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Hi All,

I am currently having issues with creating an entry field that allows the user to select/input a time, I am using "Text(Now(), DateTimeFormat.ShortTime)" as the Defult Data and ""Text(DateTimeFormat.ShortTime)" as the format. However, this is not ideal as the user has to manually type in the time and this is inconvenient for the user and will create variances in the data entries between users. I was wondering if there was a way to make it more user friendly, for example have it as a selection like the date picker control.

Any help/advice would be much appreciated.

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Hi @whitciv,

Could you please share a bit more about your scenario?

Do you want your users to select a time value rather than type manually within your app?

Based on the needs that you mentioned, I think the Dropdown controls could achieve your needs.

I have made a test on my side, please take a try with the following workaround:

Set the OnVisible property of the screen which contains the Time entry input box to following:

Set(SelectedTime, Blank())

Set the Default property of the Text Input box (Time Input box) to following:

If(!IsBlank(SelectedTime), SelectedTime, Text(Now(), DateTimeFormat.ShortTime))

Set the Items property of the HourDropdown box to following:

["00","01","02","03","04","05","06","07","08","09","10","11","12","13","14","15","16","17","18","19","20","21","22","23"]

Set the OnChange property of the HourDropdown box to following:

Set(SelectedTime, Time(Value(HourDropdown.Selected.Value),Value(MinuteDropdown.Selected.Value),0))

Set the Items property of the MinuteDropdown box to following:

["00","01","02","03","04","05","06","07","08","09","10","11","12","13","14","15","16","17","18","19","20","21","22","23","24","25","26","27","28","29","30","31","32","33","34","35","36","37","38","39","40","41","42","43","44","45","46","47","48","49","50","51","52","53","54","55","56","57","58","59"]

Set the OnChange property of the MinuteDropdown box to following:

Set(SelectedTime, Time(Value(HourDropdown.Selected.Value),Value(MinuteDropdown.Selected.Value),0))

Please check the attached GIF screenshot for more details:

Best regards,

Kris

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