selected Screen. Thanks
Another excellent video Reza, thanks a lot! I wonder if the same thing you did here with scrollable screen by adding the canvas control of this screen into a normal screen can be done with the Container control as well? Appreciate if you can clarify this. As a beginner PowerApps maker that would be really helpful info for me! Thanks!
Hi Reza, Great video with detailed explanation, I have followed the same steps, everything works the same except i don't see any flickering in your example when you switch between screens from menu but mine shows reloading for a split second when i switch, why that could be?
Most welcome! I have not come across any flickering issues and hence not sure what the reason for your issue is. I recommend posting your issue with screenshots on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com
Good tutorial, thanks! Is there a way to display the extended menu by default instead of it appearing collapsed when opening the app? Thank You for the help!
I implemented this and it works great. The only issue I have experienced so far is that when I switch pages/views the menu stays open. Is there any way I can directly fix this issue so that every time I navigate to another page/view the menu closes? Thank you!
I have not come across this issue and hence not sure what is the cause for your issue. I recommend posting your issue/query with screenshots on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com
This video is great and helpful. Appreciate your skills and time. By the way, I tried changing the color of "rectSelected" and background color of the item selected. For some reason, when I click other items to test, the item selected is incorrect ( they sort of bounce around). In the component screen it doesn't do that, but on Screens it does it. To elaborate, let's say I click on "Home", color changes and the focus stays on "Home", but when I start to click other nav items like "New Record", the focus goes to other nav items. I have to click "New Record" one more time for it to be selected. I mean the navigate to screen is perfect. Any idea? Thank you.
Not sure what would be causing this issue. Video description has link to download sample component. Maybe you could look into that. I would also recommend posting your issue with screenshots on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com
Hi Reza !! Thank you very much for your great video. I have one question how do change the color of a rectangle to show the user to the active screen. as of now, it's showing the same color of the rectangle for both active/deactivated screens. Please assist with the same.
Hi Reza , great learning from this video . Thank you . One doubt when I tried this it is working fine in design mode or even when I play the app from design mode however when I published this and play the app from service then the navigation icons and lable got vanished as soon as I navigate to next page. Could you please help me out here. Again it's working fine in design mode and I have repeated the same steps as you.
I have created left navigation panel using reusable components in canvas app in powerapps. This navigation components has gallery , the input data of gallery like MenuItem name , icon and selected screen are coming from a collection which I have created on app.onstart function When I add this component on all screens in design mode it is working fine , even when I play the application from design mode to preview it's working good like it's changing screens on click as usual everything is good however when i published the application and opened it from powerapps service then as soon as I navigate to second screen or screens other than home screen all menuitems are vanishes like no icons and no MenuItem names . When I get back on home screen all things came up again. This is not the case in design mode in design mode everything is working as expected. Could you please help me out what can be the issue here ?
Thanks! I have not come across this issue and hence not sure what is the cause for your issue. I recommend posting your issue/query with screenshots on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com
Hi Reza, Thank you for uploading this awesome tutorial, I followed through, created Navi component and tested fine. however when I imported it to my canvas app, the NavItem property is not there, could you please share some insights... thank you!
thank you for the prompt response, I think it was power platform delaying issue, I saved a copy of my component, import into my App again, I can see Navitem now. However when I set menu list on App’s onStart, it won’t recognize colNav, any thoughts please thank you again
@@funhouse828 I will have to look at your App in action to know why you are getting the issue. I would recommend posting your issue/query with screenshots on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com
This video is extremely useful. I am trying to download your component (msapp) file but during import process it is throwing an error. Can you please resolve this error : "Left Nav Component does not contain any components."
Awesome videos sir, your videos are always clear and very helpful. Thank you for this. There is a Powerapps videos I would like you to assist me with and using Dataverse as your database please. Can you please create a Powerapps app when a user registers and login, after 24 hours the password will expire and they will be sent back to the registration page to re-register everytime the password has expired after 24 hours.
Thank You. I make videos when I receive multiple requests on a topic. Every 6 months I ask subscribers for topic suggestions on Community Tab of my channel. Most voted ideas get added to my backlog.
Thank you so much Reza for your component Fundamentals I have one quick query can we add refresh icon and then refresh any data source like sharepoint list using header component So header component will have two icon one will be home and other will be refresh Home will navigate user to main screen but refresh will refresh the data source eg sharepoint list
Excellent video Reza! Very grateful for this and all the recommendations in ur videos! I want to develop a 2-level drop-down menu that depends on a database in excel and unfolds as it is selected. I have my doubts if I should do it with Components. Do you have any recommendation?
Thank you for the feedback Javier. The menu showcased in the video can have its data loaded from any data source of choice (excel included). Components is the right approach for building any reusable artifacts and since left navigation menu is one that will be used in multiple Apps, this is the ideal approach. Components accept input params (which can be menu data from your data source). To learn more about components and component libraries, check out these 2 videos: th-cam.com/video/4Y0fWojokH0/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/KR9d3meY9BE/w-d-xo.html
@@RezaDorrani Thank you for the advice! I think i might need 2 galleries (1 nested) for building the left navigation component. But with the icon, the object name could be related from the original source? Thanks again!!
Hi Reza, Thanks for the nice video. I was just checking the component which is in GITHUB. It's not allowing to import in PowerApps. Error:- LeftNavComponent doesn't contain any components
Thanks Sir Reza! another great tutorial. Aside from menu, where does else we can use the 'component' thing? Also do you have Paid Course Training like other MVP is doing? Thanks. - Nelson
I see some MVP like you has these training course: • Complete SharePoint Development Training Course • SharePoint Framework (SPFx) Training Course • The Power Platform Training (Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI) • SharePoint Site Owner Training
Hey Reza, This is amazing and I have implemented it in one of my app designs. Question - the blue selection bars you added to the component - my guess is these should display when icon or title is selected - for e.g. if I select the second icon the blue bar should show to the left of it, but should not show to the left of the first or third icon in the nav component. The bar would be like a second way of letting user know what page they are on - Is it possible to do this and if so, how can this be accomplished?
Thabks. Very good video..but how can I use it to build a three catogories forms. For submit. Edit and approve and view old record to add on comments etc? If u can demo too ...thanks
For building forms you need to use the form control. This is just a navigation component. I have a video coming next week on the Form control which covers building 3 categories of forms.
Awsome video very clear and the menu looks great. I'm using this bar now in my apps. Is it also possible to do something else then navigating to a different screen with the buttons. Like running a piece of code in the app it is being used in or changing a boolean.
Components have come a long way since this video (although they are still in preview). There is a new property called Behavior for a component which allows once to run Power Fx formulas. Check the component documentation.
Hello Mr. Reza. This is such a great tutorial. In your video, we make the component for Navigating purpose ONLY. I have one question that bugging me : Is it possible to make the component behave like a side menu? What i really mean here is, if there are some other function we want to execute beside navigating. For example Reload data, Sort the data, and so on. I tried to store the syntax as a record inside the table for the gallery, and then try to call it using ThisItem but didn't work. This is the example : Table({Title: "Home", Function: Navigate(HomeScreen)}, {Title: "Reload", Function: Reload(MyDatabase)}, {Title: "Sort Data", Function: Set(varSortData, !varSortData)}) And then for the gallery OnSelect i used : ThisItem.Function I failed to differentiate the function of each item by using that strategy because when i see the table, the column function only consist of true, not the exact syntax that i want. I hope you can give some advice. Thank you.
Currently function execution is not supported with components. However if your component sends back an output property - you can have a toggle control on the screen where component is placed. The toggle can be set with output property and then on change of the toggle you can execute your functions. This approach is not reusable though as each screen would need to have the toggle and the logic.
@@RezaDorrani Hello Mr Reza. Thank you for the advice and insight about my request. Before i managed to read your comment, i ended up using this kind of function to the gallery OnSelect : If(ThisItem.Title = "Home" And Not(ThisItem.Title = App.ActiveScreen.Name), Navigate(HomeScreen), If(ThisItem.Title = "Reload", Reload(MyDatabase), If(ThisItem.Title = "Sort Data", Set(varSortData, !varSortData)))) It worked well. but i will also try your advice using the toggle control. And thanks to your video, the component for navigating only purpose also worked nicely. Thank you for the inspiration Mr. Reza !
Hello Reza, Thank you very much for your great video. It was very well explained and really fun to implement. I still have one question for you. I would like to use the Left Navigation Menu to switch between apps within my PowerApps environment. Is that also possible via colNav? How do I have to write the command so that I can refer to apps? I would be happy to hear from you. Many greetings
Switching between apps would probably be possible. Launch function would be the answer. To provide the steps, I would have to try it out. I will recommend checking on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com/ in case someone has done something similar.
Your way of explaining is fabulous, but i am facing issue, I have created Component in my app but when i use in on screen always through navigation to component module. Why?
Thanks! I have not experienced the mentioned issue and hence not sure what the cause for it could be. I will recommend posting your issue on forums in case someone has experienced something similar powerusers.microsoft.com
Awesome Video Again! Reza you're the guy! It would also be interesting to see how you would build a navigation component w/ menu sub items as well. Is it possible to create a nested gallery for the menu sub items inside the main gallery of the main items?
Yes can be easily done by adding an additonal gallery I wanted to keep this video as a 101 course on learning how to build components But if you need a more advanced version - with sub menus There is one already available in the community powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Canvas-Apps-Components-Samples/PPOC2020-Hamburger-Menu-Component/td-p/502950
Thanks Reza, this is awesome. Is it possible instead of only selecting hamburger to collapse, same is also achievable when clicked anywhere else or collapses itself when menu item is clicked?
Thanks a lot Reza, this is best. Although the Add Section of the Canvas component is causing a slider to appear if i add a full length gallery in the datacard. How can i get rid of that.
Add section I assume is for the scrollable screen. You may want to put the component outside of that canvas. I have not tested this with the scrollable screen.
Hi Reza, Excellent video. Thanks for helping the community. Can we use the canvas'es instead of adding too many screens and set the ClearCollect (colNav) to include with Canvas? Will this improve the performance in any way?
@@RezaDorrani sorry for the misunderstanding. All i was hoping to make use of the canvases from the scroll gallery instead of adding too many screens just to improve the app performance. As an example in this video about the use of canvases. th-cam.com/video/Cuq3x_O41nA/w-d-xo.html Is there any chance you have made of this design? Or you intend to make anytime in the future? Would be interesting to see. Appreciated thanks.
Hello, I love your videos and I think my app has something from all of them. Quick question though. I want my navigation to pop out to the right, like a table of contents for a form that's on the left. Do you have any videos that show that?
Hi Reza! Thank you for this amazing video! It helped me out very much. Quick question - do you think it's possible to both use the Navigate function in the gallery, and the Launch function? I have some icons that I want to point to pages in the app, but also out to some websites external to my app. So far...I'm thinking it's not possible.
@@yutikapatel5995 Component has input and output properties as shown in video. I would have to try it out to provide guidance. I will recommend posting your query with screenshots on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com/
Awesome Tutorial Reza. However, I'm facing a problem. It worked fine when I developed it but when I saved it and reopened it, all 3 icons vanished from screens except the hamburger. On components, 2 icons are showing but the third one disappeared somewhere. Please suggest something as soon as possible.
If its working in edit mode, it should work when App runs. Try editing app and see if it works right. Video description has link to download the component so you can look at the code base.
Great Video Reza. Been getting a lot of help from your videos. Can I ask for your support please. Did all the instructions as instructed until 24:52 I reached a halt when my icons are not appearing. I already series of suggestions from the internet but I can't make it work. Used this codes as instructed: Table( { Title: "Dashboard", Screen: App.ActiveScreen, Icon: Icon.Home }, { Title: "Reports", Screen: App.ActiveScreen, Icon: Icon.Document } ) The message I receive from the formula bar when I enter ThisItem.Icon in the Icon Properties is: "ThisItem.Icon = This formula uses scope, which is presently not supported for evaluation" Appreciate your support in advance. Wishing you more subscribers!
Icon can cause issues as it is a reserved Keyword. Change property Icon to propIcon and try. Table( { Title: "Dashboard", Screen: App.ActiveScreen, propIcon: Icon.Home }, { Title: "Reports", Screen: App.ActiveScreen, propIcon: Icon.Document } ) You would also have to update all references to Icon in component with propIcon
You can store screen references in variables. I don’t think I would make a video on this specific use case since I would need a lot of requests on this topic. This is the first one.
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This was an extraordinarily awesome tutorial. You explained it very clearly and I was able to learn a lot from doing exactly what you said to do. It worked the first time, which rarely happens! Thank you so much, Reza, for sharing your knowledge.
Hi David,
Thank you for your kind words.
My goal is to provide content which is relevant and easy to replicate by following the video.
Thank you David. Hope my channel keeps providing useful content.
Thank you for the amazing feedback :)
Most welcome and thanks for watching
On the one hand, we have the super shane with exciting technical videos. On the other hand, we have the incredible reza that has the advantage of being comfortable in design and technique.
It's just amazing and it's so beautiful. And in addition it's super clear. I am not English and yet I understand almost everything. Thank you a thousand times reza
Thank You Anthony for the amazing feedback 🙏
I don't think you know how important you are to us, new developers. You are Amazing Sir!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was extremely helpful. Thank you so much!!!! I've subscribed, and I am ecstatic about watching other videos.
Thank you for the kind words and thanks for the sub.
Thanks a lot for this tutorial, very helpful. You forgot to make the rectangle show only on selected screen. It's quite easy but I'll paste it here for other watchers.
On the rectangle element, set this code in the Visible controlfield:
If(App.ActiveScreen = ThisItem.Screen;true;false)
Thanks for the tip!
@@RezaDorrani struggling to get this to work!
Sorted it, its meant to be a , instead of ;
You can directly write this:
App.ActiveScreen = ThisItem.Screen
It will return true or false
you're the real MVP
You have completely taken my career to the next level. Raise incoming. Watch your videos every day! Please don't stop!!!
Congratulations to you & thanks for watching the videos.
Just discovered your channel an hour ago and I already anticipate I'm going to be binge-watching it. This video in particular is incredibly relevant to me and very well explained. Thanks!
Awesome! Thank you!
I have watch other TH-cam video about left menu, but no one give me such details guide like yours, really really appreciated. Keep moving on with your amazing tutorial! Subscribed to your TH-cam channel!!!
Thank you for the amazing feedback! I will keep trying my best.
Mr. Reza you are Amazing, you are definitely the best, your presentations are direct to the point, we seek your presentation to learn one thing and we come out with 100 things.
Thank you 😊
This channel is the only thing you need in order to learn Power Platform! Really cool! Thanks to Reza
Happy to hear that! Thank You so much.
Very Nicely explained and easily understood even viewer has no knowledge of Power Apps. Please keep continue the great work to help community.
Thanks so much!
Dude...this tutorial is the bees' knees. Fantastic job. Saved me a lot of time and frustration.
Thank you dude 😊
Jesus. This just opened my eyes wide open. Super great job, Reza!!
Thank You
After lot of stops and starts I done it
Component is created.
Hoooooooooooooooooraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
thanks a lot ( need to practice few more times)
Keep going :)
Mais uma grande aula!👏👏
Mesmo sem falar seu idioma tenho aproveitado as suas dicas.
obrigado.
Obrigado
Thank you so much for the video! very detailed. I have learned a lot! It's awesome that you have been sharing your knowledge!!
Appreciate the wonderful feedback
You are entitle for a medal
I already watched twice and took down notes, I am going to start duplicating what shown .
need to go through again because I am old and green
I take my hat for this- thanks
My biggest medal is such amazing feedback. Thank you!
Thank you Reza! Great tutorial!! I've already made and imported my own greatly modified navigation bar! It works!!!
Awesome 👍
Another banger of a video! I am making sure to go and comment on the videos I watched to help you out!
Thanks Chris
Your work is truly commendable. So neat and accurate. I knew you're the guy when I saw your tutorial on uploading files to SharePoint document library through add an attachment control and gallery control. Keep up the good work 👍
Thank you for your kind words
Great Video! Thanks for making it! I was hoping you were going to include how to show which navigation item is active based on what screen you are on, but i believe it is as simple as this: Set the visable property of the Rectangle to If(App.ActiveScreen = ThisItem.Screen, true, false)
I released a new version of this component recently - th-cam.com/video/3S0h2nODcxM/w-d-xo.html
Includes a lot more enhancements.
Exactly what i was after! Thank you Reza for making it easy to follow and understand!
However following these tutorials from another language settings makes for some pitfalls. Of course the ; instead of , as mentioned in a comment to Asbjörns contribution.
The first i stumbled upon was that when i do ClearCollect i have to surround my collection name with single quotes to make it work.
Second is that i have to separate the two commands (set var to false and then navigate) with double semicolons. Sometimes it is ;; and sometimes & is sufficient.
Glad you found it useful.
The regional settings do impact the formulas. I do wish the formula syntax was consistent for all regions.
Hello Resa, thank you so much for this tutorial, like the others already said, you save us so much time, your explanations are crystal clear, and progressive.
Thank You!
I'm going to take this and try to build a top breadcrumb. Thank you Sir!
Awesome! Good luck 👍
@@RezaDorrani Hahaha, it doesn't work without a horizontal flexible gallery. 😓
@@conaxlearn8566 You will need to have a fixed width.
Thank you so much for your tutorials. They are the best and very very helpful for beginners like us
Awesome! Thank You.
Very very nice tutorial, it worked perfectly on my app.
This menu adds a big added value. Thank you Reza
Great to hear!
This was an Amazing Tutorial about a very handy feature. Thank you so much Reza!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Reza. I will use this for many an app.
The only change I would consider is to make the gallery rectSelected Visible property 'ThisItem.IsSelected' so it is only visible when selected, just like the PowerApp menu.
Your suggestion is spot on.
I think I added this later to the video description since I missed it as part of the video.
You are just awesome. Your way of explaining is fabulous.
Thank You. I am working on a V2 for this menu.
Thank you for sharing the detailed tutorial.. it's awesome..
Most welcome
Hi Reza, amazing video demo on building components. This will help us a lot in the upcoming projects. Thanks for sharing the component itself as well. Waiting for more vidoes.
Thank you
Thank you very much sir I am very happy and you have explained each step in a clear manner
You are most welcome
Thank you, Reza for such an enlightening tutorial! Cheers!
You are most welcome Manny
Awesome lecture. very clear step by step
Thanks a lot
Excelent Reza!!! Tks for sharing!!!
Most welcome!
thanks for this feature. I think I will use that a lot. As Asbjørn mentioned you forgot to explain how to get the rectangular part. I did something different. I use the TemplateFill function in the Components and use this formula If(ThisItem.Screen = App.ActiveScreen, RGBA(12, 26, 85, 0.49), RGBA(12, 26, 85, 0)). Then the background gets a little darker. If(ThisItem.IsSelected, does not work for this feature thus whenever navigated from that screen to another screen you get another view of the component.
Best part about this video was that I have seen a lot of folks build their own versions and make it better.
I have plans for a V2 of this component.
Awesome tutorial-thank you Reza 🙏🏼
Most welcome!
Kudos, crystal clear.
Thanks Reza
Thank You for watching
As always, extremely helpful. Thanks for sharing Reza
Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching
First of all, congrats for the great work. Help me a lot. Well explained.
I don't know why, after I've share my app with some co-workers, it doesn't work. The app just open and close the left menu. We are opening this at Chrome.
I have this same component running within my COVID-19 Tracking solution.
powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Emergency-Response-Gallery/Coronavirus-Tracking-application-Power-Apps-template/td-p/491988
github.com/rdorrani/PowerApps/tree/master/Coronavirus%20Tracking
The menu should work across all browsers. I did test this in Chrome.
Excellent video, well explained and serves the purpose!!
Thank you Nader
Another outstanding video. I really can't describe how valuable and inspiring your tutorials are - I'm using so many of them to build my first app with confidence!
However :-( being new, I got a bit lost in where to modify/ add / take away more Title/Screen/ Icons in the navigation menu. Is it in the component itself, OnStart, bit of both?
Thanks again!
Thank You Jimmy.
OnStart in the colNavItems collection.
Excellent tutorial. Thank you
Thanks for watching
Watching it again...
👍
Hi Reza, Excellent Video on Left Navigation, I did it with you while watching this video and it worked. :) Thanks.... Can you please show more on sub-Menu or Parent - Child Menu options as well ....
Thank You.
Here is the V2 video - th-cam.com/video/3S0h2nODcxM/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for this tutorial, Reza!
You are most welcome
Very useful one , Thanks a lot for your detailed demo Reza!
Most welcome
This is by far the best tutorial I've seen on making a left navigation menu. One question though, when you were creating the lblTitle you set the PaddingLeft property to 70 instead of setting the X property to 70 even though they both seem to do the same thing. Is there any particular reason why you would use padding instead of x? Thanks!
Thank You so much!
I honestly do not remember - it's been more than a year since I build this :)
I don't think it makes a difference using X or PaddingLeft.
Mr Reza, How are you ?
Instead of create a table in Powerapps components (in hardcode), What do you think, If you create a Sharepoint list of MENU values (Home, Task, Details, etc) only to be dynamic ?, in this list, you only need to specify the name of Label Menu, name of icon and screen to navigate.
Is it easier if we think about component reutilization?
What do you think about this idea my friend ?
Tks a lot! ;) 👍
Components currently do not allow data sources within them. The component shown in video can gets its Table data (input property) from any data source of your choice.
it is really awesome tutorial , very clear and amazing , thanks a million \
Glad you liked it!
There is also a version 2 of the component. Check it out here - th-cam.com/video/3S0h2nODcxM/w-d-xo.html
What a fantastic tutorial it was, Amazing.
Thank you! Cheers!
@@RezaDorrani The rectangle(Blue Bar) which we added near to the icons should only be visible when that Home, Task or Detail Screen is selected. I tried to achieve it by setting up visible property but could not. :-(
@@fakharahmedkhan5157 I will have to see your code and app in action to know why. I always recommend posting issues/queries with screenshots to forums at powerusers.microsoft.com/
@@RezaDorrani I will do some research and try to fix it. But I must say we have built an entire app by seeing your tutorials. Cheers 👏 ✌️
This is a great tutorial. Thanks.
Please how can I make the rectangle stop flickering when selected? When a menu item is selected, the previous rectangle of selected menu item does not hide fast enough so the rectangles (previous and new) seem to flicker sometimes, especially on canvas screen.
Thanks once again for sharing your knowledge.
Hi Jonathan,
The component has a gallery which has a default property value set. The code here looks for App.ActiveScreen.
It takes a while for Power Apps to calculate the App.ActiveScreen and hence the flickering effect.
To avoid this, create another property in component of type Screen, set this property everytime a nav item is clicked (using component output property to set a global variable) and use this global variable as input property value.
Thank you soo much sir!!
Most welcome!
well done sir
Thanks for watching.
There is also a Version 2 of this component. Check it out here - th-cam.com/video/3S0h2nODcxM/w-d-xo.html
Great demo. Thanks!
Thanks for watching
Tried my hand at this after a lot of apprehension... Liked it.
I had one question for you though - I have a created a horizontal component and in my use case, I have tabs that have a disable options based on dates in the month. Like Tab 1 will be disabled on different dates and Tab 2 & 3 on different dates.. How Can i achieve this dynamically. Any guidance would be a great help..
I do not have a video reference on this scenario and would have to try it out to provide guidance. I recommend checking on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com/ in case someone has done something similar.
This is really great.
Would you now prefer Container components over these canvas components for this usecase?
Containers are meant to help build responsive Apps. Canvas Components enable reusability.
You can use containers in a component.
Hi Reza, thanks for all your tutorials on Power Apps, they're my one stop shop when I'm in a bind. Please I tried to import this component into an App, but I'm getting an error message saying the "Left Nav Component does not contain any components". Can you check out the file in the repo? Thanks
Thanks for watching and liking the tutorials.
File is repo is fine. I have not updated it in years. I would recommend posting your issue with screenshots on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com. May be its a general component issue.
Thank you so much for this! What would I need to change to get it to open to the right instead of the left?
You would need to change logic in the component. Its not something I can type out here on chat. There would be updates and I would have to try it out to know what it would be.
@@RezaDorrani Got it! Thank you.
Outstanding. Thank you, Reza. (Subscribed)
Awesome, thank you!
Sir, Video is awesome and works really well for this requirement. However, I really struggled while creating a component for Alert pop up. I have 2 buttons and they have multiple actions when buttons are clicked. But I could not pass those actions to the component. Also could not find the way to pass actions, variables, form names to the Component. Please make a video if these things are possible.
Will add it to my backlog but this is the first request on this topic. I will need a lot more requests on this topic to give this a higher priority.
@@RezaDorrani Thank you for replying and considering it. I will look forward to seeing it.
Great detail. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Great and very helpful videos, thank you😊
You're very welcome!
Awesome video! Thanks so much!
Glad you liked it!
Hi Reza, I am always impressed how well are your lecures structuree. Could you please let me know I I can use instead of canvas element a container.. I am just learning to build more responsive apps. If container is not a solution, is there any other alternative after 2 years since you uploaded this video? Thanks
Thank You.
Definitely containers is the way forward. I have done videos explaining what they do. Check my playlist on responsive design.
Well, its absolutely a perfect walkthrough which I wanted. But, is there any thing to highlight the current selected menu in the left nav bar to show the user currently selected Screen.
Thanks
Check the description of the video.
I missed that part in the video so added it to the description.
@@RezaDorrani Ty
Hi Mustafa, Check the description of the video. It has that fix :)
Another excellent video Reza, thanks a lot!
I wonder if the same thing you did here with scrollable screen by adding the canvas control of this screen into a normal screen can be done with the Container control as well? Appreciate if you can clarify this. As a beginner PowerApps maker that would be really helpful info for me! Thanks!
Thanks.
It is possible. But, containers themselves have scrolling behavior.
Hi Reza, Great video with detailed explanation, I have followed the same steps, everything works the same except i don't see any flickering in your example when you switch between screens from menu but mine shows reloading for a split second when i switch, why that could be?
Most welcome!
I have not come across any flickering issues and hence not sure what the reason for your issue is. I recommend posting your issue with screenshots on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com
I get flickering every time I change pages too… did you ever wind up getting a solution?
@@kenglin13 no I didn't..I tried tutorials from others too but the result was same
very very very very very helpful!!! thank you
Most most most welcome
Thank you Reza
👍
It's an awesome tutorial. Can you also add a bit to it by explaining how submenu like 2nd and 3rd level menu
Thanks to the amazing response to this video, I do plan on creating an advanced version of this in future (2nd level)
@@RezaDorrani Would you also be able to show how to change the icons if we want to use some that are not included with Power Apps?
Good tutorial, thanks!
Is there a way to display the extended menu by default instead of it appearing collapsed when opening the app? Thank You for the help!
Set the variable that drives expand collapse of the menu on start of the app
I implemented this and it works great. The only issue I have experienced so far is that when I switch pages/views the menu stays open. Is there any way I can directly fix this issue so that every time I navigate to another page/view the menu closes? Thank you!
I have not come across this issue and hence not sure what is the cause for your issue. I recommend posting your issue/query with screenshots on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com
This video is great and helpful. Appreciate your skills and time. By the way, I tried changing the color of "rectSelected" and background color of the item selected. For some reason, when I click other items to test, the item selected is incorrect ( they sort of bounce around). In the component screen it doesn't do that, but on Screens it does it. To elaborate, let's say I click on "Home", color changes and the focus stays on "Home", but when I start to click other nav items like "New Record", the focus goes to other nav items. I have to click "New Record" one more time for it to be selected. I mean the navigate to screen is perfect. Any idea? Thank you.
Not sure what would be causing this issue. Video description has link to download sample component. Maybe you could look into that.
I would also recommend posting your issue with screenshots on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com
Hi Reza !! Thank you very much for your great video. I have one question how do change the color of a rectangle to show the user to the active screen. as of now, it's showing the same color of the rectangle for both active/deactivated screens. Please assist with the same.
Most welcome!
Check th-cam.com/video/3S0h2nODcxM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=22NWT_EPITBraqAw
Hi Reza , great learning from this video . Thank you . One doubt when I tried this it is working fine in design mode or even when I play the app from design mode however when I published this and play the app from service then the navigation icons and lable got vanished as soon as I navigate to next page. Could you please help me out here.
Again it's working fine in design mode and I have repeated the same steps as you.
I have created left navigation panel using reusable components in canvas app in powerapps.
This navigation components has gallery , the input data of gallery like MenuItem name , icon and selected screen are coming from a collection which I have created on app.onstart function
When I add this component on all screens in design mode it is working fine , even when I play the application from design mode to preview it's working good like it's changing screens on click as usual everything is good however when i published the application and opened it from powerapps service then as soon as I navigate to second screen or screens other than home screen all menuitems are vanishes like no icons and no MenuItem names . When I get back on home screen all things came up again.
This is not the case in design mode in design mode everything is working as expected.
Could you please help me out what can be the issue here ?
Thanks!
I have not come across this issue and hence not sure what is the cause for your issue. I recommend posting your issue/query with screenshots on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com
Hi Reza, Thank you for uploading this awesome tutorial, I followed through, created Navi component and tested fine. however when I imported it to my canvas app, the NavItem property is not there, could you please share some insights... thank you!
Not sure why it wont show up. I have not faced this issue.
thank you for the prompt response, I think it was power platform delaying issue, I saved a copy of my component, import into my App again, I can see Navitem now. However when I set menu list on App’s onStart, it won’t recognize colNav, any thoughts please thank you again
@@funhouse828 I will have to look at your App in action to know why you are getting the issue.
I would recommend posting your issue/query with screenshots on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com
This video is extremely useful. I am trying to download your component (msapp) file but during import process it is throwing an error. Can you please resolve this error : "Left Nav Component does not contain any components."
You need to import it as a component. I have not heard anyone face this issue so not sure.
Awesome videos sir, your videos are always clear and very helpful. Thank you for this. There is a Powerapps videos I would like you to assist me with and using Dataverse as your database please. Can you please create a Powerapps app when a user registers and login, after 24 hours the password will expire and they will be sent back to the registration page to re-register everytime the password has expired after 24 hours.
Thank You.
I make videos when I receive multiple requests on a topic. Every 6 months I ask subscribers for topic suggestions on Community Tab of my channel.
Most voted ideas get added to my backlog.
@@RezaDorrani thank you for your response sir, have a good day 🙏
Awesome. It expand to the left. What if I want it to extend to the right?i.e right navigation...
For extend to the right, you would need to adjust the formulas inside the component to position the menu controls.
Thank you so much Reza for your component Fundamentals
I have one quick query can we add refresh icon and then refresh any data source like sharepoint list using header component
So header component will have two icon one will be home and other will be refresh
Home will navigate user to main screen but refresh will refresh the data source eg sharepoint list
There is a new property feature called Behavior in components which allows to run code.
Check the documentation on that.
@@RezaDorrani thanks Reza
Excellent video Reza! Very grateful for this and all the recommendations
in ur videos!
I want to develop a 2-level drop-down menu that depends on a database in excel and unfolds as it is selected. I have my doubts if I should do it with Components. Do you have any recommendation?
Thank you for the feedback Javier.
The menu showcased in the video can have its data loaded from any data source of choice (excel included).
Components is the right approach for building any reusable artifacts and since left navigation menu is one that will be used in multiple Apps, this is the ideal approach.
Components accept input params (which can be menu data from your data source).
To learn more about components and component libraries, check out these 2 videos:
th-cam.com/video/4Y0fWojokH0/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/KR9d3meY9BE/w-d-xo.html
@@RezaDorrani Thank you for the advice! I think i might need 2 galleries (1 nested) for building the left navigation component. But with the icon, the object name could be related from the original source? Thanks again!!
Hi Reza,
Thanks for the nice video. I was just checking the component which is in GITHUB. It's not allowing to import in PowerApps.
Error:- LeftNavComponent doesn't contain any components
You need to import it as a component.
Go to edit mode of your app, then components and import.
Thanks Sir Reza! another great tutorial. Aside from menu, where does else we can use the 'component' thing? Also do you have Paid Course Training like other MVP is doing? Thanks. - Nelson
I see some MVP like you has these training course:
• Complete SharePoint Development Training Course
• SharePoint Framework (SPFx) Training Course
• The Power Platform Training (Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI)
• SharePoint Site Owner Training
Components - th-cam.com/play/PLTyFh-qDKAiF_WeYXLbMt5NmRg3T35WRS.html
I am no longer an MVP :)
I am planning power platform training on my TH-cam channel in future via channel memberships (Join button on channel)
Check channel memberships. I have gone live with a training tier that you can sign up for now.
th-cam.com/users/rezadorranijoin
Hey Reza, This is amazing and I have implemented it in one of my app designs. Question - the blue selection bars you added to the component - my guess is these should display when icon or title is selected - for e.g. if I select the second icon the blue bar should show to the left of it, but should not show to the left of the first or third icon in the nav component. The bar would be like a second way of letting user know what page they are on - Is it possible to do this and if so, how can this be accomplished?
Glad to hear that.
I did miss 2 formulas in my video. It is provided in the video description :)
Thabks. Very good video..but how can I use it to build a three catogories forms. For submit. Edit and approve and view old record to add on comments etc? If u can demo too ...thanks
For building forms you need to use the form control. This is just a navigation component. I have a video coming next week on the Form control which covers building 3 categories of forms.
Awsome video very clear and the menu looks great. I'm using this bar now in my apps. Is it also possible to do something else then navigating to a different screen with the buttons. Like running a piece of code in the app it is being used in or changing a boolean.
Components have come a long way since this video (although they are still in preview).
There is a new property called Behavior for a component which allows once to run Power Fx formulas.
Check the component documentation.
Hello Mr. Reza.
This is such a great tutorial.
In your video, we make the component for Navigating purpose ONLY.
I have one question that bugging me : Is it possible to make the component behave like a side menu?
What i really mean here is, if there are some other function we want to execute beside navigating.
For example Reload data, Sort the data, and so on.
I tried to store the syntax as a record inside the table for the gallery, and then try to call it using ThisItem but didn't work.
This is the example :
Table({Title: "Home", Function: Navigate(HomeScreen)}, {Title: "Reload", Function: Reload(MyDatabase)}, {Title: "Sort Data", Function: Set(varSortData, !varSortData)})
And then for the gallery OnSelect i used : ThisItem.Function
I failed to differentiate the function of each item by using that strategy because when i see the table, the column function only consist of true, not the exact syntax that i want.
I hope you can give some advice.
Thank you.
Currently function execution is not supported with components.
However if your component sends back an output property - you can have a toggle control on the screen where component is placed. The toggle can be set with output property and then on change of the toggle you can execute your functions.
This approach is not reusable though as each screen would need to have the toggle and the logic.
@@RezaDorrani
Hello Mr Reza.
Thank you for the advice and insight about my request.
Before i managed to read your comment, i ended up using this kind of function to the gallery OnSelect :
If(ThisItem.Title = "Home" And Not(ThisItem.Title = App.ActiveScreen.Name), Navigate(HomeScreen),
If(ThisItem.Title = "Reload", Reload(MyDatabase),
If(ThisItem.Title = "Sort Data", Set(varSortData, !varSortData))))
It worked well. but i will also try your advice using the toggle control.
And thanks to your video, the component for navigating only purpose also worked nicely.
Thank you for the inspiration Mr. Reza !
@@mulatozroaster9483 Glad to know you got it to work
Hello Reza,
Thank you very much for your great video. It was very well explained and really fun to implement.
I still have one question for you.
I would like to use the Left Navigation Menu to switch between apps within my PowerApps environment.
Is that also possible via colNav? How do I have to write the command so that I can refer to apps?
I would be happy to hear from you.
Many greetings
Switching between apps would probably be possible.
Launch function would be the answer.
To provide the steps, I would have to try it out.
I will recommend checking on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com/ in case someone has done something similar.
Hello@@RezaDorrani,
Thank you very much for your answer.
I will ask the question again in the forum.
Best Regards,
Frederik
Your way of explaining is fabulous, but i am facing issue, I have created Component in my app but when i use in on screen always through navigation to component module. Why?
Thanks!
I have not experienced the mentioned issue and hence not sure what the cause for it could be.
I will recommend posting your issue on forums in case someone has experienced something similar powerusers.microsoft.com
Awesome Video Again! Reza you're the guy!
It would also be interesting to see how you would build a navigation component w/ menu sub items as well.
Is it possible to create a nested gallery for the menu sub items inside the main gallery of the main items?
Yes can be easily done by adding an additonal gallery
I wanted to keep this video as a 101 course on learning how to build components
But if you need a more advanced version - with sub menus
There is one already available in the community
powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Canvas-Apps-Components-Samples/PPOC2020-Hamburger-Menu-Component/td-p/502950
@@RezaDorrani Thank you Reza!
Awesome video - thanks! Do you know if this approach to menu could be combined with a timer to achieve a sliding effect?
Yes. I did it for a customer. Can be done. But involves more logic and has some complexity.
Thanks Reza, this is awesome. Is it possible instead of only selecting hamburger to collapse, same is also achievable when clicked anywhere else or collapses itself when menu item is clicked?
I don’t think there is a click out option.
Thanks a lot Reza, this is best. Although the Add Section of the Canvas component is causing a slider to appear if i add a full length gallery in the datacard. How can i get rid of that.
Add section I assume is for the scrollable screen. You may want to put the component outside of that canvas. I have not tested this with the scrollable screen.
Hi Reza, Excellent video. Thanks for helping the community. Can we use the canvas'es instead of adding too many screens and set the ClearCollect (colNav) to include with Canvas? Will this improve the performance in any way?
I did not understand the question.
@@RezaDorrani sorry for the misunderstanding. All i was hoping to make use of the canvases from the scroll gallery instead of adding too many screens just to improve the app performance. As an example in this video about the use of canvases.
th-cam.com/video/Cuq3x_O41nA/w-d-xo.html
Is there any chance you have made of this design? Or you intend to make anytime in the future? Would be interesting to see. Appreciated thanks.
I have not and no plans to do this in future
Hello, I love your videos and I think my app has something from all of them. Quick question though. I want my navigation to pop out to the right, like a table of contents for a form that's on the left. Do you have any videos that show that?
I do not have a navigation video from right to left.
I will recommend you check on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com/
Hi Reza! Thank you for this amazing video! It helped me out very much. Quick question - do you think it's possible to both use the Navigate function in the gallery, and the Launch function? I have some icons that I want to point to pages in the app, but also out to some websites external to my app. So far...I'm thinking it's not possible.
Yes. You would have to include that logic as component properties. So you would pass both the launch url and the screen to navigate to.
@@RezaDorrani What do you mean as component properties? It is possible to get a quick example? as I am wanting to use the Launch Function as well
@@yutikapatel5995 Component has input and output properties as shown in video. I would have to try it out to provide guidance. I will recommend posting your query with screenshots on the forums at powerusers.microsoft.com/
Awesome Tutorial Reza. However, I'm facing a problem. It worked fine when I developed it but when I saved it and reopened it, all 3 icons vanished from screens except the hamburger. On components, 2 icons are showing but the third one disappeared somewhere. Please suggest something as soon as possible.
If its working in edit mode, it should work when App runs. Try editing app and see if it works right. Video description has link to download the component so you can look at the code base.
Great Video Reza. Been getting a lot of help from your videos.
Can I ask for your support please. Did all the instructions as instructed until 24:52 I reached a halt when my icons are not appearing. I already series of suggestions from the internet but I can't make it work.
Used this codes as instructed:
Table(
{
Title: "Dashboard",
Screen: App.ActiveScreen,
Icon: Icon.Home
}, {
Title: "Reports",
Screen: App.ActiveScreen,
Icon: Icon.Document
}
)
The message I receive from the formula bar when I enter ThisItem.Icon in the Icon Properties is:
"ThisItem.Icon = This formula uses scope, which is presently not supported for evaluation"
Appreciate your support in advance. Wishing you more subscribers!
Icon can cause issues as it is a reserved Keyword.
Change property Icon to propIcon and try.
Table(
{
Title: "Dashboard",
Screen: App.ActiveScreen,
propIcon: Icon.Home
}, {
Title: "Reports",
Screen: App.ActiveScreen,
propIcon: Icon.Document
}
)
You would also have to update all references to Icon in component with propIcon
Fabulous!
Thank you Jhorman.
Hi, Thanks for the video. Could yo please make another video of how to use variables instead of screen name. Is that possible?
You can store screen references in variables. I don’t think I would make a video on this specific use case since I would need a lot of requests on this topic. This is the first one.