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I have a multiple lines of text column in Powerapps which is of type RichText. The column has content like below when exported to excel.

</div>

I am using this column in Powerapps visible property to show/hide this column. I noticed that the blank check passes for and but fails for </div>. May i know why?

Blank Check OnVisible of Datacard

If(
    !IsBlank(
        Trim(
            PlainText(
                LookUp(
                    'DataSource',
                    Country.Value = varCountry && State.Value = varState,
                    Q14
                )
            )
        )
    ),
    true,
    false
)

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Kalathiya 1,057 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hello @Poweruser32490,

Please try below formula:

If( !IsBlank( Trim( Substitute( PlainText( LookUp( 'DataSource', Country.Value = varCountry && State.Value = varState, Q14 ) ), UniChar(8203), "" ) ) ), true, false )

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Hi @Poweruser32490,

I will add something here as @Kalathiya's response is almost correct except substituting "" (empty string) for a value fails the IsBlank test. The easiest way is use Len (length) of the returned data. Also you do not need If/true/false to return a Boolean value - just make a statement that has to be either true or false (see this blog of mine)
Len( Trim( PlainText( LookUp( 'DataSource', Country.Value = varCountry && State.Value = varState ).Q14 ) ) ) > 0

So if the length is greater than zero (there are characters left in it), the statement will return true, otherwise it will return false. Note that there are also some hidden zero-length characters present (8203), however the Len() test also takes care of these in the code above.

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Hi @Poweruser32490

Your formula is logically correct, but it fails because Rich Text fields contain hidden characters even when the field looks empty.

Your expression:
If(

!IsBlank( Trim( PlainText( LookUp( 'DataSource', Country.Value = varCountry && State.Value = varState, Q14 ) ) ) ), true, false )

Problem occurs in this case:
 </div>

Inside  there is an invisible Unicode character (usually Zero-Width Space – Char(8203)).
So Power Apps reads it like this:

Step Result

PlainText() ""

Trim() ""

IsBlank() False

Even though visually it looks empty, Power Apps does not consider it blank.

Also note:
Trim() only removes normal spaces, not invisible Unicode characters.

Best Solution

Remove invisible characters before checking.
Clean + Check pattern

Len( Trim( Substitute( PlainText( LookUp( 'DataSource', Country.Value = varCountry && State.Value = varState, Q14 ) ), Char(8203), "" ) ) ) > 0

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Poweruser32490 26 on at

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Hi @Bitcot Automations

I get an error while i apply above code. May i know how to solve this?

The first argument to the char function must be between 1 and 255

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Hi @Poweruser32490,

Did you try what I posted ? The reason I did not use Substitute was exactly that - the character is not able to be referenced using Char(). As the character is zero-length, the Len (Length) function will test all other characterspresent, but not that one.

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Poweruser32490 26 on at

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Hi @WarrenBelz,

Yes i tried what you posted. However the issue occurs for </div>

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WarrenBelz 153,773 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @Poweruser32490,

The PlainText() function should delete those.

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