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Hello

I am trying to find a solutions to hardcoding.......and not sure the best method.

I have 1 screen where I have 1 form and created tabs..(varTabForm)

I have made fields visible based on which tab is selected....

In my sharepoint list, I have a choice column (Engagement Activity) that has all the tab names.

When the form is submitted from any tab, I want the choice field to show the tab name in that field.

Do I leave it as a choice field and if so, what is the solution, or

Do I change the choice field to a text field and somehow hardcode on the form to when the tab is selected to write the tab name to the text field..... I'm lost on how to do this and would appreciate some assistance.

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RandyHayes 76,299 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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How are you creating your tabs? If they are part of a Gallery, then you can simply reference the selected item from the gallery to determine the value. No need to hard-code anything in.

I hope this is helpful for you.

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@RandyHayes , Hi Randy, the tabs are created from a button

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Are they in a Gallery? Or have you made individual free standing button controls for each one?

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@RandyHayes Individual ones, although I'm thinking perhaps I should change to gallery, what are your thoughts?

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Most definitely a Gallery!!!

Put an empty horizontal gallery on your screen and set the Items property to:

["Risk Assessment", "Risk Training", "Project Participation", "Document Review", "Artefact Request", "Forum Facilitation", "Admin"]

This would be a basic starting point for your Items property. I typically pack the Items property with lots of other columns that are then used to control the screens, forms, controls, etc. But let's start you with the basics.

Now, copy one of your existing Buttons into your new gallery. Set the Text property of the Button to : ThisItem.Value

Change the size of the template as you need to give you the look you want like what you have now.

Get rid of the other buttons.

Now...any place in your app that you want to know the selected tab, just reference the Gallery.

Example, if you have something that should only be visible for the Admin tab, then set the Visible property of that control to : yourNewTabGallery.Selected.Value = "Admin"

And back to your original post - you can now reference the selected tab in your form in order to submit it back to the list.

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@RandyHayes , you have been so helpful Randy, not just this question but others, thank you so much for taking the time to help me....
I will hop back on the powerapps tonight and change the design based on your feedback

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Sounds good and - always happy to help!!

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