# Property lookup button in component scripting bug

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/property-lookup-button-in-component-scripting-bug/63907>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [September 8, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/property-lookup-button-in-component-scripting-bug/63907 "2022-09-08T23:06:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![MMaynard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mmaynard/32/3366_2.png) [@MMaynard](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MMaynard)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/property-lookup-button-in-component-scripting-bug/63907/1 "2022-09-08T23:06:00Z")

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I am not sure when this started happening but it has gotten so annoying that I feel the need to post about it.  
When editing a script on a component, if you use the property lookup tool, select a property, click ok, it does NOT return focus to the script editing box like it used to.

Normally I will be typing up a condition like

`someVariable =`

click the property search button, select a property, click ok, then start typing again.  
But for some reason since upgrading to 8.1.18 it doesn’t return focus to the editing window.  
So then I have to click on the line where I want to type and start typing.

 ![ScriptingAnnoyance](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/9/d96377c79b11ed31c6edebde2d8cc8f5f15df767.png)

A minor annoyance, but one I have not experienced before.

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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:** [September 8, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/property-lookup-button-in-component-scripting-bug/63907/2 "2022-09-08T23:47:42Z")

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Doh. Yeah, this is an inadvertent consequence of the script editor changes. Super easy fix. I’ll see if I can get it into 8.1.21.

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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:** [September 9, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/property-lookup-button-in-component-scripting-bug/63907/3 "2022-09-09T19:25:54Z")

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This’ll be fixed in 8.1.21.

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**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/property-lookup-button-in-component-scripting-bug/63907/4 "2022-09-09T19:31:47Z")

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While we are talking about small annoyances, if you have a script console open and minimize it. If you select the script console from the tools dropdown, the minimized window will not become visible, it just stays minimized.