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Modern combo box Control not showing the selected option When "Allow Searching" is enabled.

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Does anyone have experience with modern combo boxes in canvas apps? I'm having an issue with selected values not being visible until I click outside of the control.

When using modern comboboxes with 'Allowed searching' and only one choice allowed, I would expect the search text in the control to be replaced with the selected value to make it clear for the user that they have selected a value. If I search with some text and select option, the selected option does not display in control until i click outside of the control. This applies for all Trigger output settings. I have tried to tweak the control's OnChange and DefaultSelectedITems properties by storing the selected value before resetting the control, but Power Apps do not allow circular reference. I can find the internal SearchText property, but I can't clear this value. 

The first image is of the control when you have selected an option, just displaying the SearchText. The second image is from the same control and the same selection when pressing the control again.

 

 

Guess it is a bug for the modern control, since it does not apply to the classic one. But the classic combobox control have the opposite problem: You can search for an option but if you focus out of the control without selecting an option, the SearchText stay in the control, appearing to be selected when in fact no value is selected in the control.

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  • Michael E. Gernaey Profile Picture
    53,433 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    Hi 
     
    Yes the timing of when it "reacts" to your typing is... annoying and more of the controls are simply not doing anything until you click out.
     
    I will take a look and try to repro exactly what you have.
     
    That being said, what is your Search field, versus your Visible field?
  • SL-25031159-0 Profile Picture
    10 on at
    Hi Michael,
     
    I can't find any SearchFields or DisplayFields properties in the modern combobox control. There is a dedicated Fields property that appear to be somehow similar to the property with the same name in Form control, but the Fields property functionality for modern combobox is not well documented. Seems to just be a simpler way to define DisplayFields compared to the classic one.
     
    I'm not sure how the SearchFields property is defined in the modern combobox. Perhaps the SearchFields scope needs to be defined in the Items property in the modern control?
  • PowerAppsJunkie Profile Picture
    151 on at
    This is a huge issue with the modern combobox control.  Isn't this control now GA?

    How can MS let this type of bug go untouched?

    When using a search term I have the exact same behavior.  It will filter the combo box items but when you select one, it does not clear the search term and show what you've selected.  You must force your focus out of the combo box to show your selection.
     
    We need to highlight this issue more to MS.  Is this not happening in all tenants?

    Modern controls are still so broken even if MS says they are "GA"

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