# \[BUG-14730\] Numeric Text Field - text cursor blinking

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-14730-numeric-text-field-text-cursor-blinking/27034>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [July 31, 2019, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-14730-numeric-text-field-text-cursor-blinking/27034 "2019-07-31T08:26:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![thomas.hauptman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@thomas.hauptman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/thomas.hauptman)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-14730-numeric-text-field-text-cursor-blinking/27034/1 "2019-07-31T08:26:17Z")

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Hello,

We have a small annoyance regarding numeric text field component. On this component we have on mouse clicked, script. This script triggers system.gui.inputBox, so that user can enter new value.  
Once the new value is set, text cursor in still blinking.

We tried to redirect focus to different component. We tried deselecting “Editable?” property on component and it still won’t go away.

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**Author:** ![osolorzano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/osolorzano/32/6432_2.png) [@osolorzano](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/osolorzano)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-14730-numeric-text-field-text-cursor-blinking/27034/2 "2019-08-14T21:54:01Z")

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I was able to replicate and will write up an internal bug for this. In the meantime, a sort-of-not-so-great workaround is to set Protected Mode to true. When enabled it does not place a cursor on the component until it is editable, but since you are using an input box to handle editing the value with just one click this should prevent it from being editable.