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Microsoft Power Apps Cookbook, 2e

You're reading from   Microsoft Power Apps Cookbook, 2e Apply low-code recipes to solve everyday business challenges and become a Power Apps pro

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803238029
Length 414 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Eickhel Mendoza Eickhel Mendoza
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Building Pixel-Perfect Solutions with Canvas Apps 2. Building from Data with Model-Driven Apps FREE CHAPTER 3. Choosing the Right Data Source for Your Applications 4. Automating Processes with Power Automate 5. Extending the Platform 6. Improving User Experience 7. Power Apps Everywhere 8. Empowering Your Applications with No Code Artificial Intelligence 9. Discovering the Power Platform Admin Center 10. Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting 11. Advanced Techniques with Power Apps Component Framework 12. Reaching Beyond the Organization with Power Pages 13. Other Books You May Enjoy
14. Index

Developing template fields using components

When designing applications, any help is always welcomed. That’s why application development platforms continuously evolve to find more ways to help developers build great solutions.

As the user interface becomes as important as the expected functionality, we need to find more ways to achieve consistency across the app. This recipe will build a set of components to maintain the same style for controls used in data representation and gathering.

In the following screenshot, the fields and their labels come from a component, and with the use of custom properties, you can configure the behavior and even change the theme:

Figure 5.18: Template field components

How to do it...

  1. Go to the Power Apps maker portal, https://make.powerapps.com, and from the left pane, select Apps, and click on New app | Canvas from the toolbar. We will create this example based on the Phone layout, so select this option.
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