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Posted on by GiovanniM2

Hi,

Currently I have a function setup for a Textbox OnChange that navigates to the next screen when the textbox is not empty.

How can I make it so the textbox is unselected as soon as text is entered?

the function works as soon as the textbox is unselected by hand.

It looks as follows

If(IsEmpty(LocationCode)=false, Navigate(Group1_1));

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Barakat 35 on at

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You can use the "UpdateContext" function to set the focus to another control after the user enters text in the textbox. Here's an example of how you can modify your code to achieve this:
Add a new variable to your screen, called "shouldFocus". Set its initial value to "true".
Modify your existing function to include an UpdateContext statement, like this:

If(IsEmpty(LocationCode)=false, UpdateContext({shouldFocus: false}); Navigate(Group1_1));

Add an "OnSelect" property to the control that you want to set focus to after the user enters text. In this property, use the following formula:
If(shouldFocus, SetFocus(AnotherControl)); UpdateContext({shouldFocus: true})
This formula checks whether the "shouldFocus" variable is true. If it is, it sets focus to "AnotherControl". It then resets the "shouldFocus" variable to true, so that the next time the user enters text in the textbox, the control will be focused again.
With these changes, when the user enters text in the textbox and the function is executed, the focus will immediately be set to the control you specify in the "OnSelect" property.

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GiovanniM2 12 on at

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Hi Everyone,

I figured it out.

I wanted to make a system for barcode scanning that automatically hit enter once text was entered into a text box after scanning.

I used this post: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Power-Apps/When-MaxLength-is-reached-switch-to-another-TextInput/m-p/1668582#M424756

I replaced the Length = number in the toggle switch to Length >= 1, and then I made it when the toggle was activated it would select an invisible button that did nothing which would cause the text box to be unselected.

Hope this helps anyone else out there!

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GiovanniM2 12 on at

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Thank you for your help, but I found the solution to my issue!

I appreciate your time. Hopefully this may solve another persons issue

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