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I am developing a project form in Power Apps which includes a multiline text input control for “Description”. When text exceeds the size of the input control a scroll bar appears.

To maintain a modular layout, I’ve divided the form into sections using containers. For example, the Description container holds a “Description” label and the description text input control.

My client has informed me that no one likes the scroll bars and wants the text input control to expand with the increasing size of text.
I’ve accomplished this setting the text input control height as txtDescription.Height=50 + (Len(txtDescription.Text) / 50) * 20 and setting the container height to Flexible Height=On.

My problem is that the container only expands upward and overlaps the containers/controls above it.

I want the text control and container it’s in to remain in a fixed position, expanding downward and shifting the containers/controls below it downward as it expands.

Any ideas?

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Building Power Apps

Set Dynamic Height for the Text Input

Select the Text Input (txtDescription) and set its on change property to:

Set(varLength ,txtDescription.Value)

Select the Text Input (txtDescription) and set its Height property:

This makes the input box grow as users type.

Set Dynamic Height for the Container

Select the Description Container (containerDescription) and set its Height:

The container will grow to accommodate the expanding text input.

Push the Budget Container Down

Select the Budget Container (containerBudget) and set its Y property:

This ensures the Budget section moves down when the Description section expands.

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