# Touchscreen Mode on bound tag property on popup **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81\ **Created:** [March 1, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touchscreen-mode-on-bound-tag-property-on-popup/56656 "2022-03-01T04:52:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![david.bath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@david.bath](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/david.bath)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touchscreen-mode-on-bound-tag-property-on-popup/56656/1 "2022-03-01T04:52:53Z")
I have noticed a problem with Touchscreen mode on a Text Field on a Popup in Vision When the on-screen keyboard is used to edit the text field, the value in the text field is updated, but the underlying bound property is not updated. (Yes I have Bidirectional selected). i.e. Open the popup, edit the text field using the touchscreen keyboard and it looks like it is changed. Close and re-open the popup and the text field value is restored to the original value. I have tried various methods of changing the focus etc and nothing seems to work. typing via standard keyboard, the text field value and the underlying bound parameter value ARE changed. bound property is an Indirect Tag of the form {1}/Parameters.Description where {1} = Root Container.Tag::Meta.TagPath I had noticed this in V8.0 and had ignored it but now need touchscreen mode to work - anyone have any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![jespinmartin1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jespinmartin1/32/57175_2.png) [@jespinmartin1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jespinmartin1)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touchscreen-mode-on-bound-tag-property-on-popup/56656/2 "2022-03-01T06:20:58Z")
> [@david.bath](#): > > edit the text field using the touchscreen keyboard and it looks like it is changed What happens if you use the actual keyboard? Do you see the same behavior? ---
**Author:** ![CosmoStevens](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cosmostevens/32/32309_2.png) [@CosmoStevens](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/CosmoStevens)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touchscreen-mode-on-bound-tag-property-on-popup/56656/3 "2022-03-01T16:53:55Z")
Have you enabled tag editing permissions? It can be found in the [Project Properties under Vision](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Vision+Project+Properties#:~:text=Sequential%20Function%20Charts.-,Tag%20Editing,-Allows%20the%20Client). Also, what version are you using? I tested this on 8.1.13+ and it worked as expected. ---
**Author:** ![david.bath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@david.bath](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/david.bath)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touchscreen-mode-on-bound-tag-property-on-popup/56656/4 "2022-03-01T22:16:58Z")
As mentioned, using a typing on a standard keyboard works as expected. ---
**Author:** ![david.bath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@david.bath](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/david.bath)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touchscreen-mode-on-bound-tag-property-on-popup/56656/5 "2022-03-01T22:17:53Z")
> [@CosmoStevens](#): > > Have you enabled tag editing permissions? It can be found in the [Project Properties under Vision](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Vision+Project+Properties#:~:text=Sequential%20Function%20Charts.-,Tag%20Editing,-Allows%20the%20Client). Also, what version are you using? I tested this on 8.1.13+ and it worked as expected. Yes tag editing is enabled and running on V8.1.11 ---
**Author:** ![david.bath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@david.bath](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/david.bath)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touchscreen-mode-on-bound-tag-property-on-popup/56656/6 "2022-03-01T22:52:50Z")
Did some more trials this morning. It is actually a Text Area component (not Text Field) - we use multiple lines. Turned off Defer Updates property on the Text Field and seems to work OK. Odd though that this works from the real keyboard with Defer Updates on and not from the onscreen keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![CosmoStevens](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cosmostevens/32/32309_2.png) [@CosmoStevens](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/CosmoStevens)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/touchscreen-mode-on-bound-tag-property-on-popup/56656/7 "2022-03-01T23:03:16Z")
Thanks for confirming that David. That does align with our understanding of Defer Updates. Our Defer Updates functionality is to prevent keyboards from continuously writing to the Text Area, without the user controlling what gets applied.