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hello!

i'm having a hard time figuring out how to do something that i thought would be pretty easy

i have a tab list that filters a gallery based on which tab is selected. i need to find a way to get the PREVIOUS tab title that a user clicked on, for example if my tabs are:

Tab1, Tab2, Tab3, Tab4, Tab5

if a user is on Tab1 and then clicks on Tab3, i need a variable or a label or something that says "Tab1."

and if the user then clicks from Tab3 to Tab2, i need it to say "Tab2," etc.

i've tried messing around with setting variables in the OnSelect and OnChange of the tab list to no avail.

anyone have any ideas?

thanks so much in advance!

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Building Power Apps

hi @_ru

Here is something you can do.

Create a Collection something like this

Initialize enough items for tabs
ClearCollect(TabListStatus,
{ TabName: "UseTabText", Status: "Not Selected" }, // here use numbers or words
{ TabName: "UseTabText", Status: "Not Selected" }, // here use numbers or words
{ TabName: "UseTabText", Status: "Not Selected" }, // here use numbers or words
{ TabName: "UseTabText", Status: "Not Selected" }, // here use numbers or words
{ TabName: "UseTabText", Status: "Not Selected" }, // here use numbers or words
);

Now in the Tab OnSelect, First do this
UpdateIf(TabListStatus, Status = "Selected", {Status: "Previous" } );

Now in the same OnSelect
UpdateIf(TabListStatus, TabName = "SendIntheCurrentTabsTextValue", {Status: "Selected" } );

Now you can tell what Tab was previous and depending on what you need to do you can setup a way to Select it etc.

I know you also said that you have different scenarios so might have to think on it more.
Might need to have a collection / Scenario combo

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Thank You
Michael Gernaey MCT | MCSE | MCP | Self-Contractor| Ex-Microsoft
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