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Create a button that pops up a comment field with timestamps

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Hello!

 

Is there anyway to make a button that you can click and then it pops up a comments field that you can edit with timestamps?

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  • GarethPrisk Profile Picture
    GarethPrisk 2,828 on at

    Not as a single control, unfortunately.

     

    Easily done with some basic controls and coding.

    • Add a Button control
    • Add a Text Input control
    • Make the button set a variable
      • OnSelect property
      • UpdateContext ( { locShowComment: true } )
    • Set the visible property of the Text Input control
      • locShowComment
    • Have the Text Box record your details
      • Use the OnChange property
      • Do whatever you want after the value is updated
        • Using the Text property
      • Add a Timestamp with a Now() function
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    Community Power Pla... Microsoft Employee on at

    I'm sorry i'm kinda new and I got stuck.

     

    I made a button with the property OnSelect and the code "UpdateContext ( { locShowComment: true } )"

    I made a textinput with property visible and the code: "locShowComment"

     

     

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  • Drrickryp Profile Picture
    Drrickryp Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    Hi @Anonymous 

    If you want to toggle the comment using the button make your OnSelect property UpdateContext ( { locShowComment: !locShowComment} )

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