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In one of my PowerApps environments, when I press Tab in the formula bar, it doesn't auto-fill, is there a way to fix this?
Microsoft appears to be trying a newer formula bar experience and it works a bit different than the older one. Try pressing Enter to get the top row choice from the intellisense choices.
Hope that helps,
Bryan
You used to press once; now you have to press twice, more work. I don't think this is a good idea.
Hi @WP2
As @BCLS776 correctly says, this is due to the new formula bar. You can revert to the way it used to work by turning off Power FX formula bar in the settings of your app.
Hi @timl I tried toggling it off and on without success. when I switched to a different environment, it worked perfectly. Moreover, I wasn't the only one facing this issue.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerApps/comments/193hkbd/quick_bug_pressing_tab_wont_auto_fill_the_formula/
Thanks for bringing this to our attention, we will investigate and look into resolving this.
As mentioned by others, this is part of the Power Fx Formula Bar feature which is on by default for new apps. If this is interrupting your workflow, you can turn the feature off (under Settings -> Upcoming features -> Preview). Keep in mind, you'll need to save your app and refresh the browser after changing this setting to see the changes.
@tschneider - thanks for investigating this. It sounds like the error is localised to a specific environment, even when the new formula bar is disabled. Hopefully you can find the cause of this.
Thanks all for reporting this and providing the feedback. We've identified and fixed the issue, and that fix should be rolling out over the next few weeks.
This will occur with the "Power Fx formula bar" feature on or off, so toggling that will not resolve the issue.
A workaround for the time being would be to remove any "Header" or "Tab list" modern controls you have in your Canvas. If this is still occurring for you after doing that, please do let me know.
After removing the "Header," it returned to normal.
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