How to Change Power Apps Radio Button to Checkbox? [2 Various Ways]

A few days back, I created a Power Apps form to submit the employee task details. That form has a Status field [Not Started, In Progress, and Completed]. Before, I used a Power Apps Radio control to display all the status values in the form. But later, I wanted to change the Power Apps Radio control to a Checkbox control.

In this article, I will show you how to change Power Apps Radio button to Checkbox control with different scenarios.

Change Power Apps Radio Button to Checkbox

There are two ways to change the Power Apps Radio to the check box control. Such as:

• Change the Power Apps radio button to a check box with a single value
• Change the Power Apps radio button to a check box with multiple values

Change the Power Apps radio button to a check box with a single value

Let’s see how we can change the Power Apps radio to a checkbox control with a single selection.

I have a SharePoint list named Employee Task List containing the fields below.

I created an Edit form in Power Apps and connected it to the SharePoint list. Here, you can see that the Power Apps Radio button has the SharePoint list choice values [Not Started, In Progress, and Completed].

However, I want to display the SharePoint list choice field values in a checkbox control, and the user should only select a single checkbox value, as in the screenshot below.

To achieve it, follow the instructions below:

1. Copy the Radio button’s DataCardValue Items property, then remove the Radio button.

2. Next, select the Status_DataCard1 -> Insert a Blank vertical gallery control and set its Items property and DataCardValue using the Radio button values [Which we already copied].

Items = Choices([@'Employee Task List'].Status)

3. Now, edit the gallery and add a Check Box control. Set the Check box’s Text property as:

Text = ThisItem.Value

4. Whenever we add a checkbox control, we can select multiple checkbox values. However, we must choose only a single checkbox value instead of multiple selections.

5. As shown below, set the Check box’s OnCheck, Default, and DisplayMode properties to the code below:

OnCheck = Set(
    varCheck,                                                         //OnCheck Property
    gal_Emp.Selected.Value
)

Default = varCheck=ThisItem.Value               //Default Property

DisplayMpde = If(
    varCheck = ThisItem.Value,                        //DisplayMode Property
    DisplayMode.View,
    DisplayMode.Edit
)

Where,

• varCheck = Power Apps Variable Name
• gal_Emp = Power Apps Gallery Name

6. That’s it to do. Now, Save, Publish, and Preview the app. Whenever the user adds a new record in the Power Apps form, the check box will allow the user to select only a single check box value, as shown below.

7. Once you submit the new task [along with the check box value], the check box single value will be stored in the SharePoint list below.

This is how to change a Power Apps Radio button to a Check box with a single value.

Change the Power Apps radio button to a check box with multiple values

Next, we will see how to convert the Power Apps radio button to a multiple-choice check box.

1. To select multiple status values in the Power Apps check box control, we must first enable the Allow multiple selections option in the SharePoint choice field [Status].

2. If we go to the Power Apps edit form, we will see an error on the Status_DataCard, i.e., This formula uses scope, which is not presently supported for evaluation.

To resolve it, refresh the Data connection [Go to Data pane -> Select ellipses (…) of the specific SharePoint list -> Refresh].

3. Delete the Status_DataCard and re-add it from the Edit Field section, as shown below.

4. Now, save, publish, and preview the app. Just enter or select values from the check box. We can select multiple-choice values from the Check box control, as shown below.

5. The checkbox values will also be added to the SharePoint list, as in the screenshot below.

This is how to change a Power Apps Radio button to a check box with multiple selections.

Also, you may like some more Power Apps articles:

• Convert Text Box to Dropdown in Power Apps
• If Condition in Power Apps Radio Button
• change Power Apps DataCard to dropdown
• Check if Power Apps Combobox has a selected value
• Set Default Value in Power Apps Dropdown

I hope this article helped you understand how to convert the Power Apps Radio button to a Checkbox control with single and multiple selections.

Preeti Sahu

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.