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Posted on by Phineas

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Can a 'visibility' timer be placed on a Text Label?

The user is required to provide comments. I request has come in to have a pop-up show after clicking the submit comment button that provide visual confirmation the comment has been sent.

Is this possible?

Components - Rich Text Editor
Submit Request Button
Confirmation Pop-up (should appear after Submit button is clicked, and remain visible for 5 sec.)

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Phineas 4,682 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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Re: Timer / Visible Dalay on Text Label

Found my answer through @iAm_ManCat
Phineas 4,682 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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Re: Timer / Visible Dalay on Text Label

I got it half-working.

I can't seem to get the time to 'start' when I click on the submit button.

I have UpdateContext({startTimer:true}) and Set(varReplyPopUp, true) in my 'Submit' button 'OnSelect'.

When I click submit the pop-up appears, but the timer does not start.

However, if I click the timer directly it starts, run for five seconds,
after which the pop-up goes away - exactly as I'd like.

The Timer control 'OnSelect' has 'false' in it.
The Timer control 'Start' has 'startTimer' in it

What am I missing?
Phineas 4,682 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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Re: Timer / Visible Dalay on Text Label

It looks like everything took, accept the Start(Timer1) formula.

I named my control timer control 'Edit_Form_Reply_Pop_Up_Timer'.

In the 'OnSuccess' of my form I used Start('Edit_Form_Reply_Pop_Up_Timer');.

Power Apps didn't like it. The error reads -
'Start' is an unknown or unsupported function.
hthpowerapper 364 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Re: Timer / Visible Dalay on Text Label

Yes! You can achieve this by
Setting the visibility property of you text label to something like varVisiblityOfConfirmationLabel..
Add a Timer control set duration to 5000. set the autostart property to false. set the OnTimerEnd Property to UpdateContext({varVisiblityOfConfirmationLabel: false})
In your Submit Logic Add UpdateContext({varVisiblityOfConfirmationLabel: true}); Start(Timer1)
I may have left a few details out but I believe that logic should be enough to guide you.. if you get stuck anywhere let me know and I should be able to step through it with you