How to Set Dropdown Value on Button Click in Power Apps?

In this Power Apps tutorial explains, how to set a dropdown value on a button click in Power Apps. I will show you, how to change the Power Apps dropdown value by clicking on a button click.

Set Dropdown Value on Button Click in Power Apps

I will show you how to set the dropdown value on a button click in Power Apps.

Example 1:

I have created a Power Apps Canvas app and then added a Slider Control, Button Control, and a Dropdown control. The Power Apps dropdown control contains the “Project Status” values that I have added manually.

Next, Whenever the user adjusts the slider and clicks on a button control. The dropdown items will be updated based on the slider control value.

Follow the below steps to achieve this:

Step 1:  [Insert a Slider control]

• On the Power Apps screen, insert a Slider control.

Step 2: [Insert a Dropdown control and add the items manually]

• Insert a Dropdown control -> Set its Items property to:

["Completed" , "In progress", "Not Started"]

Step 3: [Insert a button control and create a variable to set a dropdown value]

• Insert a Button control -> Set its OnSelect property to:

If(
    sld_ProjectCompletion.Value = 100,
    UpdateContext({varSetDrp: {Value: "Completed"}});
    Reset(drp_ProjectStatus),
    sld_ProjectCompletion.Value < 2,
    UpdateContext({varSetDrp: {Value: "Not Started"}});
    Reset(drp_ProjectStatus),
    sld_ProjectCompletion.Value < 100,
    UpdateContext({varSetDrp: {Value: "In progress"}});
    Reset(drp_ProjectStatus)
)

Where,

1. sld_ProjectCompletion = Slider Control name
2. varSetDrp = Provide the variable name
3. Completed, Not Started, In progress = Dropdown values
4. drp_ProjectStatus = Dropdown control name

Step 4: [On the dropdown control, assign a variable to set a dropdown value]

• Select a Dropdown control -> Set its Default property to:

varSetDrp.Value

Where,

1. varSetDrp = Assign the variable name here

• Save, Publish, and Preview the app, when a user adjusts the slider control and clicks on a button control. The dropdown will automatically select an item based on the slider value.

This is how to set a dropdown value on a button a click in Power Apps.

Example 2,

I have a SharePoint Online list [Recruitment Tracker], that has different columns like:

Column Name	Data Type
Candidate Name	Title
Position	Choice [“Project manager”,” User Researcher”, “Designer”, “Account Manager]
Progress	Choice [“Active”, “On hold”, “Offer sent”, “New Application”, “Top pick”]
Application Date	Date and time
Interview Date	Date and time

I have created a Power Apps Canvas app and then added a Dropdown control and a Button control. The dropdown control contains all the values from the SharePoint list choice column. When a user clicks the button control [Change Progress To Active], the dropdown value should be updated to Active.

Let’s see how to achieve this:

• On the Power Apps screen, insert a Button control and set its OnSelect property to:

Set(
    varDropDownDefault,
    "Active"
);

Where,

1. varDropDownDefault = Variable name
2. Active = SharePoint List Choice column value

• Above button control, insert a Dropdown control -> Set all the below properties of this dropdown as:

Items = Distinct(
    'Recruitment Tracker',
    Progress.Value
)

Default = varDropDownDefault

OnChange = Set(
    varDropDownDefault,
    Self.Selected.Value
)

• Save, Publish, and Preview the app. Click on the button control, then by default dropdown item will be selected as “Active”.

This is how we can update a dropdown value on a button click in Power Apps.

Conclusion

This Microsoft Power Apps tutorial taught us all about “How to set the dropdown value on a button click in Power Apps.”

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