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I have a text field to fill in an number, but I don't want to use the onscreen keyboard or keyboard attached to the device for it.

Instead I want to create buttons ranging from 0-9, so you can fill in the number by pressing those buttons.

For example, press the 1 and 0 button to put the number 10 in the text field.
So basicly, I want to create an onscreen numpad in the app itself.

Now I found this: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Power-Apps/PowerApps-update-text-input-field-with-button-click/m-p/128078#M105731

This is part of what I want, but doesn't put two number together, so that's not working really as I want it.

So, what should I use instead to do this?

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mdevaney 29,991 Moderator on at

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This feature does not currently exist in PowerApps. You can go vote for the feature using the link below and if it gets enough votes Microsoft will include it in a future release of PowerApps.

Link to Ideas Forum

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Apps-Ideas/Process-Action-or-Button-by-KeyPress-event/idi-p/35093

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I believe I was able to accomplish what you are trying to do using a global variable.

App.Onstart = Set(varinput, "")

On Screen1 I created a text input and set:
TextInput1.Default = varinput

I then created 5 buttons and set the OnSelect property to: Set(varinput, "1") (increasing the number for each button)

I have attached the sample file I created. Hopefully, this will work for you.

ButtonApp.msapp

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alexanderb1 19 on at

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@mdevaney

Thanks, but the topic you linked doesn't really seem to be the function I want.

@er229242

Thanks, but it doesn't do it entirly.

When you press for example the button 1 twice, you still have only the number 1 in the text field.
What I want, is that it put all the numbers after each other in the input text field.

So for example:
Pressing 1 twice, will give '11'
Pressing 1 and than 2 will give '12'
Pressing 3 and than 5 will give '35'
etc.

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er229242 11 on at

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My apologies. I guess I did not fully read/understand what you were trying to accomplish. I've made updates to the sample file. Please see if this is more in line with your needs.

I'm pulling in the numbers as you type them into a collection, then using the collection to populate the text input box. The "C" button will clear the collection. The enter button is not programmed do to anything at the moment.

ButtonApp (1).msapp

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alexanderb1 19 on at

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That's it 🙂 Thank you very much!

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