# SelectedTag value to Text Field

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selectedtag-value-to-text-field/26691>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [July 18, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selectedtag-value-to-text-field/26691 "2019-07-18T21:23:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![caruthersk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@caruthersk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/caruthersk)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selectedtag-value-to-text-field/26691/1 "2019-07-18T21:23:29Z")

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Relatively new to ignition (7.9.9) and I am struggling with what, I’m sure, is a simple enough issue.  
I need to present a Tag Browse Tree to the user (filtered to the specific root tree node). When the user selects a tag, I need the value of that tag to populate a text field. It seems like it would be a very simple thing to do, but I’m spinning my wheels. I would appreciate any insight, guidance, or help.

![tag_value_to_text_field](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/a/a38949ebf6af993857a56af0e1798371ef82f4f0.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:** [July 18, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/selectedtag-value-to-text-field/26691/2 "2019-07-18T21:29:27Z")

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Use an expression binding to pull the first value out of the `Selected Paths` dataset property:  
`{Root Container.Tag Browse Tree.selectedPaths}[0, "selectedPath"]`

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