📱 [Power Apps] Disable/Enable Buttons And Wipe Out Values Using Patch 💥

Learn how to disable and enable buttons in your app using Microsoft's Power Apps. Also, take your Patch function to the next level outside of forms when you want to wipe our prior data entries.

One problem that arises with the Patch function is that the old values will still be populated in your input controls. So I want to show you how to wipe those out and set them back to the default blank values. To go even further, I also want to show you how to enable/disable a button. I've come across scenarios where we don't want the user to hit the submit button on a form or a patch command unless there is data in the controls. So I will walk you throw how to set up that action as well.


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[tobiasdahl]

Just what I was looking for, Thank you!

[aishwaryadorge]

Hi Matthew,
Thanks for the solution, i had a similar requirement and after watching this video it got cleared

[Beauto_City]

this video helped me secure a contract 😂 thank you!

[Learningsfrombhagavadgeeta]

How to add a similar condition on drop-down. So if someone has selected blank in the cat or dog drop-down, then I want the button to be disabled. Could you please help me with that?

[sanjeewaperera]

Good explaining. Thanking you so much for solution. its done.👍

[RefdilzonYasra]

Thank you...Finally found your video on the topic wipe out

[TheRemyRomano]

Great. How can we format gallery items to show that updates have been made by someone else, sort of a “mark as read” functionality. I want the user to be able to see if there have been updates that they have not seen.

[suprithaxgurkar]

Thanks for this video. Please make more videos like this👍

[jeffreycarlson]

How would this work for a multi-select dropdown? IsBlank doesn't work...

[toastymmo]

why would the exact code, but for a longer string be throwing a double-blue line when I make the false, true statement Displaymode.Disabled, Displaymode.Edit? If I simply keep it false, true the button is not visible until all fields have selected or text values. Any ideas?

[ibnathebeliever]

I just wanna drop by and say "Thank you". you save my work! :D

[geordieuk]

I tried to do this but couldn't get it to work, but i hadn't named everything (it was my first app). Make sure when you write this 'If' statement, that you're doing it on the Value and not the Datacard.

[debleavens]

Hi Matthew, I have a button that runs an approval flow, but since the request can only be submitted once (regardless of approval or reject) I was wondering if there was a way to disable the button after the request is submitted?