How to Set Combo Box Default Value in Power Apps?

Did you know how to set a Power Apps combo box control default value? In this Power Apps tutorial, I will explain how to set combo box default value in Power Apps.

Moreover, I will show you how to set the Power Apps combo box default value manually and also how to set the Power Apps combo box default value using a SharePoint list.

Also, we will see how to set the Power Apps combo box with multiple default values and:

1. How to reset a Power Apps combo box control value to its default value
2. Set the Power Apps Combo box default to the current user
3. How to set a combo box default value as empty

Set Combo Box Default Value in Power Apps

In this section, I will show you how to set a default value to a Power Apps combo box control using two different scenarios:

1. Power Apps set the default value of the combo box manually
2. Power Apps set the default value of the combo box using a SharePoint list

Power Apps set the Combo box default value manually

Here, I will show you how to manually set a default value to a Power Apps combo box control.

Example,

I created a Power Apps Canvas app and then added a Combo box control, that contains the “Product Names” [Which I added manually]. Next, Whenever the user opens or loads an app, the Power Apps combo box control will automatically display its default value as shown below:

Let me show you how to achieve this:

• On the Power Apps screen, insert a Combo box control -> Set its combo box property to:

Items = [ "Tablet", "Laptop", "SmartPhone", "Desktop"]

DefaultSelectedItems = ["Laptop"]

• Save, Publish, and close the app. Then, reopen and preview the app. The combo box control value will be selected as “Laptop” by default.

This is how to set the Power Apps combo box control default value manually.

Power Apps set a combo box default value using a SharePoint list

Here, let me show you how to set a Power Apps combo box control default value using a SharePoint list.

Example,

I have a SharePoint list [Customer Details], that has various columns like:

Column Name	Data Type
User Name	Title
Country	Single line of text
Subscription Type	Choice [“Premium”, “Basic”, “Standard”]
Device	Choice[“Laptop”, “Tablet”, “Smart TV”, “Smart Phone”
Subscription End Date	Date and time
Subscription Handled By	Person or group

I created a Power Apps Canvas app and then added a Combo box control, connected to the above SharePoint list column [Country]. Next, the Power Apps combo box control will automatically display its default value whenever the user opens or loads an app.

Let me show you how to achieve this:

• Create a Power Apps Blank canvas app -> Connect to the SharePoint Online list -> as in the screenshot below:

• On the Power Apps screen, insert a Combo box control -> Set its combo box property to:

Items = Distinct('Customer Details',Country)

DefaultSelectedItems = ["US"]

Where,

1. Customer Details = SharePoint list name
2. Country = SharePoint list column name
3. US = SharePoint list column value

• Save, Publish, and close the app. Then, reopen and preview the app. The combo box control value will be selected as “US” by default.

This is how to set the Power Apps combo box default value using the SharePoint list.

Power Apps Combo box with multiple default values

Here, I will show you how to set a default multiple values to a Power Apps combo box control.

Example,

• I will take the above example of the Power Apps combo box control, setting multiple items as the default selected items.
• I want to set both “US” and “Germany” as default items.

Let me show you how to achieve this:

• Select a Combo box control -> Set the combo box DefaultSelectedItems properties to:

["US", "Germany"]

• Save, Publish, and close the app. Then, reopen and preview the app. The combo box control value will be selected as “US” and “Germany” by default.

This is how to set the multiple default values in the Power Apps combo box control.

Power Apps reset Combo box to default value

In this section, I will show you how to reset a Power Apps combo box control value to its default value.

Example,

I have added an Edit form that is connected to the above SharePoint list [Customer Details]. The form contains the Combo box control (Subscription Type) and a Reset icon.

Whenever the user selects a different value from the combo box control and clicks on the reset icon, the combo box will reset to its default value, i.e., Premium.

Follow the below-mentioned steps to achieve it:

• On the Power Apps screen, insert an Edit form -> Connect the form with the above SharePoint list.

• To set a default value, click on the Combo box [Subscription Type] control -> Set its DefaultSelectedItems property to:

["Premium"]

• Insert a Reset icon -> Set its OnSelect property to:

Reset(DataCardValue2);

Where,

• DataCardValue2 = Combo box control name

• Save, Publish, and Preview the app. Select a different combo box value and click the reset icon. Then, the combo box will reset to its default value.

This is how to reset a Power Apps combo box default value.

Set the Power Apps Combo box default to the current user

Here, I will show you how to set the Power Apps combo box default value as the current user.

Example,

I have added an Edit form that is connected to the above SharePoint list [Customer Details]. The form contains the Combo box control (Subscription Handled By) which is a SharePoint list person column.

When a user opens or loads an app, the Power Apps combo box control will automatically display the current user name.

Follow the below steps to achieve it:

• In Power Apps, connect the data source to the Office365Users as shown in the below image:

• Select the Person Combo box control -> Set its DefaultSelectedItems property to:

{
    DisplayName: User().FullName,
    Claims: "i:0#.f|membership|" & Office365Users.MyProfile().UserPrincipalName
}

• Save, Publish, and close the app. Then, reopen and preview the app. The person combo box control value will be selected as a current user as shown below:

This is how to set the Power Apps combo box default to the current user.

Power Apps Combo box default value empty

In this section, I will show you how to set a combo box default value as empty.

Example,

I have created a Power Apps Canvas app and then added a Combo box control and a Gallery control. The combo box control contains the values from the above SharePoint list column [Country].

Whenever the user opens or loads the app, by default combo box value should be selected as a blank value, and at the same time, the gallery should filter and display all the records.

Follow the below steps to achieve it:

• On the Power Apps screen, insert Combo box control -> Set its combo box properties to:

Items = Distinct('Customer Details',Country)

DefaultSelectedItems = Blank()

• Insert Gallery control -> Set its Items property to:

If(
    cmb_Country.Selected.Value = Blank(),
    'Customer Details',
    Filter(
        'Customer Details',
        Country = cmb_Country.Selected.Value
    )
)

Where,

1. cmb_Country = Combo box control name
2. Customer Details = SharePoint list name
3. Country = SharePoint list column name

You can see here I have set the combo box default value to empty in Power Apps.

This is how to set the Power Apps combo box default to empty.

Conclusion

I hope this tutorial will give you complete information about “Power Apps Combo box default”.

In this Power Apps tutorial, I have explained how to set the Power Apps combo box default value manually and also how to set the Power Apps combo box default value using a SharePoint list.

Moreover, in this tutorial, I have given the complete information:

1. Power Apps combo box with multiple default values
2. How to reset a Power Apps combo box control value to its default value
3. Set the Power Apps Combo box default to the current user
4. How to set a combo box default value as empty

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