Power Apps Link - Modern Controls

Power Apps Link – Modern Controls Purpose A Power Apps link control is a clickable element that redirects users to a web page. Its purpose is navigate betwee...

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Imported reference from Matthew Devaney's blog for learning purposes. Original: https://www.matthewdevaney.com/the-complete-power-apps-modern-controls-guide/power-apps-link-modern-controls/. Author: Matthew Devaney.

Power Apps Link – Modern Controls Purpose

A Power Apps link control is a clickable element that redirects users to a web page. Its purpose is navigate between an app and the web browser Properties AcceptsFocus

Determines whether the control can be focused on using the tab key or SetFocus function AccessibleLabel

Screen readers will voice this text when a user selects the control ContentLanguage

Describes the language used to the audience (e.g. “en-US”) DisplayMode

Selects the mode: Edit, View or Disabled. In Edit mode the user can input values. In View mode the user can only see the values and in Disabled mode the control is greyed-out. Options:

= DisplayMode.Disabled = DisplayMode.Edit = DisplayMode.View Height

Distance from the top of the control to the bottom OnChange Unknown purpose. Text Clickable text displayed in the link URL

Webpage address the user will navigate to when clicking the link. Example: https://twitter.com/ Visible

Determines whether to show or hide the control Width

Distance from the left side of the control to the right side X

Distance from the left edge of the screen to the left side of the control Y

Distance from the top edge of the screen to the top of the control How To Use The Power Apps Link Control

1. Select the link control in Power Apps studio. Write a web address in the URL property. "https://www.google.com" Code language: JSON / JSON with Comments ( json )

2. Write the text to display in the link within the Text property. "Go To Google" Code language: JSON / JSON with Comments ( json )

3. Click on the link to navigate to a website and leave Power Apps. Questions?

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