# How do we enable/disable the editability of a text box from the Blocks tab

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-we-enable-disable-the-editability-of-a-text-box-from-the-blocks-tab/2762853>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [December 28, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-we-enable-disable-the-editability-of-a-text-box-from-the-blocks-tab/2762853 "2023-12-28T20:42:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![thunkmoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@thunkmoz](https://community.thunkable.com/u/thunkmoz)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-we-enable-disable-the-editability-of-a-text-box-from-the-blocks-tab/2762853/1 "2023-12-28T20:42:01Z")

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Hi, I’d like to present the user with read-only info that they should only be able to edit after clicking on an “Edit” button in the app. The Design tab in Thunkables does seem to have “Editable” as a selectable option under the Advanced properties section for a text box. However, that option does not seem to be available through the dark green Text properties. Can you please help.

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**Author:** ![emlee703](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/emlee703/32/165400_2.png) [@emlee703](https://community.thunkable.com/u/emlee703)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-we-enable-disable-the-editability-of-a-text-box-from-the-blocks-tab/2762853/2 "2023-12-28T22:34:54Z")

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I’m not with my computer right now. But explore the different blocks… you’ll find it.

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**Author:** ![thunkmoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@thunkmoz](https://community.thunkable.com/u/thunkmoz)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-we-enable-disable-the-editability-of-a-text-box-from-the-blocks-tab/2762853/3 "2023-12-29T05:09:02Z")

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I looked at all the options provided under blocks but didn’t find a way to set the “Editable” property.

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**Author:** ![matt\_conroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/matt_conroy/32/150843_2.png) [@matt\_conroy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/matt_conroy)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-we-enable-disable-the-editability-of-a-text-box-from-the-blocks-tab/2762853/5 "2023-12-29T14:29:46Z")

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Unfortunately, there is no block available to change this property. It can only be set through the Advnaced Properties of the component in the Design Editor.

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**Author:** ![emlee703](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/emlee703/32/165400_2.png) [@emlee703](https://community.thunkable.com/u/emlee703)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-we-enable-disable-the-editability-of-a-text-box-from-the-blocks-tab/2762853/6 "2023-12-29T15:04:56Z")

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#Feature Requests

> [@matt\_conroy](#):
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> Unfortunately, there is no block available to change this property. It can only be set through the Advnaced Properties of the component in the Design Editor.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-do-we-enable-disable-the-editability-of-a-text-box-from-the-blocks-tab/2762853/7 "2024-03-28T15:05:08Z")

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