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I have the following columns in a Power App.  As shown in this scenario, "PPE Required" (combo box) contains (3) items (which include face Shield, Goggles and Safety Glasses).  Is there a method to display the actual items versus the summary "3 items"? 

 

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    LaurensM Profile Picture
    12,516 Moderator on at

    Hi @RJF61,

     

    To my knowledge there is no 'native' way to display all combobox selections once the combobox runs out of space to showcase each individual selection.

     

    (A) One workaround could be concatenating the selection and displaying this in a Label control:

    //Label items property:
    Concat(Combobox.SelectedItems, Value, ", ") //Change Value with the correct column name if needed

    You could place the label (with a Color.White as Fill) over the display section of your combobox control. Since the comboboxes are quite long, you will be able to display a lot of items since the Label automatically wraps the text.

    (B) Another possible approach would be partly mimicking a full selection display by placing a combobox in view mode over the display section of your main combobox. The view combobox will display the selection - once the control runs out of space it shows a 'More' button to display the full selection as a tooltip.

    In other words, you will need 2 comboboxes - one to display the selection in View mode and one as main combobox (your current one). The View combobox will need to be taking priority by placing it higher in the tree view than your main combobox:

     

    LaurensM_0-1708451966032.png

     

    The following changes need to be made to the Display combobox:

    //Items property
    MainCombobox.SelectedItems
    
    //DefaultSelectedItems property
    MainCombobox.SelectedItems
    
    //DisplayMode
    DisplayMode.View
    
    //Visible property
    CountRows(MainCombobox.SelectedItems) > 0

     

    Drag the view combobox over your main combobox - making sure the chevron is still fully visible:

    LaurensM_1-1708452092510.png


    That should result in the following functionality:

    LaurensM_2-1708452152585.gif

    If this solves your question, would you be so kind as to accept it as a solution.
    Thanks!

  • ANB Profile Picture
    7,252 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @RJF61  , It is depended on the width of your combo box. If you select more than 1 items in  combo box it will show you '3 items' . As a work around this is what I would like to suggest you. 

    Add Icon.View just besides your combo box.
    The visible property of Icon.View will be : 

    CountRows(ComboBox1.SelectedItems)>1​


    Then OnSelect of the Icon.View, you can have either have Notify function to show items selected in combo box. 

    Notify(
     "Selection: " & Concat(
     ComboBox1.SelectedItems,
     Value,
     "; "
     ),
     NotificationType.Information,
     10000
    )


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    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

     

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