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Posted on by arisima 30

Hi,
Is it possible to get Control name string value in events like OnSelect?

So if there is a control named "Button1", in "OnSelect" I would write something like:
Set(ThisButtonName, Me.Name);

For debugging purposes, I am trying to log which button was pressed,
and I do not want to hard-code button names.


Thanks in advance.

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    mdevaney 29,991 Moderator on at

    @arisima 
    There is no way for a button or any other control to reference 'Self' to get this information.  You must hardcode it.

     

    Suggest you go vote for the Idea right now!  Microsoft is reviewing this feature request and if it gets enough votes it will be introduced into PowerApps.

     

    Link To Idea Page:

    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Apps-Ideas/Ability-to-reference-items-in-a-control-using-quot-Self-quot/idi-p/143093

     

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  • KrishnaV Profile Picture
    KrishnaV 5,023 on at

    Hi @arisima ,

     

    As @mdevaney said, unfortunately, there is no way in powerapps to implement this behavior I can see that you are a traditional .Net developer. However, since you said that it is for debugging purpose what you can do is:
    onScreen visible: updatecontext{varBtnSelected:""} and bind/show this variable to a label. Now on each and every button update the context of the variable with the button name as updatecontext{varBtnSelected:"Add Item Button clicked "} or updatecontext{varBtnSelected:"Edit Item button clicked"}.

     

    So that will automatically update the label value and will give you a better picture for your debugging. Hope this helps.

     

    Please click "Accept as Solution" if my post answered your question so that others may find it more quickly. If you found this post helpful consider giving it a "Thumbs Up."

     

    Regards,
    Krishna

     

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