In power apps gallery - how to add rich text control inside the gallery

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In power apps gallery - how to add rich text control inside the gallery. I couldn't bale to add inside the Gallery. Please help it out. Thank you

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MParikh 480 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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As far as I know In Power Apps, you cannot drop a Rich Text Editor control directly inside a Gallery because it is a complex input control and galleries only support simple controls that can repeat across rows.
What you can do depends on what you need:

1. Display formatted text in a Gallery

Add a Label inside the gallery.

Set the label’s property HtmlText instead of Text.

Example:

ThisItem.RichTextColumn

This will render your stored HTML (from Dataverse, SharePoint, SQL, etc.) as formatted text.

The label behaves like a read-only rich text viewer.

2. Edit rich text per gallery row

Direct editing with a Rich Text Editor control is not supported inside the repeating gallery template. Options:

Place the Rich Text Editor outside the gallery.

On gallery row select, set a variable:

Set(varSelectedRow, ThisItem)

Bind the Rich Text Editor’s Default property to:

varSelectedRow.RichTextColumn

When the user edits, patch the value back:

Patch(YourDataSource,varSelectedRow,{ RichTextColumn: RichTextEditor1.HtmlText })

3. Workaround if you need inline edit

Instead of a gallery, use a Data Table or Form where Rich Text Editor can be placed.

Or create a custom gallery experience: display items in a gallery, and when a row is expanded or selected, show a Rich Text Editor for that row below.

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If your intent is to display rich text (not edit it), insert an HTML Text control inside the gallery. Set its HTMLText property to ThisItem.Comments (or whatever rich text field you’re using). This allows each gallery item to render formatted content such as bold text, colors, and links correctly.
==> This option is best if you only need to display formatted text for each record without allowing users to edit it.

If you need to edit rich text, place a Rich Text Editor control outside the gallery. Set its Default property to Gallery1.Selected.Comments, so it shows the selected item’s text. Then use a Patch() formula (for example, on a Save button) to update the record:

Patch( TimeEntries, Gallery1.Selected, { Comments: RichTextEditor1.HtmlText } )

===> This approach is best when you want to edit the rich text of one selected record at a time.

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