Creating a vertical navigation component
Guiding users through navigational controls is a known technique in almost all interfaces. There are many ways to design them. Examples are application wizards, tabs, and next steps indicators.
Power Apps Studio includes a ready-to-use template screen that uses a tutorial-like approach from the New screen selector:
Figure 5.12: Tutorial screen template
You can take advantage of this feature to add a short tutorial for your new users.
This recipe will create a vertical navigational component suitable for desktop applications that will serve as a tool to guide your users.
How to do it...
- Navigate to the Power Apps maker portal, https://make.powerapps.com, and from the left pane, select Apps and then, on the toolbar, click on New app | Canvas. Select the Tablet layout as this component is more suitable for this form factor.
- Go to the Components tab in the Tree view screen of Power Apps Studio and click...