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How to create your own scrollbar for galleries in Power Apps
tl;dr Did you know that two buttons and a slider make a sweet scrollbar? Let me show you how to do it! In my last blog post about How to build a curved gallery in Power Apps I already showed how you …
How to build a curved gallery in Power Apps
tl;dr Galleries in Power Apps do not have to look boring. With a little creativity we can create a curve effect. gallery Upload a few images Add a horizontal gallery gal Set the ShowScrollbar property …
How to build a swipe-right component in Power Apps
tl;dr Your canvas apps do not have to look ugly. This blog post guides you how to build a swipe-right component that you can reuse across apps. What we are going to build Create the Component with …
How to build a split button component for Power Apps
tl;dr Less controls mean less user confusion and better performance - This blog post guides you through the creation of a simple yet effective split button component. Let’s create a component …
How to show the app version in Power Apps Canvas Apps
tl;dr You can display the current app version in a canvas app using the Power Apps for Makers connector. This is especially helpful while during developing/debugging Power Apps for Microsoft Teams. ⚡ …
How to navigate Power Apps studio formula bar keyboard-only
tl;dr you can use Power Apps Studio way more efficient - and way more accessible in regards of different input devices than you might be aware of. the annoyance Recently, I had a chat with Yannick …
How to build a Power Apps progress bar component
tl;dr Components are reusable building blocks in Power Apps which increase maker productivity and design consistency. If you are new to them, you should definitely start to learn how to build them - …
Why your Power Platform service principal doesn't need a Dynamics user_impersonation scope
Auth is hard, for most developers. This is also true when building Power Platform solutions. As I see some blog posts explaining how to use a service principal in Power Platform that contain some …
How to get the hex color value from a control in Power Apps
Sometimes, we want to output a color of a control as a hex value in a Power Apps canvas app. Unfortunately, there is no easy built-in function to convert an RGBA value into a hex color value in Power …
How to build a Power Apps Likert component
tl;dr Power Apps components allow makers to reuse fragments and patterns of their work to ensure design consistency and developer productivity. This Likert component showcases also custom properties …
How to implement a Power Automate progress indicator in Power Apps
tl;dr: An indicator to show the progress of a Power Automate flow Especially when users need to perform several tasks to complete a workload, they like to know, if the thing worked. Simple …
How to enhance maker experience with a custom theme for Teams apps
tl;dr Creating beautiful UI in Power Apps canvas apps is hard - even more when the app shall run in the context of Microsoft Teams, as there is no theme out-of-the-box that matches Teams look and feel …