# Text input dismisses keyboard on return by default, is it possible to make the keyboard persist?

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-input-dismisses-keyboard-on-return-by-default-is-it-possible-to-make-the-keyboard-persist/1723243>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** textinput, keyboard\_issue\
**Created:** [February 8, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-input-dismisses-keyboard-on-return-by-default-is-it-possible-to-make-the-keyboard-persist/1723243 "2022-02-08T22:53:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![overshield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19b73/32.png) [@overshield](https://community.thunkable.com/u/overshield)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-input-dismisses-keyboard-on-return-by-default-is-it-possible-to-make-the-keyboard-persist/1723243/1 "2022-02-08T22:53:48Z")

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I’m building a chat app, would love it if I could hit send and keep the keyboard active.  
But I’d like to do this without creating an additional button on screen to execute the “send” event.

Is there a text input setting that lets me keep the keyboard up after hitting return/send?

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**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:** [February 8, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-input-dismisses-keyboard-on-return-by-default-is-it-possible-to-make-the-keyboard-persist/1723243/2 "2022-02-08T23:57:56Z")

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Please comment on this feature request so that it gets more attention:

> <https://github.com/thunkable/thunkable-issues/issues/1098>
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> \*\*Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.\*\*
> I'm using a …Text Input's "submit" event to save a chat message for a chat app. I want the user to be able to send messages quickly by:
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> 1. Typing a message
> 2. Pressing return on the keyboard
> 3. Typing a message
> 4. Pressing return on the keyboard
> \[etc.\]
> 
> But currently, the user has to tap/click the text input field after pressing return and before typing another message.
> 
> \*\*Describe the solution you'd like\*\*
> There should be a block that allows you to change the Text Input's auto-focus (or focus) to true again. Right now, it doesn't exist (see screenshot).
> 
> \*\*Describe alternatives you've considered\*\*
> 
> \*\*Which platform are you asking for?\*\*
> Thunkable X, Drag & Drop
> 
> \*\*Additional context\*\*
> \<img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10355498/149014537-c288b18e-9b40-4ce9-b110-6d2819d83b89.png" width=550\>

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**Author:** ![overshield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19b73/32.png) [@overshield](https://community.thunkable.com/u/overshield)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-input-dismisses-keyboard-on-return-by-default-is-it-possible-to-make-the-keyboard-persist/1723243/3 "2022-02-09T00:08:33Z")

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Ha somehow I already have, I don’t know how but I must have posted something similar in the past, I searched the forums and didn’t find anything 🤷‍♂️

Oh well

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**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 10:09am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-input-dismisses-keyboard-on-return-by-default-is-it-possible-to-make-the-keyboard-persist/1723243/4 "2022-02-09T10:09:27Z")

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When you use a single `Text Input` and set it to `Auto Focus`, the keyboard will be showing all the time.

However, due to a bug in Thunkable, the `Auto Focus` will not work in the Web but will work when using the mobile.

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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:** [May 10, 2022, 10:09am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-input-dismisses-keyboard-on-return-by-default-is-it-possible-to-make-the-keyboard-persist/1723243/5 "2022-05-10T10:09:34Z")

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