# Text input as letters **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [September 30, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-input-as-letters/3239327 "2024-09-30T18:20:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ofeliagonzalezuhlyhg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@ofeliagonzalezuhlyhg](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ofeliagonzalezuhlyhg)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-input-as-letters/3239327/1 "2024-09-30T18:20:16Z")
I am having trouble making my list output be words. When a word is submitted, the output is letters. How do I fix this? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/9/8/98f8201b9bbae4a45161f1648fafaf1f3e5c2a0f.png) ---
**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:** [September 30, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-input-as-letters/3239327/2 "2024-09-30T22:18:20Z")
You’re assigning a word to a block that requires a list. I can help you fix this but you need to provide either (1) A link to your project and tell me the name of the screen where this happens or (2) a screenshot of the blocks that are causing this. ---
**Author:** ![ofeliagonzalezuhlyhg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@ofeliagonzalezuhlyhg](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ofeliagonzalezuhlyhg)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-input-as-letters/3239327/3 "2024-10-01T00:39:36Z")
[https://x.thunkable.com/projects/66db441edb94546984e45cbd/03524ad7-75b7-4c22-8bf1-566ba8a84aa5/designer](https://x.thunkable.com/projects/66db441edb94546984e45cbd/03524ad7-75b7-4c22-8bf1-566ba8a84aa5/designer) the screen names are entriesNew and entriesOld ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-input-as-letters/3239327/4 "2024-10-01T02:19:41Z")
You need to set the list variable to an empty list if it has no value yet (null) and then when the user submits the text input, you need to add a new item to the list: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/6/c/6c29c936d505ab54f663ad8c44bb2338bd46ede1.png) ---
**Author:** ![ofeliagonzalezuhlyhg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@ofeliagonzalezuhlyhg](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ofeliagonzalezuhlyhg)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-input-as-letters/3239327/5 "2024-10-01T18:19:29Z")
when I try this, my new entries don’t show up and the word still shows up like letters ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-input-as-letters/3239327/6 "2024-10-01T19:14:54Z")
Can you post a new link to your project? ---
**Author:** ![ofeliagonzalezuhlyhg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@ofeliagonzalezuhlyhg](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ofeliagonzalezuhlyhg)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-input-as-letters/3239327/7 "2024-10-01T19:25:45Z")
[https://x.thunkable.com/projects/66db441edb94546984e45cbd/cee2c86b-4a7b-4b35-8596-018b1aca30ef/designer](https://x.thunkable.com/projects/66db441edb94546984e45cbd/cee2c86b-4a7b-4b35-8596-018b1aca30ef/designer) ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-input-as-letters/3239327/8 "2024-10-01T21:41:31Z")
When I preview it and type in a phrase and press return and then repeat that once more, it lists the two entries as separate rows in a simple list, as I would expect from those blocks: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/e/c/ece82fe9fbd33d77fe742e276c119d35844198e8.png) Is it possible your browser tab wasn’t refreshing? Try clearing the cache or previewing it in the Thunkable Live app on a mobile device. ---
**Author:** ![ofeliagonzalezuhlyhg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@ofeliagonzalezuhlyhg](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ofeliagonzalezuhlyhg)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-input-as-letters/3239327/9 "2024-10-02T04:46:18Z")
will try, thank you ---
**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:** [December 31, 2024, 4:47am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-input-as-letters/3239327/10 "2024-12-31T04:47:06Z")
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