Process TextInput when Enter button pressed

[Ray_Garza]

Hello everyone,

I can't seem to figure out a simple action. I have a Text Input box that when when filled and the Enter button is pressed on the keyboard I want it to start a search process. I know I can add a "Search" button to accomplish this but I was hoping for a cleaner interface. Type in your search keywords and press Enter without having to take your hands away from the keyboard to grab a mouse or touch a screen.

[Meneghino · Accepted solution]

Hello @Ray_Garza

Actually it is even simpler than that.  I assume that you are searching in a data source's text field, and displaying the result of the search in a gallery.

Then, if your text input is called TextInput1, all you need to do is to set the gallery's Items property to:

Search (MyDataSource, Textinput1.Text, "MyTextFieldName")

PowerApps does everything else for you.

Reference: https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/tutorials/function-filter-lookup/

[Ray_Garza]

Hey Meneghino,

Thanks for the solution and the link! 🙂 Makes things a lot easier.