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getting the selected text/option/value from an html dropdown

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Posted on 4 Oct 2022 05:35:18 by 42

I have the below html dropdown in powerapps canvas. How can I get the selected option value please ?

 

 

"
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 <head></head>
 <body>
 <center>
 <h1 style='color: green;'>Html Dropdown</h1>
 <div class='select'>
 <select style='position: relative;
 display: block;
 width: 15em;
 height: 2em;
 line-height: 3;
 overflow: hidden;
 border-radius: .25em;
 padding-bottom: 10px;' name='slct' id='slct'>
 <option style='-webkit-appearance: none;
 -moz-appearance: none;
 -ms-appearance: none; appearance: none;
 outline: 0;
 background: gray;
 background-image: none;
 width: 100%;
 height: 100%;
 color: white;
 cursor: pointer;
 border: 1px solid black;
 border-radius: 3px;'>Computer Science Subjects</option>
 <option style=' -webkit-appearance: none;
 -moz-appearance: none;
 -ms-appearance: none; appearance: none;
 outline: 0;
 background: gray;
 background-image: none;
 width: 100%;
 height: 100%;
 color: white;
 cursor: pointer;
 border: 1px solid black;
 border-radius: 3px;' value='1'>Operating System</option>
 <option style=' -webkit-appearance: none;
 -moz-appearance: none;
 -ms-appearance: none; appearance: none;
 outline: 0;
 background: gray;
 background-image: none;
 width: 100%;
 height: 100%;
 color: white;
 cursor: pointer;
 border: 1px solid black;
 border-radius: 3px;' value='2'>Computer Networks</option>
 <option style=' -webkit-appearance: none;
 -moz-appearance: none;
 -ms-appearance: none; appearance: none;
 outline: 0;
 background: gray;
 background-image: none;
 width: 100%;
 height: 100%;
 color: white;
 cursor: pointer;
 border: 1px solid black;
 border-radius: 3px;' value='3'>Data Structure</option>
 <option style=' appearance: none;
 outline: 0;
 background: gray;
 background-image: none;
 width: 100%;
 height: 100%;
 color: white;
 cursor: pointer;
 border: 1px solid black;
 border-radius: 3px;' value='4'>Algorithm</option>
 <option style=' -webkit-appearance: none;
 -moz-appearance: none;
 -ms-appearance: none; appearance: none;
 outline: 0;
 background: gray;
 background-image: none;
 width: 100%;
 height: 100%;
 color: white;
 cursor: pointer;
 border: 1px solid black;
 border-radius: 3px;' value='5'>C programming</option>
 <option style=' -webkit-appearance: none;
 -moz-appearance: none;
 -ms-appearance: none; appearance: none;
 outline: 0;
 background: gray;
 background-image: none;
 width: 100%;
 height: 100%;
 color: white;
 cursor: pointer;
 border: 1px solid black;
 border-radius: 3px;' value='6'>JAVA</option>
 </select>
 </div>
 </center>
 </body>
</html>"

 

 

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  • v-bofeng-msft Profile Picture
    on 05 Oct 2022 at 06:33:45
    Re: getting the selected text/option/value from an html dropdown

    Hi @roncam82 ,

     

    I'm afraid that is not available. Please consider using canvas app's native dropdown control.

     

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    In addition, you can create a new idea through the below URL, then ask  your colleagues to raise up the votes.  

     

    Power Apps Ideas - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com) 

     

    The  product team has direct visibility of these ideas and they will implement it on the basis of the highest number of votes received. 

     

     

    Best Regards, 

    Bof

     

     

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