# Validations in Components

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/validations-in-components/56458>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 23, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/validations-in-components/56458 "2022-02-23T15:46:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Esme\_Lopez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Esme\_Lopez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Esme_Lopez)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/validations-in-components/56458/1 "2022-02-23T15:46:24Z")

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Is there any way to validate components where the user can write as textfield?

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**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/validations-in-components/56458/2 "2022-02-23T15:50:18Z")

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I don’t quite understand what you mean. Can you provide an example of what is happening and what you would like to have happen?

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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:** [February 23, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/validations-in-components/56458/3 "2022-02-23T15:50:40Z")

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In Vision, or Perspective?

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**Author:** ![Esme\_Lopez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Esme\_Lopez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Esme_Lopez)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/validations-in-components/56458/4 "2022-02-23T17:36:37Z")

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Vision 8.1

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**Author:** ![Esme\_Lopez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Esme\_Lopez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Esme_Lopez)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/validations-in-components/56458/5 "2022-02-23T17:37:18Z")

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I want to use regular expressions at the moment to introduce text in a textfield and validate it

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**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/validations-in-components/56458/6 "2022-02-23T17:43:15Z")

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Have you tried the Formatted Text Field?

[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Vision+-+Formatted+Text+Field](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Vision+-+Formatted+Text+Field)

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**Author:** ![Esme\_Lopez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Esme\_Lopez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Esme_Lopez)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/validations-in-components/56458/7 "2022-02-23T17:45:05Z")

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Yes but, how to compare in textfield, I think did not compare correctly

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**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/validations-in-components/56458/8 "2022-02-23T17:49:30Z")

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You’re going to have to show, what you did that didn’t work and what you expected. The component forces the entry to fit to the specified format. It doesn’t use regular expressions.