# Button change text

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/button-change-text/87746>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79, vision\
**Created:** [March 22, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/button-change-text/87746 "2024-03-22T14:44:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mia\_Galatis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mia\_Galatis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mia_Galatis)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/button-change-text/87746/1 "2024-03-22T14:44:14Z")

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Is it possible for a button to change the text value of a textbox? For example, I click on a 'hello' button then a new textbox will display '1234' or if I click a 'bye' button the textbox area will change to '5678'.

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**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/button-change-text/87746/2 "2024-03-22T14:45:07Z")

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Yes, this is possible.

What have you tried?

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**Author:** ![Mia\_Galatis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mia\_Galatis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mia_Galatis)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/button-change-text/87746/3 "2024-03-22T15:24:18Z")

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My information is saved within a tag so I wasn't sure how to approach it. I'm brand new to ignition.

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**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/button-change-text/87746/4 "2024-03-22T15:33:43Z")

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Check either the docs or Inductive University for "component scripting" or "event handlers". This is a common use case and will be well covered there.