# When a condition is met, a cursor should appear in the text field

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/when-a-condition-is-met-a-cursor-should-appear-in-the-text-field/81136>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [October 29, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/when-a-condition-is-met-a-cursor-should-appear-in-the-text-field/81136 "2023-10-29T16:09:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mihaly\_Sztojka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mihaly\_Sztojka](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mihaly_Sztojka)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/when-a-condition-is-met-a-cursor-should-appear-in-the-text-field/81136/1 "2023-10-29T16:09:10Z")

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Hello,  
I would like to control when the cursor should be in the text field by setting the text field visibility condition.  
Is that possible ? somehow fails, however when I put the script for a button event (onActionPerfomed) it works fine.  
Thanks,  
Misi

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/when-a-condition-is-met-a-cursor-should-appear-in-the-text-field/81136/2 "2023-10-29T16:20:09Z")

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Show us your script. See blow how to post code on this forum.

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Would it not be better to **enable** the text field rather than set its visibility?

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**Author:** ![Mihaly\_Sztojka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mihaly\_Sztojka](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mihaly_Sztojka)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/when-a-condition-is-met-a-cursor-should-appear-in-the-text-field/81136/3 "2023-10-29T16:44:24Z")

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The texfield visible depends on the transcationTypeId .  
I also tried the sleep function```

```auto
if self.custom.station_data.transactionTypeId == 200:
	self.getChild("root").getChild("TextField_0").focus()

```

```auto

```

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/when-a-condition-is-met-a-cursor-should-appear-in-the-text-field/81136/4 "2023-10-29T16:50:02Z")

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One way to do it is like this:

- On the text field add a CUSTOM property. For example,  
`custom.transactionTypeId : 0`
- Create a binding on that property to whereever the "200" value is supposed to come from.
- Right-click on the custom property, select Edit Change Script and enter the code below:

```auto
def valueChanged(self, previousValue, currentValue, origin, missedEvents):
	if currentValue.value == 200:
		self.focus()

```

As mentioned previously, I would bind the **enabled** property rather than the visible property in most cases.

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**Author:** ![Mihaly\_Sztojka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mihaly\_Sztojka](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mihaly_Sztojka)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/when-a-condition-is-met-a-cursor-should-appear-in-the-text-field/81136/5 "2023-10-30T13:23:11Z")

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> [@Transistor](#):
>
> ```auto
> def valueChanged(self, previousValue, currentValue, origin, missedEvents):
> if currentValue.value == 200:
> self.focus()
> 
> ```

Thank you very much!!  
can i disable the focus?  
Have found here : self.blur()  
but for it i have an error message:' object has no attribute 'blur'

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/when-a-condition-is-met-a-cursor-should-appear-in-the-text-field/81136/6 "2023-10-30T14:14:23Z")

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I don't know, but I suspect that the focus has to be set on something rather than nothing. Try putting it back on the button, or something else.