Component with OnSelect Property (Not Navigate)

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Hi everyone,

I am building a Component in a Canvas Power App. I understand how to build the component and set Custom Properties, including Navigation to another screen. What I need to achieve is the addition of an OnSelect property to an icon within the Component.

I note from Matthew Devaney's article that as of February 2021, IE 2.5 years ago, OnSelect was possible in an Experimental Feature, "Enhanced component properties". I have also seen a solved thread on the community in July 2022 recommending this.

However, we are not in a position to build an Experimental Feature in to a Production App (and I am surprised this is recommended as a "solution"). Surely since Matthew blogged about it in early 2021 this feature has been implemented? If not, how are others achieving this?

The OnSelect requirement in question will be, for example, to complete a Patch statement, and/or a Notify, when a user clicks an Icon in a Component.

Thank you for your comments!

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For the benefit of anyone reading this thread, as of 14.12.23, I have been advised by a trusted source that behaviour properties in Components are still, remarkably, "experimental". I would like to see Microsoft prioritise this as a feature that is still experimental over two years after launch is rather poor.

I am planning to work around this issue using the OnHidden property on the screen, and also Collections which will later patch a source.

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