# Creating text input "text" from checked checkbox items
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/creating-text-input-text-from-checked-checkbox-items/2402941
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [May 4, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/creating-text-input-text-from-checked-checkbox-items/2402941 "2023-05-04T09:16:35Z")
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### Author:  [@isaline.duminilct](https://community.thunkable.com/u/isaline.duminilct)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/creating-text-input-text-from-checked-checkbox-items/2402941/1 "2023-05-04T09:16:35Z")
I am a total beginner . first time posting help, hoping this is the correct way to interact with this community đ
I would like to generate a text output that fills in a text input box from checked boxes.
I create a checkbox list, the user ticks items that they are interested in , those items after appear into a text input box.
Can you please tell me if this is doable and what the code would look like please.
Thank you so much
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/creating-text-input-text-from-checked-checkbox-items/2402941/2 "2023-05-04T17:12:04Z")
Hi, welcome to Thunkable! Yes, youâre doing this right. đ
What youâre describing is definitely possible and not too difficult. You can use the Join block in the Text drawer to combine multiple text strings into one. Assign that block to a variable and then assign the Text Inputâs Text to that variable to display the combined text.
As for check boxes, youâll need to code it so that when the check box is changed and the value is true, youâll refresh the combined text.
The one tricky part is that you donât want to join the existing text⌠you need to construct the full text from scratch each time they make a change to a checkbox. So the process would be to set the variable to an empty string (ââ) and then add any parts based on the checkboxes.
That may sound confusing since youâre new to Thunkable. Give it a go and post a screenshot of blocks youâve tried and someone can probably steer you to the next improvement.
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### Author:  [@isaline.duminilct](https://community.thunkable.com/u/isaline.duminilct)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/creating-text-input-text-from-checked-checkbox-items/2402941/3 "2023-05-05T15:28:04Z")
Hi, so this is what I have done . it does put the text of the checkbox in the text input 2 location but one after the other and not adding them. iâd like to be able to select breakfast, lunch and dinner and see the 3 words in text input 2 and not only one after the other. I have instructed the part one the right first and then created the group like you suggested but I am not sure this is how you meant it.
Bottom part call to ChatGPT was not able to try yet, I have to get more credits.
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/creating-text-input-text-from-checked-checkbox-items/2402941/4 "2023-05-05T15:42:42Z")
Posting a screenshot of your blocks is really helpful but we need to back up a moment because I still donât fully understand how you want it to work.
Can you provide a sketch or example of the choices the user might have and what a correct result would look like? And does the user need to click a Submit button or anything like that?
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### Author:  [@isaline.duminilct](https://community.thunkable.com/u/isaline.duminilct)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/creating-text-input-text-from-checked-checkbox-items/2402941/6 "2023-05-06T09:33:39Z")
Does this help clarify ?
1. user selects the criterias from checkbox
2. selection appears in the text input 2 box - there can be mutliple items selected they appear ideally separate by a , comma.
3. user presses the request button
4. request is sent to open ai with a special prompt prior to the list from text input 2 .
again thank you so much for your kind help
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/creating-text-input-text-from-checked-checkbox-items/2402941/7 "2023-05-06T16:23:04Z")
Yes, thatâs very helpful.
Iâm just going to repost the image rotated and a little brighter (if itâs too big, Iâll re-size it later; Iâm on my phone):
The algorithm I would use is:
1. When checkbox value changes
- If value is true, add the associated value to a list
- If value is false, find that value in the list and delete that item from the list.
1. Convert the list to comma-separated text (thereâs a block for that) and set a labelâs text to that value to display it.
I can post an example of blocks later if thatâs helpful.
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### Author:  [@isaline.duminilct](https://community.thunkable.com/u/isaline.duminilct)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/creating-text-input-text-from-checked-checkbox-items/2402941/8 "2023-05-06T16:58:17Z")
That would be great because I am not being successful đ
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/creating-text-input-text-from-checked-checkbox-items/2402941/9 "2023-05-06T17:28:18Z")
Youâre close! Itâs so helpful when people post screenshots of their blocks. Would you be able to share the project link with me? Itâs faster if I modify your blocks than try to create them all myself.
Your [if][true] condition will **always** be true because itâs just checking to see if true is true. It is! You need to check if [newValue]. Because that green block will either be true or false depending on the state of the checkbox.
When you insert an item in the list, do not also convert to comma-separated. That needs to happen for the label, not for the list.
When you remove an item, itâs complicated⌠you need to search for the value _associated_ with that checkbox (the Text Inputâs Text) and then remove the item # that was found. Again, if I have your project link, I can provide an example.
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### Author:  [@isaline.duminilct](https://community.thunkable.com/u/isaline.duminilct)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/creating-text-input-text-from-checked-checkbox-items/2402941/10 "2023-05-10T16:00:32Z")
Hi, I am so sorry for my radio silence. here is the link to the project [Thunkable](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/73c7d7230eb29cf83e26e1a0a49a9cca) . I am looking forward to understand how you text translates into those blocks đ thank you for your help
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/creating-text-input-text-from-checked-checkbox-items/2402941/11 "2023-05-10T16:40:43Z")
> [@isaline.duminilct](#):
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> Thunkable
Iâll modify it and share the new link with you.
One main problem is that youâre using the green `newValue` block repeatedly as the value of the checked itemâs text. So if I have this:
Then newValue for checkbox1 is true (checked) while newValue for checkbox4 is false (unchecked). The newValue block doesnât have any connection to the labelâs text value such as âitem 1â or âitem 4â. It can only contain true or false which is why this doesnât really do anything:
Itâs just telling Thunkable to add âtrueâ or âfalseâ to the end of the list.
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/creating-text-input-text-from-checked-checkbox-items/2402941/12 "2023-05-10T16:55:20Z")
Hereâs the modified project: [Thunkable](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/9022d1f54abe15f9c916619d2c546181)
I created blocks for the first two checkbox items. You can duplicate those for the remaining items. Just change the list item # after each `get #` in each case (1, 2, 3, etc.).
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### Author:  [@isaline.duminilct](https://community.thunkable.com/u/isaline.duminilct)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2023, 6:44am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/creating-text-input-text-from-checked-checkbox-items/2402941/13 "2023-05-15T06:44:55Z")
thank you so much. this is incredibly helpful!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2023, 6:45am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/creating-text-input-text-from-checked-checkbox-items/2402941/14 "2023-08-13T06:45:27Z")
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