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ComboBox and Dropdown dependencies

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Posted on by Microsoft Employee

Hello community,

For some reason I cannot wrap my head around the need for a 'dependency' for a dropdown or a combobox. I want to just add a list of options from whatever datasource I am using, why do I need to select some other dropdown as dependency? I get the functionality of it if you want one option the filter the next in a cascading manner but I why can't i opt not to?

Is there a trick to get a dropdown that doesn't depend on another dropdown? Currently all of my dropdowns has all sorts of random dependencies but they are completely unrelated, but it doesn't seem to have an effect anyhow, I just have to pick one.

I am guessing I am missing something conceptual here?

Example scrnshot:

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The parent control isn't even on this page or related to this in any way .. none of the selectable 'parent' controls are. I can't seem to understand why I cannot select 'no parent control'?

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  • Drrickryp Profile Picture
    Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    @Anonymous 

    There is no need for using the dependency, it's optional.

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Thank you for your reply.

    How do I turn it off? When I insert it, it picks it's own parent control and the list doesn't appear to have a none option?

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    Drrickryp Profile Picture
    Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    @Anonymous 

    It takes the items property of the control and writes the filter for it so you don't have to.

    Go back to the items property and remove the filter.

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Thank you. I wrote my own items property so that explains why it is working.
    Still worries me a little that it visually displays that it is depending on the other control but that's details.

  • Drrickryp Profile Picture
    Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    @Anonymous 

     If it makes you feel better, consider it as documentation of your excellent work!

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