Create User Guide for Canvas App

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Posted on 11 Apr 2020 05:03:49 by karimabdelrazek

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I have a canvas app and would like to create a help/ user guide for it. I am looking to create a similar experience like the custom help panes and guided tasks in the model driven apps. Any ideas?

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karimabdelrazek 292 on 13 Apr 2020 at 02:49:51

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Re: Create User Guide for Canvas App

@v-xida-msft . Excellent idea. Thank you!
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v-xida-msft on 13 Apr 2020 at 02:05:33

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Re: Create User Guide for Canvas App

Hi @karimabdelrazek ,

Do you want to create a "custom help panel and guided tasks" within your canvas app like that in your Model-Driven app?

If you want to create a "custom help panel and guided tasks" within your canvas app like that in your Model-Driven app, I afraid that there is no way to achieve your needs in PowerApps currently.

Currently, the "custom help panel and guided tasks" functionality is not supported in PowerApps Canvas app, if you would like this feature to be added, please submit an idea to PowerApps Ideas Forum:

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Apps-Ideas/idb-p/PowerAppsIdeas

As an alternative solution, you could consider create a custom component based on these standard controls (e.g. TextInput, Html Text control, Image, ....) in canvas app. Then in your canvas app, insert this custom component. And add a icon or button in your canvas app screen to control the visible or invisible of the component.

Set the OnSelect property of the button or icon (named it as "Help") to following:

UpdateContext({IsShow: !IsShow})

Set the Visible property of the custom component to following:

If( IsShow, true, false )

Best regards,