Add a button to a form that is always enabled

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Posted on 14 Apr 2023 14:15:53 by Baltner

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Greetings. I want to add a button to an edit form in Power Apps so that it is always active, regardless of the value of the form's mode., "edit", "new" or "view." Is this possible? If so, how? No matter what I set the button's display mode to, explicitly, it is overridden by the form's mode. (I know I could do this with a button outside the form but I want it to appear at a specific location in the form, which has scrolling enabled).

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TheRobRush 11,121 Moderator on 14 Apr 2023 at 21:24:51

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Re: Add a button to a form that is always enabled

that is how you would do it. make the form always in enabled mode, but all the individual controls inside can be locked down with a variable. this way it LOOKS like the form is not active, but it (and its button) technically are, all the other controls are just appearing in disabled/or view only mode. The controls in the form will always inherit the state of the form itself, so in order for the button to be enabled the form will just need to stay enabled (because while you canNOT enable a button on a disabled form, you CAN disable a control on an enabled form). Basically it's an optical illusion
Baltner 147 on 14 Apr 2023 at 20:50:50

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Re: Add a button to a form that is always enabled

No, I hadn't considered that but it doesn't sound like what I'm after. I'd like the button to behave like it's always enabled. There rest of the cards/controls can use the Parent.Default modes.
TheRobRush 11,121 Moderator on 14 Apr 2023 at 15:39:13

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Re: Add a button to a form that is always enabled

Did you consider making the form always in edit or new mode, but making all the controls INSIDE the form in view/disabled mode depending on a variable you set elsewhere?