What is Galleries

As you build your app, you may encounter scenarios where you need to display a list of records on a screen. In Power Apps, these displays are done with the Gallery control. A gallery displays rows from a table of data. A template defines the display of a row, which you can customize to meet your needs. This process allows you to control which columns are shown and how they’re formatted. Power Apps then applies this template automatically to every row in your data.

Forms

Unlike Galleries, Forms are focused on working with a specific record, often based on a selection from a gallery. In this experience, a user browses a gallery to find and select the desired row to view the details on the form. Forms enable a user to view detailed information, save new records, and edit existing ones. Form modes control the various actions performed with forms, allowing the form to serve many purposes.

Input Controls

To allow you maximum flexibility in customizing your apps, Power Apps has a large selection of Input controls. Text inputs, buttons, dropdowns, toggles, date pickers, and sliders are a few examples. You can add these controls to galleries, forms, and screens to build a functional and aesthetic experience for your app. All inputs have a multitude of settings for default data, formatting, and actions, which allow you to build an app that has the right user experience for your business process.

Intelligent Controls

In addition to common inputs as covered, Power Apps also provides a rich set of controls for more advanced operations. There are hardware-backed controls, which allow access to the camera, bar code scanner, GPS, and more hardware features. There are also service backed controls like the business card reader or object detector, which allow you to add artificial intelligence to your app without writing code.

Functions

Functions are the glue that binds all these controls, inputs, and data sources together. You can use one or more functions to create formulas in your apps. These formulas are like the language you use in Excel and can be used for actions such as sending data to a data source, formatting information, creating animations, and more. No complicated code is necessary. You just use powerful functions with straightforward inputs to enhance your app.