# Cannot click list items when text input is focused

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/cannot-click-list-items-when-text-input-is-focused/1317014>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** listviewer, textinput\
**Created:** [May 30, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/cannot-click-list-items-when-text-input-is-focused/1317014 "2021-05-30T15:17:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![anshumanmujlslj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@anshumanmujlslj](https://community.thunkable.com/u/anshumanmujlslj)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/cannot-click-list-items-when-text-input-is-focused/1317014/1 "2021-05-30T15:17:35Z")

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I have created a smart search where you type in the textbox and you get the search results simultaneously in list viewer. But, the issue is that I am not able to click on listview items when typing in textbox/ text box is focused.

No issue clicking on buttons, but to click on list viewer items I have to first unfocus the textbox and then click list item. any workaround for this issue?

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/cannot-click-list-items-when-text-input-is-focused/1317014/2 "2021-05-30T16:37:57Z")

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This is convoluted but I made a setup like this for an app I’m developing… you can have two text input components, one set to editable and one not. When the user taps on the non-editable (“display”) text input, you hide it and show the editable one (set autofocus to true). When the editable one’s text changes…

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/8/8/888bcca196182b00ce65726fa67a5b368b5742ce.png)

…you set the display text to the editable text input’s text and then wait a short while (a second? half a second?) and then hide the editable text and show the display text.

My guess is that with the display text visible, the list viewer will be active.

I don’t have time to make a demo just now but … I hope that makes a little sense!

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/cannot-click-list-items-when-text-input-is-focused/1317014/3 "2024-11-08T13:22:09Z")

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