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So for my Sharepoint list form, the modern controls in general look better and have functions that the ones from the past didn't... But are lacking in something that i really need T_T...

For both I need to know how to delete the selection, with the past one you just clicked the "X" for the combobox and for the date you just erased like normal text whatever was selected.

With the modern one, is not possible. Sure, you could put a button to "Reset" both controls, but if the DefaultSelectedItems/date is set to Parent.Default, this will just reset to that. So really, there is no way to really reset the controls and keep saved what was selected on them.

Or is there?

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v-jefferni Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi @WorkingRicardo ,

You can go to Teams PowerApps on browser, create a blank App, add classic Combo box and Date picker controls on the screen, copy the controls to PowerApps studio. The classic controls in Teams App look "moderner" than in PowerApps studio, and basically, they act the same.

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Hey @v-jefferni ty for your reply!
However I'm unsure how to do what you're saying. can you do a step by step of going to the teams power apps and copying that?
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Hi @WorkingRicardo ,

Please follow the tutorial in the link to create a blank App:

Create your first app in Teams (contains video) - Power Apps | Microsoft Learn

On the blank screen, add classic Combo box and Date picker controls as how you did in PowerApps studio, then you can use shortcut keys ctrl+c to copy the selected control and ctrl+v to paste on the screen in PowerApps studio.

Note that you need to open Teams on browser.

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Hello again @v-jefferni ty again 🙂
I managed to do this, however both control don't offer the option to erase the option that was selected, no? I see them functioning the same as the normal Modern controls. Or am I missing something?
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Hi @WorkingRicardo ,

For Combo box, select a selected item from the dropdown would deselect it, and for Date picker, you can use backspace key to delete the selected date.

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Hey @v-jefferni ooh ok this worked for the combobox!
Ok the only problem I'm having is the date picker. I could retain the selected date with Parent.Default in "Value" property. The problem remains in "blanking" the date, as backspacing the text and saving doesn't set to blank the date.
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Hi @WorkingRicardo ,

According to my test, backspacing the date text can clear contents from Date picker, but needs to click on a different control or somewhere else like an empty space for it to take effect.

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