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Edit form layout - Data card size affecting size of other data cards

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Hello PowerApps community,

 

I am new to PowerApps but I am a developer and have built edit screens/forms in other platforms. Edit forms in PowerApps appear to be VERY restrictive in how data cards are positioned on the form. Is there a way to remove these restrictions and allow me to create data cards of any size and place them on the form wherever I want without having their size cascade to other data cards? I have text boxes in some of these cards that are multi-line and would like to place them on the right of the form without the size of the multi-line data card cascading the size properties to the data cards to the left. Am I expected to use multiple forms on the same screen to accomplish this? 

 

Thanks in advance, 

 

Joe

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  • RandyHayes Profile Picture
    76,299 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    @JoeV1 

    Development experience not needed...as PowerApps is not a development platform!!  It's a No-Code solution.

     

    You have relatively limited abilities with the layout of the forms out of the box.  DataCards always appear sequentially based on their order and their sizing impacts other cards.

     

    To really work it out...first, make sure your columns property of the form is set high enough to give you the flexibility you want.  12 is the max and in general will give you the most granularity. 

     

    Also, as you go about it, turn of the snap to column property so that your cards don't go where you don't want.

     

    That will give you the most flexibility in the layout.

     

    If you need more than that, you can skip the interface of the Form and still use the underlying form (which is recommended as the Form is one of the most powerful controls in the PowerApps toolbox).  You can do a completely "by-hand" layout of controls in any way that you like and tie them to the form.  This is the ultimate in control, but it does require more steps - not complex, just more steps.

     

    I hope this is helpful for you.

  • JoeV1 Profile Picture
    23 on at

    Hi Randy,

     

    Thank you for the prompt reply! It looks like I need more flexibility than the Form interface can give me. Can you point me in the direction of how I would go about skipping the use of the Form interface but still tying my input values to it so I can use the SubmitForm to update the record with those values? Would I create an ugly invisible Form that has a data card for each of my input controls and then pass the input controls values to each data card?

     

    Thanks again!

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    RandyHayes Profile Picture
    76,299 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    @JoeV1 

    Yes, that is essentially it...you need the form.  It need not be hidden, it can be on a separate unseen screen. But, it needs to exist so that you can Submit it.

     

    Take a look at this video on Forms Plus - Everything you ever wanted to know about Forms.

    It is a very long video as it is a complete training and information video, but in the one section (Part 3 - Super Forms) you will find the complete details on "re-facing" your forms.

     

  • JoeV1 Profile Picture
    23 on at

    Thank you very much!!

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