Highlight current Record - Table and Form on a Preview screen

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I need some advice on a requirement I’m working on.

I’m using a Table and Form on a Preview screen. When I click on an item in the left container, it correctly highlights the selected record.
However, as soon as I click anywhere on the right container (the form), the highlight on the left side disappears.

How can I keep the selected record highlighted on the left container until I explicitly select another record or complete an action on the right container?

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Dhanush Pamarthi 8 on at

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Could you please confime me that you'r using template screen?

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Store the selected record in a variable and use that variable to control both the form and the row highlighting.

// Table/Gallery OnSelect
Set(varSelectedRecord, ThisItem)

Set the form's Item property:

varSelectedRecord

Use the variable for row highlighting:

If(
ThisItem.ID = varSelectedRecord.ID,
ColorValue("#D6EAF8"),
Color.White
)

This keeps the selected record highlighted even when the user clicks inside the form. The highlight will only change when another record is selected or when you explicitly clear the variable.

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Hi @yashgoyal,

The highlight disappears because clicking the form shifts focus away from the gallery, clearing its TemplateFill selection state. Storing the selected record in a variable decouples the highlight from gallery focus.

Exact implementation:

Table/Gallery OnSelect:
Set(varSelectedRecord, ThisItem)

Form Item property:
varSelectedRecord

Table/Gallery TemplateFill property (this controls the row highlight):
If(ThisItem.ID = varSelectedRecord.ID, RGBA(214, 234, 248, 1), RGBA(0,0,0,0))

The key is using TemplateFill on the gallery template, not a separate rectangle or color control. TemplateFill is the correct property for row-level background color in the modern Table control and in classic galleries.

One extra tip: if the form has a Save/Cancel button and you want the highlight to clear after submitting, add Set(varSelectedRecord, Blank()) to your submit OnSelect. If you want it to persist across submits, just leave it.

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Valantis

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Hi @yashgoyal,

I will take a guess here that you may be using using a Modern Table - if so, these are still in Preview and have a number of limitations compared with a Gallery.

You can set a Variable for the record selected, but have to use
Set( varRecord, Self.Selected )

but this does not solve your highlighting issue as a Table's use of this is purely focus-based. As well, the Table does not have a TemplateFill, IsSelected or Default property like a Gallery (nor Item) and the FontColor property applies to all records (you cannot refer it to only the selected item).

You can easily achieve what you need with a Gallery with the TemplateFill - simply
If( ThisItem.IsSelected, Color.LightBlue, Color.White )

and visually, it should look exactly like what you have.

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yashgoyal 79 on at

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All, Thanks for trying to support me...
Just want let you know I am using New Screen template ..
So options mention above not avaible ... TemplateFill property is not avaible ...

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Hi @yashgoyal,

My assumption seems to be correct - you have a Modern Table there. You cannot do what you need with one of those controls - you need to use a Gallery with the TemplateFill property I posted.

If you want some guidance on how to do this, please post (in Text) the Items of your current Table.

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