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have a powerapps with a combo box that has the 'allow searching' option turned on.

In the combo box, there are a large number of selections

Currently when searching, let's say if I have 20 entries, one called 'This Is Powerapps Paul', which is the one I want to select in the dropdown. The other 19 are called 'This Is Powerapps 1,2,3, etc'

At the moment, when searching for the word 'this' it will bring up all 20 entries. However if I search for 'Paul', it won't bring up the one I want.

Is there a way to make this search look for entries containing 'Paul' rather than those that start with 'this' ?

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Hi @Anonymous,

Do you want to search any word within the option?

Could you please tell me how you set the Items property of the Combo Box?

Actually, the search text function within the Combo Box only supports the start text of the string.

If you have a Choice column and you want to search any text within the choice options, you should set the Combo Box Items property as below:

Filter(Choices(List.Column),ComboBox9.SearchText in Value)

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Thanks @v-qiaqi-msft ,
Yes I want to search any word within the option.
however, it prompt error

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Hi @Anonymous,

That's impossible.

Tell me the error message.

Could you please check the Combo Box name in your scenario, is it named "ComboBox"?

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