Microsoft updates Power Apps modern controls for smoother mobile performance
Microsoft has rolled out updates to modern controls in canvas apps. These changes hit 13 controls, such as text inputs, date pickers and combo boxes. They include renamed properties, tweaks to OnChange behaviour and improved defaults for mobile screens. Performance has increased alongside new styling options. Apps built with older controls will need formula changes to stay compatible. The updates also enhance developer tools like IntelliSense for faster formula writing.
Canvas apps once demanded endless tweaks to X and Y positions for every control just to look decent on phones. Beginners spent hours on layouts that broke in the real world, turning simple projects into frustrating slogs. Modern controls now ship with better mobile defaults and styling, cutting that manual work sharply. This shifts Power Apps closer to its low-code promise, letting non-developers build responsive apps that teams actually use without design battles.
Analysis
Modern controls finally make canvas apps phone-friendly without the pixel-pushing nightmare – ignore legacy ones that keep trapping you. Open your current SharePoint project today, swap the gallery and main form to modern versions, then test on your phone to confirm it no longer looks broken.
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