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Hi,

in our Apps we have to use a large variable called gvLayout for all our universal settings such as Label fonts, Text field fonts, and so on:

so in our App_OnStart we use this:

Set(
    gvLayout,
    {
        HeaderHeight: 70,
        FooterHeight: 65,
        ButtonHeight: 70,
        CheckBoxFontColor: Color.Black,
        CheckBoxFontFamily: "Segoe UI",
        CheckBoxFontSize: 9,
        CheckBoxFontWeight: "Semibold",
        CmdButtonWidth: 200,
        CmdButtonHeight: 30,
        CmdButtonFontColor: Color.Black, // or should this be Color.Black ?
        CmdButtonFontFamily: "F37 Ginger",
        CmdButtonFontSize: 13,
        CmdIconHeight: 24,
        // gvLayout.CmdButtonHeight*0.8,
        TextFieldFontColor: Color.Black, // or should this be Color.DarkBlue ?
        TextFieldFontFamily: "F37 Ginger",
        TextFieldFontSize: 14,
        DataTableFontSize: 12,
        DefaultBorderWidth: 2,
        ErrorMessageFontSize: 12,
        ErrorMessageFontColor: Color.DarkRed,
        ErrorMessageFontWeight: "Bold",
        FormAccentFill: Color.DarkBlue,     // Cheat line above each Form Header DataCard
        HeaderFontFamily: "BHF Beats",

Then for every one of our controls we have to set the Font, Fontsize, Size, Weight with formulae like this:

This can be over TWO HINDRED INDIVIDUAL CONTROLS TO BE SET

So, is it possible to add this kind of capability to the App Theme Editor so we can set our global fonts once?

Additionally, can we set things like Default indent for controls when they are added as part of a card for example?

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Experimental features

Hi @livingstonep,

I would use the code view functionality in Canvas Apps to do this.

You have to do this screen by screen though.

Create a back up of your app in case something goes wriong and you need to restore it.
Open the first screen, and copy its yaml code using the view code function.
Paste the code in a code editor, like Visual Studio code. Notepad would work also.
Find and replace the properties you want to replace with the fonts or any other property on your style. For example, replace Font: ="Verdana" with Font: =gvLayout.LabelFontFamily
Remove all the controls on the screen.
Copy the code with the changes from the code editor.
Paste the YAML code on the screen.

Repeat for every screen on your app.

More info:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/canvas-apps/code-view?wt.mc_id=DX-MVP-5005348