Answered

Grouping/Containers issues this past weekend

(0) Share

Report

Posted on by Hayes3d1

Something recently is happening to me regarding Groups/Containers: When I open an app, all "children" of a container have the incorrect bounding box size and location. The control is the correct size and in the correct location, even the properties of it are correct. But if I select the bounding box itself and start to move/resize it, the control will jump to that location. This has happened to 3 apps now that I have opened, even a new one I just created. If I rename the control, the bounding box will jump back to the correct size and location around the actual control.

Bad Bounding Box

Resize Bounding Box - Control jumped to location and resized.

Categories:

Building Power Apps

I have the same question (0)

All responses (8)

Answers (1)

Sort by

v-yutliu-msft Microsoft Employee on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

Hi @Hayes3d1 ,

Do you mean that:
the position of controls in the container will be wrong in some situation?
Actually, this is a known bug that I've reported to our product team.

Here are some similar issues for your reference:

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Power-Apps/Did-powerapps-update-break-container-control/td-p/678037

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Power-Apps/Rectangle-in-containers-strange-behavior/td-p/676494

For now, I suggest using group controls (select controls and press ctrl+g to create a group) or Components instead, since they can solve most of the same problems. Copy-pasting the Container and deleting the original can also work in a pinch.

The latest news that I received:

We do recognize this is an issue and have fixed it in the latest version of PowerApps. That version will be available on Preview environments sometime this week, and on all other environments in the weeks to come.

So this problem should will be solved soon.

If I receive any reply about this ,I will leave my message here.

Best regards,

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
Hayes3d1 17 on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

Hi Phoebe,

I actually reached out to the product team as well and they verified the bug for me.

Converting my apps to group controls is not really an option as I set all of the height and widths relative to the container. I use them a lot for designing my apps. With this functionality broken, I cannot edit my apps easily. No matter what I do, if I "fix" them by renaming the control (it resolved the bounding box issues and better than copy-pasting), the next time I open the app it is back the way it was. I know that technically this is still in preview for the container control, but I have been using it for over 9 months and probably closer to a year. A bit disconcerting to say the least.

Thanks for the update though!

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
Verified answer

v-yutliu-msft Microsoft Employee on at

Like
a
(1)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

Hi @Hayes3d1 ,

It seems like this bug has been fixed in the latest version of powerapps:
3.20092.21.

Please check that.

Best regards,

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
dmanoni1 24 on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

Issue still exists. v3.20091.26.162484263/

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
Hayes3d1 17 on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

In the sandbox environment that I created, I have version 3.20092.27 and the issue is resolved.

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
dmanoni1 24 on at

Like
a
(1)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

It is now fixed. I guess it just took longer for my environment to update.

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
lui 178 on at

Like
a
(1)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

It seems like the version 3.20092.39 solves the issue. However, after I save and publish the new version, It rollsback to the previous version when i reopen the PowerApps in studio.

I tried, signing out and closing the browser but still doesn't work. Do you know what else I can do to apply this new recommended version permanently?

Thanks

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
fvalencia 11 on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

I am experiencing the same issue I am on version 3.21053.21 and if I change the authoring to the recommended version 3.21055.27 and close the browser window, then the version is reverted to 3.21053.21. Has anyone found a solution?

Was this reply helpful? Yes No