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Posted on by jnunn

Hello,

I have a Power App that switches between two languages using a toggle. This functions correctly when using a single toggle from the main screen. However, I want clones of this toggle on all screens so users don't have to go back to the main screen to switch the language. So, I want each toggle to able to change the other toggles and also change the language. I've researched this quite a bit, but have come up short. I've read this could be an issue while using Edge, but this is mainly what my users will be accessing Power Apps with.

Any suggestions? Is it easier to use something other than a toggle?

Thanks in advance!

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mmollet 3,187 on at

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Set the default of your toggle to the defLang
On app start Set(defLang, true)
On all toggle OnChange put Set(defLang, !defLang)
Now use that variable to decide to show the default lang or the secondary language like this: If(defLang, deffaultLanguage, secondaryLanguage)

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jnunn 23 on at

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Unfortunately this doesn't seem to work for me. I tried exactly what you suggested.

I then tried something simpler to test this out and it seems like there's something wrong with my OnChange.
Here's my simple test:
On a single screen, I put my toggle and a text label. For the toggle, the default is defLang and the OnChange is Set(defLang,!defLang). My label text is set to defLang. However, when I click the toggle, the label doesn't change, it always reads "true".

I assume this the same reason my other toggle won't change?

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mmollet 3,187 on at

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Yeah so toggles hold either true or false for the value. I used OnSelect instead of OnChange and it seems to work for me. I have 3 toggles each set to same context variable and on select it updates that context variable to !variable. This changes all 3 toggles when any of them are clicked.

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jnunn 23 on at

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Thanks mmollet, but it's still not working, even with toggles on the same page.
I tested to see if I could use a button to set the toggle to true. I found that using Set(defLang,true) didn't work.
What did work was: UpdateContext({defLang:true}). I tried using this UpdateContext formula in an If statement in the OnSelect for the toggle, but this still wouldn't change my label or my other toggle. I'm at a loss...

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jnunn 23 on at

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I solved it, but I didn't use toggles. I used buttons with the same logic in the OnSelect, instead.
Not sure why my Power Apps is having such issues with toggles!

Thanks again.

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