# Text field tag binding not refreshing on initial load

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-field-tag-binding-not-refreshing-on-initial-load/81881>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [November 14, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-field-tag-binding-not-refreshing-on-initial-load/81881 "2023-11-14T17:51:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matt\_Lekity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Matt\_Lekity](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matt_Lekity)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-field-tag-binding-not-refreshing-on-initial-load/81881/1 "2023-11-14T17:51:03Z")

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I am using a tag binding on a context menu on an embedded view to format the text, but when the session loads fresh, the text field is empty. The tag binding will not perform the transform until the tag value changes, or I hit apply in the binding.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/4/44d8480175c9c7eb3dd8968167447f91a7a505bc.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/8/e/8ea6ed7c0df3f72fba65eb0e3f1284c7bbab72ca.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/9/990b58d2a48058a40a040e1dccd0f3c06ae62484.png)

Is there a better way to display a tag status on hover or click on an embedded view? The goal is a visualization page with current tag status on each station.

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**Author:** ![cmallonee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmallonee/32/6416_2.png) [@cmallonee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmallonee)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-field-tag-binding-not-refreshing-on-initial-load/81881/2 "2023-11-20T16:59:59Z")

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This sort of indirect binding works for me within a context menu. How confident are you that both of the custom properties you reference have valid values when you attempt to use them in a Session?

 ![Screenshot 2023-11-20 at 8.59.29 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/4/349eefe3e3eebfe5510cb82c55b28b87392c2036.png)  
 ![Screenshot 2023-11-20 at 8.59.38 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/5/75cab0721a2e959ec40cc287fecfa26864558dd6.png)

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**Author:** ![Matt\_Lekity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Matt\_Lekity](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matt_Lekity)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-field-tag-binding-not-refreshing-on-initial-load/81881/3 "2023-11-20T19:52:08Z")

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The custom properties values should be static, they are being used as parameters so their value doesn't charge.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/a/3aabc15600bc25f3dd09a951a25bb9265ad43e80.png)

If I hard code a context menu option, it will appear on the initial load,  
I believe its stuck on the initial transform of the tags.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/7/37269b9c729ad3793bb817b7988899d62549755a.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/7/d7bea08a69f0d8c760396e5b781a0bcc42e943a4.png)

Should I refresh all the bindings in a script on page load?