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Confirm function

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Applies to: Model-driven apps

Display a confirmation dialog box to the user.

Description

Note

At this time, the Confirm function is only available when writing Power Fx commands for model-driven apps.

The Confirm function displays a dialog box on top of the current screen. Two buttons are provided: a confirm button and a cancel button, which default to localized versions of "OK" and "Cancel" respectively. The user must confirm or cancel before the dialog box is dismissed and the function returns. Besides the dialog button, cancel can also be selected with the Esc key or other gestures that are platform specific.

The Message parameter is displayed in the body of the dialog box. If the message is long, it may be truncated, or a scroll bar may be provided.

Use the OptionsRecord parameter to specify options for the dialog box. Not all options are available on every platform and are handled on a best effort basis. These options are not supported in canvas apps.

Option Field Description
ConfirmButton The text to display on the confirm button, replacing the default, localized "OK" text.
CancelButton The text to display on the cancel button, replacing the default, localized "Cancel" text.
Title The text to display as the title of the dialog box. A larger, bolder font than the message font may be used to display this text. The text will be truncated if it is long.
Subtitle The text to display as the subtitle of the dialog box. A larger, bolder font than the message font may be used to display this text. The text will be truncated if it is long.

Confirm returns true if the confirm button was selected, false otherwise.

Use the Notify function to display a message banner at the top of the app that doesn't need to be dismissed.

Syntax

Confirm( Message [, OptionsRecord ] )

  • Message - Required. Message to display to the user.
  • OptionsRecord - Optional. Provide option settings for the dialog box. Not all options are available on every platform and are handled on a "best effort" basis.

Examples

If( Confirm( "Are you sure?" ), Remove( ThisItem ) )

Simple confirmation dialog, asking the user to confirm deletion of a record before it's removed. Unless the user presses the "OK" button, the record won't be deleted.

If( Confirm( "Are you sure?", {Title: "Delete Confirmation"} ), Remove( ThisItem ) )

Same dialog as the last example, but adds Title text.

Set( FavColor, 
     If( Confirm( "What is your favorite color?", 
                  { ConfirmButton: "Red", CancelButton: "Green" } 
         ), 
         "Red", 
         "Green" 
     ) 
)

Asks the user for their favorite color, capturing the result into a global variable. The result that will be placed in FavColor will be the text string "Red" or "Green". As the confirm choice, "Red" is the default. This only works on platforms that support ConfirmButton and CancelButton options.

Confirm( "There was a problem, please review your order." )

Displays a message much like the Notify function does, but is modal and requires the user to select a button to proceed. Use when it's important that the user acknowledges the message before proceeding. In this situation, which button was selected isn't important and the result isn't checked.