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Hi Guys,
I have this concern, how to set the combo box so that the user will not able to input text? they will just select the items on it.

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iAm_ManCat 18,228 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi,

In the settings for a combobox, you will see the following setting:

Turning this off forces the user to choose - they will not be allowed to type in.

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ManCat

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Hi @iAm_ManCat ,
It works, however searching is a big part for the user, I just wanted if they will type in and not in the combo box list of items it won't save the records.

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iAm_ManCat 18,228 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Ok, well we can do that too

So if we allow searching, but we don't want the item to submit unless there is a selected value, we set the field to required, or we can change the Submit action.

For your Submit button, have it check:

If( IsBlank(Combobox1.selectedItems.Property),
//If blank then let them know they need to choose
Notify("Please choose an item from the dropdown", notificationtype.warning),
//If not blank, ie an item is chosen, then submit the form
Submit(FormName)
)

NB - Property will need to be the value or thing within that selectedItem like .name .Title .displayName etc - use intellisense to figure out which will work for you.

you can check this with a label during testing:

Could you give something like that atry and let me know if you run into any issues or if it solved your problem?

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ManCat

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Hi @Big_S ,

Could you please share a bit more about your scenario?

Do you want to not save your form data if the user type a text which is not available within the ComboBox?

I have made a test on my side, please take a try with the following workaround:

Set the OnSelect property of the "Submit" button to following:

If( IsEmpty(ComboBox1.SelectedItems), Notify("Please choose a proper item within the ComboBox, not type a unavailable option!", NotificationType.Error), SubmitForm(EditForm1) )

Please take a try with above solution, check if the issue is solved.

Best regards,

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IT works thank you so muchhh! 🙂

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Thank you so muchhhh! ❤️

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