# Viewing a binding for multiple items gives misleading error

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/viewing-a-binding-for-multiple-items-gives-misleading-error/2791>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 22, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/viewing-a-binding-for-multiple-items-gives-misleading-error/2791 "2011-03-22T13:26:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![AlThePal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/althepal/32/3603_2.png) [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/viewing-a-binding-for-multiple-items-gives-misleading-error/2791/1 "2011-03-22T13:26:49Z")

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If you select more than one item and try to display the binding of a common property (such as ‘Visible’), an error is displayed which says `Uncaught IllegalArgumentException: Cannot open bindings for orphaned component.`

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/viewing-a-binding-for-multiple-items-gives-misleading-error/2791/2 "2011-03-22T22:37:42Z")

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This has been fixed for 7.2.5