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When I try to rename controls it reverts to the old name while typing the new name. This behavior makes renaming very teadious and very frustrating as I have copied a lot of controls from other screens.

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11manish 1,196 on at

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Share more information (Screenshot will be more helpful), this will be helpful to give appropriate answer.

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LennartWalldén 181 on at

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It's difficult to show the problem in a screenshot, as it is a "live" behavior, it happens when you are typing.

Original name

Editing activated

after typing two new characters it reverts to the original name, and the marker is moved to the end.

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11manish 1,196 on at

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Understand, few causes which I have experieced like below :

The control is being referenced somewhere (e.g., formulas, components)

When you copy containers/screens: Hidden dependencies come along or Name conflicts occur internally

Typing Too Fast / Not Committing Rename

Rename from Tree View Instead of top bar:

Open Tree View (left panel)

Right-click → Rename

Type → Press Enter

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11manish 1,196 on at

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One more suggestion, you need to keep unique name in entire app. you can't use same name in the two different screens.

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LennartWalldén 181 on at

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Thanks@11manish for your clarifications and suggestions.
I have been working in PowerApps for many years, and I know there are other approaches to this issue like renaming in Tree Bar, I am also well aware of the naming conventions in PowerApps, and the possible errors when copying controls.

However, the actual approach has worked fine before, so in my opinion is the problem I have encountered a bug in PowerApps Studio.

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LennartWalldén your problem is resolved. happy to know :)

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RobElliott 10,450 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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@LennartWalldén yes it is a bug that appeared after the March update to modern controls.

Rob
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