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Select(ButtonControl) does not do the same thing as physically pressing ButtonControl

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Posted on by MarkHPowerApps

I have been building my first app over the past week or so, and I believe that I have come across a bug.

Background: I saw a tip online to set the Reset property of controls to ButtonControl.Pressed to cause the control to reset itself whenever that button is pressed, and it worked really well.

Today I read that you could use the Select function to trigger a control's OnSelect property. It does trigger it, but it doesn't cause the controls with the modified Reset property to reset. Only physically pressing the button causes that to happen. I ended up just changing the OnSelect property of the button to call Reset() for the controls and removed their Reset property.

Is this a bug or intended to work like this?

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Sunil Kumar Pashikanti 2,338 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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Hi @MarkHPowerApps ,

Thank you for sharing your experience with building your first app! Let’s dive into the behavior you observed regarding the Reset property and the Select function.

Reset Property:

The Reset property is a powerful feature that allows controls to revert to their default state when triggered.

When you set the Reset property of a control to ButtonControl.Pressed, it indeed works as expected: pressing the button resets the control.

Select Function and OnSelect Property:

The Select function is used to trigger the OnSelect property of a control.

However, you noticed that using the Select function doesn’t automatically reset controls with the modified Reset property.

Expected Behavior:

Ideally, when you trigger the OnSelect property using the Select function, it should also respect the Reset property and reset the control.

The behavior you encountered might be unexpected, especially if you were relying on the Reset property for consistency.

Workaround:

Since the Select function doesn’t automatically reset controls, your approach of manually calling Reset() in the OnSelect property of the button is a valid workaround.

Removing the Reset property from the controls and handling it explicitly in the OnSelect event ensures consistent behavior.

Is It a Bug?:

Without direct knowledge of the internal implementation, it’s hard to definitively say whether this behavior is a bug or intended.

I recommend reporting this behavior to the Power Apps team as feedback. They might address it in future updates.

Remember, as you continue building apps, your insights and feedback contribute to improving the platform!

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Hi and thank you for the response! Can you point me in the right direction to where I can submit feedback to the Power Apps team? I clicked on a report bug link in Power Apps, and it brought me to this forum.
Sunil Kumar Pashikanti 2,338 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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can you check this:

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