# Numerical Text Field

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numerical-text-field/67620>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, vision\
**Created:** [December 14, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numerical-text-field/67620 "2022-12-14T15:59:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Samich777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Samich777](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Samich777)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numerical-text-field/67620/1 "2022-12-14T15:59:37Z")

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I'm trying to have a numerical text field which will write to a tag A, but I don't want to display that tag A, I want to display tag B in its place. Is it possible to be writing to one tag but displaying another? I've tried to make the numerical text field invisible and a numerical label on top of it, but then I can't enter the value anymore.

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**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numerical-text-field/67620/2 "2022-12-14T16:06:05Z")

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You're saying that whenever tag b changes, you want the value written to tag a? Are these client tags?

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numerical-text-field/67620/3 "2022-12-14T16:41:37Z")

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Don't use a binding. Use a separate button that will take the value from the entry field and write it to the tag you want (tag A). No need for a "tag B" at all.

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**Author:** ![Samich777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Samich777](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Samich777)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numerical-text-field/67620/4 "2022-12-14T17:19:17Z")

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The way our PLC works is we write to a VALUE\_REQ tag, there is some logic after that and then it ends up in the VALUE tag. So I need to write to the VALUE\_REQ tag, but want to display only the VALUE tag

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**Author:** ![Samich777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Samich777](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Samich777)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/numerical-text-field/67620/5 "2022-12-15T17:46:07Z")

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The way I ended up doing this is I binded the numerical value to my tag B, then added a script that would write to tag A when I hit Enter. Works so far!