Power Platform Community Forum Thread Details

Hey all,

I need your help!

I have a requirement where user must be able to edit the text input control and save the data after leaving the field. The requirements are like this

The gallery with table like structure
Multiline Text Input control to edit and auto save the changes
No pop up window or form for editing the values
Should extend the row size according to the text size

The Issue is…

The Text input has no auto hight property which is making hard for increasing the template size
Use of label for editing won’t work as they don’t save the data
Using label to show text and popping up text input to edit the data is not the requirement.

Could you please help me to resolve this or any suggestion would be really great!

Thank you in advance!

Categories:

Building Power Apps

Hi @Interest,

Use a Flexible height gallery so the row can change size.
Inside the template, place a multiline Text Input; behind it (or off‑screen), place a Label with AutoHeight = true whose Text = TextInput.Text, same Width/Font/Size. Then set the input’s Height = Max(40, Label.Height + padding)
Set the gallery’s TemplateSize (or a container Height) to a value that references the input’s Height (e.g., tiNotes.Y + tiNotes.Height + 12)
For auto‑save when the user leaves the field, use TextInput.OnChange with a Patch/UpdateIf

References:
Autoheight textbox: https://www.m365princess.com/blogs/auto-height-textinput-component/

How to use AutoHeight with Multiline Input Textbox Fields: https://dev.to/frederik_vl/power-automate-how-to-use-autoheight-with-multiline-input-textbox-fields-4oik

Show items of different heights in canvas apps gallery
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/canvas-apps/gallery-dynamic-sizing

Power Apps Flexible Height - Expand and Collapse Nested Gallery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvGRlruMVnI

Gallery Inline editing Power Apps: https://rishandigital.com/powerapps/gallery-inline-editing-power-apps/

Gallery – Patch On Change: https://community.powerplatform.com/forums/thread/details/?threadid=d9e4bb0b-57e5-4491-bfc8-f9aa418a15b5

Community answer with formula: https://community.powerplatform.com/forums/thread/details/?threadid=0e9ec6b5-793e-4fd9-af69-68057a87c1c8

✅ If this answer helped resolve your issue, please mark it as Accepted so it can help others with the same problem.
👍 Feel free to Like the post if you found it useful.