Creating Search Boxes in Power Apps

#PowerApps #Searching
When you're surfacing up data in a Power App you'll probably need a way to search through all of the items. In this video I walk through how to create a search box and use it to filter items in a gallery. I show two different ways to interact with the search box.

Concepts Covered in this video:

✅ Filter() Function
✅ StartsWith() Function
✅ Variables
✅ Formulas: IsBlank(), Conditional Visibility

[tenisviejos]

THANKS a lot! Using a variable as buffer, to avoid real-time reactions and delays... So simple, yet so elegant!

[paulburns]

As a complete beginner, I find your videos really helpful April. I’m always amazed by you power apps ‘guru’s’ having the ability to create brilliant business solutions and then to post these on YouTube so we can all learn. So grateful to you all.

[clicker]

I know it's been years since you did this but I appreciate it. I added one small change to the cancel button, Set(searchQuery, "");Reset(txtSearchInput);SetFocus(txtSearchInput) this puts the cursor right back at the beginning of the text box so the user can begin typing again.

[lagenteestaloca]

A little addition. If one navigates away from the page without clearing the search box, the search string characters remain in the search field. To get around this one can put in Reset(name of search field); before Navigate(destination) command...

[Thor_Underdunk_Caballerial]

Thank You April, I'm just a couple minutes in and you've already been a great help. The world's a brighter place with you and Shane Young.

[ferresferres]

The best and the most detail tutorial about power app search box . Thanks

[zylka]

This is a great tutorial, I had to stop and scroll back many times to catch the actual function that you entered. It would be awesome if you'd show that two seconds longer before jumping to the next screen.

[mouctechy]

Thank you April! You're really April because you bring light :)

[avinashpawar]

April - this video is just an amazing practical example. You just made my PowerApp solution even more user acceptable. Keep up the good work.

[lagenteestaloca]

nice and elegant tidbits, April to add a touch of difference, thanks! have watched it a few times over time...😊👏

[theshanalife]

Amazing. This video was so detailed and now my search function works the way I want.

[designmycity]

You did an amazing job with this video. Thank you.

[stevealicea]

LOVE the intro! And the content too obviously... nice start to a morning at 4:am!!

[carlrose]

Excellent. Clear, concise and uses a real world scenario. I particularly liked the method for avoiding delegation by using "StartsWith". Thank you! One issue though is the gallery doesn't show any items unless I press the magnifying glass. There must be something Ive missed. How do I default the gallery to show all records on page load?

[josejimenez-jzut]

Thank you so much! I learned a lot from watching your videos.

[philcoombe]

Superb tutorial. Works like a charm. Thankyou

[teresaagustin]

Thank you for another very helpful video April!

[SharaqpurDotCom]

How to change the behavior of Built-in Search TexBox, for example in my Opportunities View there is Default Search TextBox and it search records with [Starts With] Keyword and I want to change that to [Contains] Keyword. But I am unable to find that built-in Search Box on View...where to find and edit that SearchBox default behavior.

[bhanusv]

This Video was very useful, Thank you for your efforts.

[gopikesana]

Thanks a lot and Nice explanation.Please give me more videos on power apps.