Select Function on a different Screen

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Posted on by JuliusBruch

Hi,

does anyone can help me on how to use the Select Function for a button on a diffrent Screen?

Maybe some workaround this problem?

Thanks!

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ANB 7,223 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @JuliusBruch , Can you please help with background? What is the requirement?
The Select function simulates a select action on a control as if the user had clicked or tapped the control. As a result, the OnSelect formula on the target control is evaluated.
Use Select to propagate a select action to a parent control. This type of propagation is the default behavior in, for example, galleries.
Examples
Button
Select(button1)
Gallery
Select(Gallery1, 1)
Simulates a user selecting row 1 or column 1 in Gallery1.
Gallery
Select(Gallery1, 1, ChildControl1)
Simulates a user selecting ChildConttrol1 in row 1 or column 1 of Gallery1.
Please check this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/power-fx/reference/function-select
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Hi @JuliusBruch unfortunately you cannot select controls that are on a different screen. Have you thought about just adding the button to the same screen but making it not visible?

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JuliusBruch 64 on at

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Thanks for the fast response!

There are 2 buttons on 2 diffrent screens, each of those trigger a flow in power automate. For Button 2 Button 1 also needs to be selected in order to run the flow from button 1 aswell.

I could also just copy and past the OnSelect from the first Button, but then i would need to change both buttons in case i want to make any changes to it.

I would prefere changing only one and this would work with the select funciton.

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