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SharePoint Custom Form: Editform not opening up dropdowns when using "Link to item

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Hi there!

I'm running into most strange behaviour:

* Using basic SharePoint Integration (Customize form in PowerApps) against SharePoint list.

* Using basic SharePoint dropdowns with their own values (no lookup etc. and no combo boxes)

* "Items" properties of those dropdowns are not modified anyway, out-of-the box.

 

In the form there are several basic dropdowns with no multichoice allowed (you can choose only 1 value)

These dropdowns work perfectly when using the form from the SharePoint list itself (like adding a new item to the list of editing an existing item on the list)

 

I also built a simple approval Flow which sends an email message for Approver when new item is added.

Inside that approval email is "Link to item" which opens up the standard PowerApps "View" form of the the item to be approved. The item opens up nicely, all data shown.

 

When the Approver presses the SharePoint's built-in "Edit all" button everything still looks good, all data shown.

When the Approver tries to edit any of the dropdown fields on the form the dropdowns show no options to choose from. Approver can clear the current dropdown values but cannot choose anything to replace them. The dropdown fields react to the mouse clicking but won't bring up the choices to choose from.

 

Sometimes refreshing the browser page helps and brings those dropdowns to normal behaviour, sometimes not even refreshing the page helps.

 

Anyone else ran into this?

I've tried searching the forums (and Googling ofc) but haven't found anything related.

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  • v-siky-msft Profile Picture
    on at

    Hi @JasuDK ,


    What are the Data types of these dropdown columns? Are they the complex column, e.g. Person/Group or LookUp type column, right?

    The issue seems to be some kind of temporary connection issue. could you try to edit the form, re-add the SharePoint list Connection and clear the browser cache to see if the issue can get resolved.

    Hope this helps,

    Sik

     

  • JasuDK Profile Picture
    9 on at

    Hi @v-siky-msft !

    Thanks for your reply 🙂

     

    Yes the datatype of these are "complex", (basic SPO list dropdowns)

     

    * I cleared browser cache -> No change (tried with Firefox, Chrome, Chromium Edge, IE)

    * I re-added the SPO connection to the Form -> No change

    * I re-created the whole Form (deleted the old from list settings and re-created it in Power Apps) -> No change

     

    Also changed the 365 tenant (to our Test tenant) and same thing there.

     

    I know below picture won't tell much but trying to illustrate what I mean 😄

     

    When editing the item via straight link (link to item) received by Power Automate email the Status dropdown will not bring options up:

     

    JasuDK_1-1594887022615.png

    Normally when you click dropdown it opens up the choices. This works perfectly when you are adding a new item to the list OR opening an item for editing FROM the list. But when you access an item via straight link (like above) the dropdow choices won't always open. It's like 4 out of 10 times they open up 😕

     

    This behaviour is happening only when EDITING item via straight link to the item. Never when adding a new item to the list.

     

    As an attachment is a screenie of the Status field in SPO list also. As you can see it's normal SPO dropdown with a few choices.

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