{"id":1627,"date":"2019-02-25T10:11:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T18:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-apps\/components-start-your-journey-with-reusable-controls\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T08:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:05:07","slug":"components-start-your-journey-with-reusable-controls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-apps\/components-start-your-journey-with-reusable-controls\/","title":{"rendered":"Components: Start your Journey with Reusable Controls"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my first month of joining Microsoft, Emma Cooper, a Program Manager on the PowerApps team, knocked on my door with a shine of delight in her eyes.<\/p>\n

“You can copy and paste controls from one tab to another. Do you want to try it out?” Emma knew my answer without me needing to say a word. My inner geek already opened up a tab and I was in PowerApps heaven.<\/p>\n

But it was not yet time to share this wonderful news.<\/p>\n

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Emma Cooper announces the completion of copy paste feature.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So when I saw the first demo of the reusable component feature, I knew I would have an even harder time keeping it to myself. Our community has been asking for reusability of controls and formulas. But, again, it was not yet time to announce them.<\/p>\n

Here was a feature that would let me simplify the construction of my apps even further. Not only could I save myself a copy paste, but I could revise the original (master-instance) and have its changes reflected across all screens of my app. I could export my favorite component and import a copy into another app.<\/p>\n

I thought that was amazing.<\/p>\n

I was thinking too small.<\/p>\n

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A component can have custom properties of any type.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brewing in the creative minds here at PowerApps was a way of taking this component capability even further: custom properties. Thinking of the properties that I had come to know and love–I could now define my own! Text, numbers, values, colors, records, tables… I could make properties of any type for whatever purpose I have.<\/p>\n

Let me put this into perspective: I have pushed the limits of PowerApps to do things beyond what it is expected to do. But I must confess that while I have worked with components extensively, I have not yet come close to reaching the full power of custom properties.<\/p>\n

So after holding in my eagerness for all this time, it is my privilege and my joy to announce to you on behalf of our hard working team that components are now available worldwide for everyone to create, to share, and to fall in love with PowerApps all over again.<\/p>\n

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Try Components Now<\/h2>\n

At the time of writing, components are publicly available and will no longer require a Preview environment. You will need to enable the feature in the studio:
\nFile > App settings > Advanced settings > Components<\/p>\n

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Be sure to toggle on the Components feature in advanced settings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Let’s learn and explore component creation together.\u00a0As a first step into making components, you can watch this video on making a numeric up and down component and view the introductory blog<\/a> and videos in the section for Additional Resources.<\/p>\n

In the coming weeks, you can look forward to videos on learning new best practices as you create components.<\/p>\n