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How to Mark Power Apps Form Fields as Read Only

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Posted on by thitetejas 80

How to Mark Power Apps Form Fields as Read Only , Any Help will be appreciated. Thanks

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    timl 36,774 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    @thitetejas 

    You can change the control type of the field to 'View text' to make it read-only.

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  • Mark_J_Fellows Profile Picture
    Mark_J_Fellows 27 on at

    The above solutions were too complex for a lo-code guy like me.

     

    I wanted to make one field read-only on the Edit page. 

    I selected the field, and under Advanced in the LH pane, I unlocked it.

    I then clicked on Display mode in the Properties.

    Mark_J_Fellows_0-1683961383285.png

    This changed to look like this

    Mark_J_Fellows_1-1683961474550.png

    In the Formula bar at the top of the screen I saw

    Mark_J_Fellows_2-1683961530387.png

    I don't know what to put there, so I deleted it completely.

    The original Display mode has how lost the Fx symbol, and is now a dropdown with three choices, from which I selected View

    Mark_J_Fellows_3-1683961692738.png

    I tested and it worked

     

     

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    SY-22081747-0 4 on at
    For a canvas app, the DisplayMode property should be updated to View (Parent.DisplayMode.View)  or Disabled (Parent.DisplayMode.Disabled).
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