# Text Field entry

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-field-entry/58828>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [December 1, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-field-entry/58828 "2018-12-01T02:37:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![David\_Stephenson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@David\_Stephenson](https://community.thunkable.com/u/David_Stephenson)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-field-entry/58828/1 "2018-12-01T02:37:52Z")

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Hi all,

I have a text entry field on one page but I am not sure what widget I add to the following page to show the text entered on previous page.

Do I save the text entered in the text field as a variable? Of, do I need to save it to a db to be retrieved by the next page.

Thanks in advance.

Dave.

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**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 7:55am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-field-entry/58828/2 "2018-12-01T07:55:57Z")

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Hi,

Save the entered value to an App type variable. On any other screen you can get the value of this variable.

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**Author:** ![David\_Stephenson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@David\_Stephenson](https://community.thunkable.com/u/David_Stephenson)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 8:09am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-field-entry/58828/3 "2018-12-01T08:09:25Z")

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Thanks Actech for taking the time to respond. But what component do I add in design view that I can assign the corresponding variable to?

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**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 8:34am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-field-entry/58828/4 "2018-12-01T08:34:06Z")

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Check it.

[https://x.thunkable.com/projects/5c02464f51af7e471aa16679/project/properties/designer/](https://x.thunkable.com/projects/5c02464f51af7e471aa16679/project/properties/designer/)

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**Author:** ![David\_Stephenson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@David\_Stephenson](https://community.thunkable.com/u/David_Stephenson)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 9:02am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-field-entry/58828/5 "2018-12-03T09:02:11Z")

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Thanks so much, that is what I needed.

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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, 11:52am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-field-entry/58828/6 "2024-11-08T11:52:33Z")

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