# How can you exit a text entry by touching the screen?

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-you-exit-a-text-entry-by-touching-the-screen/532895>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [March 24, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-you-exit-a-text-entry-by-touching-the-screen/532895 "2020-03-24T15:34:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![huntermclarkn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/huntermclarkn/32/66310_2.png) [@huntermclarkn](https://community.thunkable.com/u/huntermclarkn)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-you-exit-a-text-entry-by-touching-the-screen/532895/1 "2020-03-24T15:34:53Z")

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So in a multi text entry app, How can I be able to touch a different part of the screen to remove the keyboard? For now the keyboard only leaves if I hit return on the keyboard.

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**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 10:16am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-you-exit-a-text-entry-by-touching-the-screen/532895/2 "2020-07-14T10:16:03Z")

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Hey @huntermclarkn - since we don’t have a “when Screen clicked” event I don’t think there’s any way to do this unfortunately.

I appreciate that this would be _nice_ to have, but is the absence of this ability blocking your from otherwise completing your app?

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**Author:** ![huntermclarkn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/huntermclarkn/32/66310_2.png) [@huntermclarkn](https://community.thunkable.com/u/huntermclarkn)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-you-exit-a-text-entry-by-touching-the-screen/532895/3 "2020-07-14T11:59:41Z")

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It is not, In fact I have worked around it and have been meaning to go back through old questions I have posted and mark my solutions. Thank you very much for getting back to me

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**Author:** ![knownkeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@knownkeep](https://community.thunkable.com/u/knownkeep)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-you-exit-a-text-entry-by-touching-the-screen/532895/4 "2020-07-14T14:47:14Z")

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Note, there is a “dismiss keyboard” block in the Device group. You can assign it to a button with a keyboard icon.

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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, 11:39am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-you-exit-a-text-entry-by-touching-the-screen/532895/5 "2024-11-08T11:39:38Z")

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