Simple Dropdown

The Simple Dropdown is a minimal, single-select input styled with a dark background and a restrained border to fit modern dashboards. It gives forms a clean, native-feeling selector without the visual noise of the default Power Apps combo box.

Palette:

Original palette · works in every Power Apps locale

Paste directly into Power Apps Studio

Option 1

YAML source

# Simple Dropdown — PowerBlocks (FREE)

- SimpleDropdown:
    Control: GroupContainer
    Variant: ManualLayout
    Properties:
      Width: =320
      Height: =44
      Fill: =RGBA(38, 38, 38, 1)
      BorderColor: =RGBA(64, 64, 64, 1)
      BorderThickness: =1
      RadiusTopLeft: =8
      RadiusTopRight: =8
      RadiusBottomLeft: =8
      RadiusBottomRight: =8
      DropShadow: =DropShadow.None
    Children:
      - DropControl:
          Control: Classic/DropDown
          Properties:
            Items: =["Option 1", "Option 2", "Option 3"]
            X: =0
            Y: =0
            Width: =Parent.Width
            Height: =Parent.Height
            Color: =RGBA(255, 255, 255, 1)
            Fill: =RGBA(0, 0, 0, 0)
            BorderColor: =RGBA(0, 0, 0, 0)
            ChevronBackground: =RGBA(0, 0, 0, 0)
            ChevronFill: =RGBA(163, 163, 163, 1)
            SelectionColor: =RGBA(59, 130, 246, 1)
            SelectionFill: =RGBA(59, 130, 246, 0.2)
            Size: =14

Common use cases

Status and category pickers

Bind Items to a choice column so users select a single value (status, type, region) inside a form.

Filtering galleries

Use Selected.Value to drive the Filter of a gallery and let users narrow long lists quickly.

Settings screens

Offer a small set of mutually exclusive options (language, theme, page size) in a tidy control.

How to use Simple Dropdown in Power Apps

1Open the component page — the YAML uses the invariant Power Fx syntax and works in every Power Apps locale.
2Click "Copy YAML" to copy the full component definition to your clipboard.
3In Power Apps Studio, open your screen in the Tree view and paste (Ctrl+V) — the component appears ready to use.
4Rebind the data-driven properties (Items, OnSelect, Fill, Text) to your own data source and theme.

Tip — For large option sets enable the search/IsSearchable behaviour so users can type to filter instead of scrolling.

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