# TextArea property change event bug Version 7.7.4

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/textarea-property-change-event-bug-version-7-7-4/10162>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 23, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/textarea-property-change-event-bug-version-7-7-4/10162 "2015-06-23T15:47:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![JGJohnson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jgjohnson/32/29582_2.png) [@JGJohnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JGJohnson)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/textarea-property-change-event-bug-version-7-7-4/10162/1 "2015-06-23T15:47:15Z")

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Currently testing version 7.7.4 prior to upgrading. This could just be a change in behavior since 7.5.13 but it sure seems like a bug to me.

When the text of a TextArea control is changed via script no property change event occurs.

What I did to confirm this:

On a new window place a TextArea control and 2 buttons. In the TextArea propertyChange event handler I added

```auto
print "Property change: % s" % event.propertyName
```

In the actionPerformed eventhandler for button 1

```auto
event.source.parent.getComponent('Text Area').text = ""
```

and in the actionPerformed eventhandler for button 2

```auto
event.source.parent.getComponent('Text Area').text = "Any text at all"
```

When doing this in 7.5.13 I see “Property change: text” in the console every time I press either button.

In 7.7.4 I get nothing.

EDIT: This only occurs when “Defer Updates” is set to True in 7.7.4. In 7.5.13 the control works as expected regardless of “Defer Updates” state.

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**Author:** ![dave.fogle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@dave.fogle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dave.fogle)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/textarea-property-change-event-bug-version-7-7-4/10162/2 "2015-07-27T21:28:48Z")

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This likely has to do with a change that was made in 7.7.3. When defer updates is set to true the behavior of the text area is that the text property will not update until focus is lost. However this still seems like a bug because even when the text area doesn't have focus the text property is indeed being set correctly but a property change is not firing. I'll add bug report for this on our end.