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  • v-micsh-msft Profile Picture
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    Hi @Anonymous,

     

    Check to see if the Expander control would work here:

    UX Patterns: Expander Control (with expand/Collapse animation)

    Also:

    UX Patterns:Control Positioning

     

    There is no articles that I can find which explains the control position within the Form control, like limitations or best practices.

    I will collect this as a content feedback.

     

     

     

    Regards,

    Michael

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  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
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    Hi,

     

    I do have the same problem. The layout is different as I only have one Label/Textbox/HTML Text control with a lot of text (in my case, HTML).

     

    If I want to have a big blog post showing with only a title and the text, I cannot use AutoHeight for items larger than 768px, because the text gets cut, and the scroll doesn't show up (as it shouldn't, since it's set to autoheight).

     

    This property seems to work fine other wise, like in galleries and such, as long the dinamyc items are shorter than the screen. Never tried in galleries where there may be items that are larger than the screen itself.

     

    Is there any solution for this limitation that you guys found, at this stage?

     

    Thank you

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
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    Hi TheLoneWoof,

     

    Just noticed now but...why did you deleted your message? Even if the issue was solved you could leave this informaiton here, no?!?

     

    kind regards,

    Luis

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
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    @Anonymous --

    This issue was never solved. I never accepted a solution for this problem but it seems that the community did. Nevertheless, my labels and textboxes in a canvas object still cannot have a height past ~1200 px or so (the exact number escapes me right now). And if you have attempted some research, you would know there is no reliable and descriptive documentation about canvas objects despite it being a standard object in the basic layouts in PowerApps (PA). I've linked the nearest description about canvas that I could find right now.

    Reference: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Creating-Apps/What-is-a-Canvas/td-p/14065

    Note that the selected solution in the referenced post isn't actually a solution, as is the case for most of my posted issues here. 

     

    As to why I deleted this post? -- I guess I was already tired of my experience to this community to it. With me leaving my current job in a few weeks and hopefully saying goodbye to PA, I had thought to remove my posts that seemed to be forgotten and unresolved. In any case, this is already a moot point. This community apparently doesn't do version history AFAIK and I don't keep back-up copies of my posts. Unless I do some real digging, there's no way I can bring this post back.

     

    EDIT. Some words were missing. I was typing this early in the morning before coffee. lol

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
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    @Anonymous, @v-micsh-msft ---

    So, I just discovered that the PA team had already fixed this bug. I know that I should be happy about this but no. I've waited a couple of months for the fix until I just gave up and tried to think of another way for it to work with PA. (I wasn't fun.) Now, it wasn't even mentioned in the update notes. Heck, I wasn't even notified that it was fixed when I reported this bug in the community dedicated for PA. This is one of the things I hate most about PowerApps right now. All the silent updates. All the silent changes. I am just so glad to be rid of PA in the next few weeks.

     

    Just in case the Support Team and/or Dev Team is listening (which I doubt, given my experiences), I really hope this changes in the future. AND DON'T MAKE ME PUT THIS IN THE IDEAS SECTION. Why do I have to suggest to you what should have been done in the first place? PA is not for just end-users. You're working with app creators now, who should be aware of the subtle changes that are done in the background, just so that they know that whatever workaround they put up so that their apps will work will still work post-update. And if it doesn't, let them know what changed so they know where to start in fixing their apps. 

     

    And for whoever may be mad at me for ranting in this forum, I just hope that your PA experience is better than mine. Good luck. 

  • CWesener Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi TheLoneWoof,

     

    I'm really sorry to hear about your experience - while it's great the issue was resolved, I'm sorry you weren't informed in time for you to actually use it. We work hard to make sure we blog and update the idea forums when we do deliver functionality that is requested, but we've obviously missed this one.

     

    If your new role happens to bring you back into the world of PowerApps, I'd like to spend some time discussing the issues you're encountering and see how we can help.

     

    Happy Holidays,

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
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    Hi,

     

    Although it seems this bug is fixed, I can only see the fix in Labels.

    HTMLText still have the same issue.: The limit of the height, in auto height, is 768px.

     

    This is highly contrainable since I use this in all my app. It is an enterprise app for a very big company and this is making the users to avoid the app altogether.

     

    Is there a date when this willl be fixed? I'm just wondering, since I cannot avoid powerapps in my work...

     

    Thank you,

    Luís Santos

     

  • CWesener Profile Picture
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    Adding @mabolan from the Studio team.

  • MB-02102022-0 Profile Picture
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    Thanks @Anonymous for the comment. I'm trying to reproduce the problem, but I'm having difficulty doing so. Do you mind sharing some more details? I'm curious what the content of your HTMLText looks like as this might cause the unintended behavior. A screenshot of your property panel might also help me pinpoint the issue.

     

    Screen Shot 2018-01-29 at 10.23.50 AM.png

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