Modify forms and views

We will learn to use the new forms designer to create, edit, or configure forms for model-driven apps.

Learn to Modify forms using the Form Designer

Steps to Create a Form

1. Firstly, sign in to Power Apps.
2. Secondly, on the left navigation pane, expand Data, and then select Tables.
3. Then, select a table, such as an account table, and then select the Forms tab.
4. Lastly, select Add form and then select – main form, Quick create form or Quick view form

Steps to Edit a form

1. Firstly, sign in to Power Apps.
2. Secondly, on the left navigation pane, expand Data, and then select Tables.
3. Then, select a table, such as an account table, and then select the Forms tab.
4. Next, select the form name that you want to edit
5. Lastly, when you are done making changes to the form, select Save to save the form, or select Publish if you want to save and make your changes visible to app users.

Steps to Configuring a Form

Some of the properties available to configure a form when you create or edit a form using the form designer.

• Title – Enter a name that is meaningful to other makers and app users. 
• Description – Enter a description that explains how the form is different from other main forms. 
• Max Width – Set a maximum width (in pixels) to limit the width of the form. The default value is 1900.
• Show image – It shows the table’s Primary Image if it has one set. Moreover, this setting will enable showing the image column in the header of the form.

Learn to Create and Edit model-driven app views

Steps to create a public view in Power Apps

1. At first, Sign in to Power Apps.
2. Secondly, Expand Data, select Tables, select the table that you want, and then select the Views tab.
3. Then, On the toolbar, select Add view.
4. Next, On the Create a view dialog box, enter a name and, optionally, a description, and then select Create.
5. In the view designer, select + View column to add additional columns you want to display in the view.
6. In the view designer, you can perform filter, sort, configure or reorder.
7. Lastly, select Publish to save the view and make it available for other users in your organization.

Steps to Open and add a view in the app designer

1. Firstly, in Power Apps select Apps from the left navigation pane, select … next to the app you want, and then select Edit.
2. Secondly, in the app designer Table View section, select Views.
3. Lastly, in order to add a view, select it by using view types such as Public, Advanced Find, Associated, and Lookup. The view is automatically added to the Views list.

Steps to add a column to your view in app designer

1. Firstly, in app designer, select the table view that you want and then on the right pane next to the view that you want to select edit (pencil button).
2. On the Components tab, select the Column Attributes list for either the Primary Table or Related Table.
3. Then, from the list, select the attribute you want and drag it to the column heading. You can also add the attribute by double-clicking it.
4. In the end, repeat the above step until you’ve added all the attributes you want to display in your view.