# Adding Text to tag bindings **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [November 30, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-text-to-tag-bindings/82559 "2023-11-30T21:27:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wally\_Long](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ac8455/32.png) [@Wally\_Long](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Wally_Long)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-text-to-tag-bindings/82559/1 "2023-11-30T21:27:46Z")
I'm trying to use a text (or numeric) field to display the contents of a tag. I can bind the tag to the text field and it works just fine. The tag is a number in milliseconds. In the text field I would like to have the tag contents and add "ms" after it. I haven't been able to find the right syntax to make it work. ---
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-text-to-tag-bindings/82559/2 "2023-11-30T21:36:04Z")
Create an expression binding on the tag and concatenate the `' ms'` string to it (with a space as per SI standard). ![ms binding](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/8/d84b437c6a93326011199f76acb4298122d9af19.png) This generally isn't a good idea - especially for a Text component which would typically be bound to a tag or property. The user should only be able to edit the numeric value. Having the units in there will mess things up. Keep your GUI "standard". ---
**Author:** ![Wally\_Long](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ac8455/32.png) [@Wally\_Long](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Wally_Long)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-text-to-tag-bindings/82559/3 "2023-11-30T21:41:48Z")
Thank you. I was close. I was trying to use && instead of +. ---
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-text-to-tag-bindings/82559/4 "2023-11-30T21:43:04Z")
See my update (completed while you were responding). Why are you adding the units into what should be a value entry component? Adding units to a label wouldn't be so bad but you'll struggle to right-align numeric fields if you have several in a column. ---
**Author:** ![Wally\_Long](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ac8455/32.png) [@Wally\_Long](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Wally_Long)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-text-to-tag-bindings/82559/5 "2023-12-01T10:12:53Z")
This particular field is display only. The customer wants it to look as much like their example as possible. ---
**Author:** ![eddie\_johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/57b2e6/32.png) [@eddie\_johnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/eddie_johnson)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-text-to-tag-bindings/82559/7 "2023-12-01T13:45:25Z")
How would you display the tags engineering unit instead of static text? ---
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-text-to-tag-bindings/82559/8 "2023-12-01T13:52:16Z")
`{[default]myTag} + " " + {[default]myTag.EngUnit}` All of the tag's properties are selectable from the Browse Properties button on the right side of the Configure Expression Binding dialog.