Some days before, I was building a Power Apps Leave application form. Inside the form, there is a field called Leave Type that contains various types of leaves such as Sick Leave, Casual Leave, Maternity Leave, etc.
All these Leave types I have displayed in a Power Apps Radio button, and I needed to set the radio button default value as Others.
In this article, I will explain how to set the radio button default value in Power Apps using different examples.
Set Radio Button Default Value in Power Apps
I will show you two various ways to set the default value in the Power Apps radio button control. Such as:
- Set the Power Apps Radio button default value manually
- Set Power Apps radio button value from a SharePoint list
Set the Power Apps Radio button default value Manually
As you can see in the screenshot below, there is a Power Apps radio control that contains Project Status such as Not Started, In Progress and Completed. These are the manually entered values.
I want to set this radio button’s default value to Completed when the user opens the app.
To do so, select the Radio button control and set its Default property as:
"Completed"Where,
- “Completed” = Provide the choice value that you want to set as default (enclosed with an inverted comma)
This is how to set a default value manually in the Power Apps Radio button control.
Set Power Apps Radio Button Default Value from a SharePoint List
Next, we will check how to set the Power Apps Radio button default value from a SharePoint list.
I have a SharePoint list [Training Courses] that has various columns like:
| Column Name | Data type |
|---|---|
| Course Name | Title |
| Technology | Choice [“SharePoint,” “Power Apps,” “Power Automate,” “Power Bi”] |
| Course Start Date | Date and time |
| Course End Date | Date and time |
| Image | Image |
On my Power Apps screen, I have added a Radio button control connected to the above SharePoint list choice column.
Here, I would like to set this radio button’s default value to SharePoint when the user opens the app.
Follow the below steps to achieve this:
- On the Power Apps screen, insert a Radio button control -> Set its Items property to:
Choices([@'Training Courses'].'Technology')Where,
- Training Courses = SharePoint list name
- Technology = SharePoint list column name
- Select a Radio button control -> Set its Default property as:
"SharePoint"
- Whenever the user loads or opens an app, the radio button value will default be selected as “SharePoint.”
This is how to set a Power Apps Radio button default value using the SharePoint list.
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Conclusion
This Power Apps tutorial has explained How to set a default value of the Power Apps radio button control in different scenarios:
- Set the Radio Button Default Value in Power Apps manually
- Set the Power Apps radio button default value from a SharePoint list
Preeti Sahu is an expert in Power Apps and has over six years of experience working with SharePoint Online and the Power Platform. She is the co-author of Microsoft Power Platform: A Deep Dive book. As a Power Platform developer, she has worked on developing various tools using Power Apps and Power Automate. She also makes Microsoft 365 videos and shares them on YouTube.
