# Ignition textbox binding returns opposite boolean value

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-textbox-binding-returns-opposite-boolean-value/61397>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [June 30, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-textbox-binding-returns-opposite-boolean-value/61397 "2022-06-30T14:42:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zhen\_Ye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71c47a/32.png) [@Zhen\_Ye](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Zhen_Ye)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-textbox-binding-returns-opposite-boolean-value/61397/1 "2022-06-30T14:42:07Z")

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This might be a trivial question. What is the difference between binding to a tag and binding to the tag’s value. For example in picture 1 below, why does it returns opposite values? For some other tags they returns the same value (picture 2). These tags are all in boolean data type.

 ![Picture1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/2/c2f52eedb867969209931dd66834c20686104967.png)  
 ![Picture2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/3/b3597254e2c91af01e8cb6c4ee02d6f09471b490.png)

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-textbox-binding-returns-opposite-boolean-value/61397/2 "2022-06-30T14:44:51Z")

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There (should be) is no difference between the two. The tag system is supposed to tag a binding to the ‘root’ of the tag and automatically translate it as a read of the value property.

I’m curious what Ignition version you’re using and whether an upgrade is possible? This might just be some old bug.

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**Author:** ![Zhen\_Ye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71c47a/32.png) [@Zhen\_Ye](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Zhen_Ye)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-textbox-binding-returns-opposite-boolean-value/61397/3 "2022-06-30T15:21:51Z")

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I’m using Version: **8.1.17 (b2022051210)**.

We set up these bindings to the tag in the previous versions, but this bug only appears recently when we upgraded it to 8.1.17.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-textbox-binding-returns-opposite-boolean-value/61397/4 "2022-06-30T15:47:17Z")

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Hmm, that’s definitely not expected. Can you contact support, if you haven’t already?