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I am not sure if this is possible, but can we have a display text for a radio button and a value? For example the display text for an option to be: "Hello world" but the value when selected = true? I am not finding anything in the documentation that refers to this.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/controls/control-radio

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eka24 20,925 on at

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You can use a workaround logic like;

If ( Radio1.Selected.Value="Hello World",true,false)

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Hi@BrittanyR,
Based on the issue that you mentioned, do you want to display a text like "Hello World" when you on selecting the Radio button options?
Could you please share a bit more about the scenario, do you want to set the boolean values for the Radion button options?
If my understanding is correct, I am afraid that there is no way to achieve this currently in PowerApps.
You want to set two options like true or false for the Radio button. Further, when you select the true option, the Radio button should display "Hello World" rather than "true". The Radio button does have the display text, but it displays only depends on the Items property you set for it. If you set the Items as a Table containing items like "true" or "false", the Radio button only displays the corresponding item to what you select.
As an alternative solution, if you want to display a custom text when the Radio button selected value is "true", I think controlling the Visible property of a Label could achieve your needs.
I have a test on my side, please take a try as below:
Set the Items property of the Radio button as below:

["true","false"]

Add a Label and set the Text property as below:

"Hello World"

Set the Visible property of the Label as below:

If(Radio1.Selected.Value="true",true,false)
Note: Every time you select the true option, the Label will pop up to display the "Hello World".

If this could not solve your problem, please provide more details.
Best Regards,
Qi

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BrittanyR 127 on at

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@v-qiaqi-msft no, I want to do like a text/value for the radio button, in that the first option says "Hello world" but when selected its inner value = 1, second option = "Hello world 2" but when selected value = 2.

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eka24 20,925 on at

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Can you explain further the inner value?

Possible a screenshot will help.

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This is pretty simple using the Table function for the Radio button's Items property.

Table({Key: "Hello World", Value:1},{Key: "Good By World", Value:2})

This will result in the Radio button selected value being a record. This means you can use the Radio button's Selected property to define the value you have assigned in the table.

Radio1.Selected.Value

So when Radio1.Selected text is "Hello World" the Radio1.Selected value will be "1".

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BrittanyR 127 on at

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Exactly what I needed! Thanks.

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kr1shn4 2 on at

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Use Trim function to get the values added, in the below solution, it worked for me.

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Craig_Humphrey 190 on at

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Not sure if this has changed since the original post, but the behavior I see now is that Key is ignored and Value is what gets displayed. And if you're trying to set Default, then it needs to match Value. Making Key nearly useless.

Context:
I have an app with a lot of pairs of radio buttons, but on some devices the labels are too long, so I shrink them. To do this I have two separate Tables:
If(GLIsInApp, Table({Key: "Pass", Value: "P"},{Key: "Fail", Value: "F"}), Table({Key: "Pass", Value: "Pass"},{Key: "Fail", Value: "Fail"}) )

Value is what the Radio will display.
When I save a record, I save the Key.
Then when I'm setting the default (e.g. to view or edit):
Switch(ThisItem.TodayValue, "Pass", If(GLIsInApp, "P", "Pass"), "Fail", If(GLIsInApp, "F", "Fail"), Blank() )

I'm lucky, I only have two radio buttons. But this is a pain. It's different from how most other controls work, where they can be associated with a record and then choose which property to display, or define search vs display fields.

Unless I'm doing this completely wrong - which is plausible.

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kay-es 4 on at

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I am having the same issue as you. Did you find a workaround?

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kay-es 4 on at

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Actually, I was able to do this with the Modern version of the radio button control. Under Properties > Fields. Once I added my "Key" and "Value" fields there, the Radio Button displays the "Value" as the radio button text, with the "Key" as the backing store.

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