# Auto binding a tag

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/auto-binding-a-tag/5493>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 29, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/auto-binding-a-tag/5493 "2012-11-29T00:09:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/auto-binding-a-tag/5493/1 "2012-11-29T00:09:10Z")

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Is there any way to drag and drop a tag onto a component/property and get it to bind to the tag path/name not the value?

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**Author:** ![James.Lorenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/james.lorenz/32/3290_2.png) [@James.Lorenz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/James.Lorenz)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/auto-binding-a-tag/5493/2 "2012-11-29T16:47:08Z")

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You can click the expand button next to a tag in the tag browser and drag in any of the tag’s metadata, including name and OPCItemPath, but I don’t believe there’s a way to drag in the tag path.

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**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/auto-binding-a-tag/5493/3 "2012-11-29T17:35:05Z")

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That’s what I thought.

Feature Request time!