I use this not at all fancy list, to write down all things, where you might think that Microsoft is developing “new” and “modern” features with their eyes closed! Take this with a grain of salt.
- Power Apps
- Fix the property pane on the right side, its a mess
- Modern NumberInput
- Modern dropdown
- Modern combobox
- New Drag and Drop in Tree view
- Suggestions sometimes break flow of work
- Migration tool from classic to modern controls, where?
- HTTP Requests in Power Apps extremely limited
- New sharing dialog always sends out emails
- Combobox not using space to expand, but dropdown does
- Power Automate
- Old designer opens by default when creating a flow inside a solution
- Action names in the new picker are cut off
Power Apps
As of April 10th 2025
Fix the property pane on the right side, its a mess
Just like now, keep a grouping of properties that belong to the same category, but make it with more brain.
In the first group show the most important or main stuff.
- For Buttons: Text, OnSelect, DisplayMode, Visible
- For Combobox: Dropdown Items, TriggerOutput, DefaultSelectedItems, DisplayMode, Visible
And if you want for people to build inclusive and accessible apps, then add the accessible label, accepts focus or tabindex into the basic properties and not advanced.
Modern NumberInput
- Trigger output, where?
- Language specific decimal number delimiters (germany decimal numbers are inserted after a comma, not a point)
- Thousands separator, where?
- Placeholder or hint text, where?
Result: Have to use classic text input and change type to number.
Modern dropdown
- Placeholder or hint text, where?
- Trigger output, where?
Modern combobox
- Search feature doesn't reset to the selected automatically after an item is selected
- Cannot unselect items (single select mode)
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- Multi selection search and selection absolutely confusing for users
- Doesnt reset after search after an item was selected
- When something is selected and you want to search for another item, item does not get found. You have to delete the already inputted item (not working as well) to find others.
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Result: Have to use the classic combobox and redesign to fit with the theme of modern controls.
New Drag and Drop in Tree view
= kills the selection of parts of the control name.
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Suggestions sometimes break flow of work
When typing, for example a collection item, you have to use a comma to enter the next data property. I would love to simply type “enter” and go into the next. BUT, the formula suggestion thingy, adds whatever is the first suggestion. I fit was a little smarter, or if a shortcut help here, would be highly appreciated. Maybe the first suggestion is an enter and with the arrow keys I can select something if possible.
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Migration tool from classic to modern controls, where?
HTTP Requests in Power Apps extremely limited
Custom Headers that are needed for example for count actions of group members are not working. This means that no filters, counts or sorting is possible in Power Apps.
Result: Use Power Automate, trigger from App and return data. Why?
New sharing dialog always sends out emails
I always switch to classic sharing because I dont want automated emails to be send out by Power Apps. I want to send the link to the app myself. Thanks Microsoft!
Combobox not using space to expand, but dropdown does
On macOS, not tested on Windows
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Power Automate
Old designer opens by default when creating a flow inside a solution
As of April 10th 2025
Why? At least commit to the new designer fully. Thanks!
Action names in the new picker are cut off
As of April 10th 2025
Just wrap the names, cant be that difficult. Most actions have long names and only differentiate at the end of the name.
