Use Combo box with color items to set a variable (color picker)

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I want to use a combo box to set a variable that will contain the color selected from the combo box.

ComboBox Items are = [LightGoldenRodYellow, LightBlue, LightSeaGreen]

When i hit the drop down in the combobox, i get a list of values instead of the color names .

How do I set a variable to the value selected in the combo box, so i can then use this variable as the color source for a Fill property.

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Dave

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Gerard Simpson 2,987 Moderator on at

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Hi @Daved1

Set your items to:

[
{Name:"LightGoldenRodYellow", Colour: LightGoldenRodYellow},
{Name:"LightBlue", Colour: LightBlue},
{Name:"LightSeaGreen", Colour: LightSeaGreen}
]

So you have both the colour and the colour name in text - one for your dropdown and the other for setting the variable in OnSelect of CB with: Set(varcolour, Self.Selected.Value.Colour)

Hope this helps

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@Daved1

Do it simply like this:

ColorValue(Dropdown2.Selected.Value)

Put the above in the Color property of what you want to change the color of dynamically based on the other Dropdown value.

See if it works for you

Color enumeration and ColorFade, ColorValue, and RGBA functions in Power Apps
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/functions/function-colors#built-in-colorshttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/functions/function-colors

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Hi @Daved1,

Have you solved your problem?

Do you want to make the color source populated with the Combo Box selected color?

You just need to keep the Combo Box Items setting and set the Fill property as below:

ComboBox2.Selected.Value

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Thanks for your reply. I got this to work. I just had to replace your Name: with Value: for Combobox to work.

For cboColourPicker2.Items set to
[
{Value:"Light Golden Rod", Colour: LightGoldenRodYellow},
{Value:"Light Blue", Colour: LightBlue},
{Value:"Light Sea Green", Colour: LightSeaGreen}
]

Then i have a circle and the fill property i set to - cboColourPicker2.Selected.Value.Colour

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Gerard Simpson 2,987 Moderator on at

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Great work👍 - Good luck with the rest of your build

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