Modern control Combobox doesn't show the items.

(1) Share

Report

Posted on by CU16021406-1

1,066

Dear community,

I have a gallery on my form and a combobox called cbSort for sorting the Gallery items alphabetically.

I have set property Items to: ["A-Z"; "Z-A"]

And property DefaultSelectItems to: {Value: "A-Z"}

and this is the code in the items of the gallery:

"crcfa_achternaam";

If(

cbSort.Selected.Value = "A-Z";

SortOrder.Ascending;

SortOrder.Descending

)

Why do i get to see an empty list when i click on the comobox?

I even tried adding a value. but no luck either

Gr. P

Categories:

Building Power Apps

All responses (9)

Answers (1)

Sort by

timl 37,287 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

@PeKi72

Are you saying that the combo box doesn't show the items A-Z and Z-A, as highlighted below?

I'm guessing that the formula that you posted is missing a call to the Sort function, and also missing the reference to the table name?
ANB 7,252 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

Hi @PeKi72 , I tried this and it worked for me:
Delete and readd the combo box.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I hope this helps.

Please click Accept as solution ✅ if my post helped you solve your issue. This will help others find it more readily. It also closes the item. If the content was useful in other ways, please consider giving it Thumbs up.👍

Thanks,
ANB
CU16021406-1 1,066 on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

Yes I would like to display the values A-Z and Z-A in the combobox. But it is empty.
Like i have mention it i also tried by adding a value. Still nothing.

What i forgot to mention. Is that the code worked before. But i have started over creating my
application. And suddenly the code doesn't work anymore. Strange !!!
CU16021406-1 1,066 on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!
timl 37,287 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

@PeKi72 - When we add a new combo box control, the default values in the control are Item1, Item2, and Item3. If you were to add a new combo box control, do these 3 values display correctly? If so, if you were to rename Item 1 to "A-Z" and Item 2 to "Z-A", do the items still appear?
Verified answer

Pstork1 69,661 Most Valuable Professional on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!
make these changes

1) Set Items to

[{Value: "A-Z"}, {Value: "Z-A"}]

2) in the control properties panel on the right side click on Edit fields and add the value field to the combobox.

If you don't specify the Value: key in the Items property and pick it to show in the Combobox it won't set the default.SelectedItems correctly. You also won't be able to retrieve the value property when a different selection is chosen for your if.
Pstork1 69,661 Most Valuable Professional on at

Like
a
(1)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

@timl I tried that too, but something about changing the hard coded values loses the value property that it should default to. That's why I set mine up to records with an actual value property. That seems to work. Not sure why its required but it seems to be.
timl 37,287 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

@Pstork1 - that's so weird because I just modified the hard-coded value in my earlier post and it works for me. I just tried again with another combo box control to make sure that I wasn't imagining it and worked again! Perhaps it's just one of these oddities with the modern controls.
Pstork1 69,661 Most Valuable Professional on at

Like
a
(1)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

I agree its strange. I've tried a couple times and it doesn't work when I change the defaults to something other than the hard coded numbers. I don't know why. Something about the order I'm doing things I would assume.