# Tag selector in event scripts

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-selector-in-event-scripts/2419>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [December 12, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-selector-in-event-scripts/2419 "2010-12-12T02:06:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![f\_jons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc29f/32.png) [@f\_jons](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/f_jons)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-selector-in-event-scripts/2419/1 "2010-12-12T02:06:15Z")

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Is it possible to have a tag selector button in the event scripts editing windows, similar to what is offered in an expression editor?  
This way, when writing a script, instead of writing the tag path manually, I could select the tag and it would insert the path for me…

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Colby.Clegg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/colby.clegg/32/3282_2.png) [@Colby.Clegg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Colby.Clegg)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-selector-in-event-scripts/2419/2 "2010-12-14T01:26:49Z")

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Sure, I don’t see why not. It would just generate a call to “getTagValue” for you, which is definitely something that ends up getting written a lot.

I suspect this will make its way into 7.2.

Regards,

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**Author:** ![f\_jons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc29f/32.png) [@f\_jons](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/f_jons)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-selector-in-event-scripts/2419/3 "2010-12-14T14:23:47Z")

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That would be great! It wouldn’t necessary need to generate the call to “getTagValue”, since I would use it for “writeToTag” and also do a lot of indirect tag paths through scripting. If the function could just give me the string path to the tag that is really all I need.