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Morning All,

I am trying to design an interactive status for a Project Management app.

There is a gallery that shows approx. 10 items at a time. There is a button for each of the gallery items, when clicked it triggers an UpdateContext() that triggers an action that displays other objects that are covering the current screen to allow the User to change the Status. The problem is the pop-up status update only 7 radio buttons and I need to cover the entire screen (really ugly and not user friendly).

What I want to do it capture the position (X, Y) of the button or mouse so I can dynamically place a much smaller pop-up on screen.

Any suggestions? Cheers

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mmbr1606 14,605 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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hey

as of my knowledge there is no way to get the exact positions of controls in powerapps.

if you want to show pop ups simply follow videos like this:

How to Create a Pop-Up Window and Remove a Record | Microsoft PowerApps | 2022 Tutorial

if my answer helped please mark as verified

cheers

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Thanks for the suggestion, I am very familiar on using variables to trigger pop-ups in PowerApps. I do not want a pop-up that covers the entire screen.

My idea is more to have a pop-up that will will be placed in a different (X, Y) position depending on where the selection is being clicked.

All of this so the users will have a better experience.

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hey

i havent seen a way how you could do this. the only thing that comes to my mind is to "hard code" it and move the popup where u want it.

that would mean, that you can not reuse the popup on another place of the app.

what you can maybe try is to set a variable for a button you click and then set the x and y property of the popup based on the variable.

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Daniel Bocklandt 5,099 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hey, there’s actually a solid way to handle this! 😎

Just like you said — you can use a variable to store the X and Y coordinates of the clicked button. Then, use those coordinates to position your pop-up dynamically.

Here’s how you can do it:

UpdateContext({ popupX: Self.X, popupY: Self.Y + Self.Height });

Then just set the X and Y of your popup component like this:

X: popupX, Y: popupY

This way, your pop-up will show up right next to the button that was clicked — much cleaner and user-friendly! 🫡

Let me know if you need help refining the placement further or keeping it within screen bounds.

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