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Hey guys
We have a dropdown control that holds a number of options. To distinguish the different options we wanted to set the background color of each option within a dropdown control. From my limited understanding of PowerApps it appears that one can't do this... is this correct?
THanks
@key-dev
No, the fill is for all items, not individual ones.
You could do this with a Gallery, but it would involve some screen redesign as a Gallery will not expand and close like a dropdown control.
Hope that answers what you need.
thanks Randy ---- i'm assuming that adding icons to dropdown options is also not doable ?
You assume correctly!
As mentioned, you could do that also with a Gallery control.
I attached an App to this post that you can download then open in your designer to see.
It shows the coloring of a DropDown control and, what I call, a "franken-control". It's a combination of a ComboBox and a Gallery that "simulates" a DropDown control and gives all the great Gallery options.
Enjoy!
@RandyHayes thank you appreciate the sample and info
@RandyHayes , How can I open your provided app and use it in my solution ?
Hi!
Once you download and save the file, you can load it by opening a blank canvas app. Then when clicking the open button in the app, you should be able to load the app for view! I took a screenshot below.
Regards,
@Nicole0117
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