# TextInput Set Editable

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/textinput-set-editable/74646>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [April 15, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/textinput-set-editable/74646 "2019-04-15T12:13:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![renren66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@renren66](https://community.thunkable.com/u/renren66)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/textinput-set-editable/74646/1 "2019-04-15T12:13:57Z")

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I’m trying to create an account page where the account fields become editable when a button is clicked.  
However, it seems that the ‘editable’ property can only be set on the design side.  
Is there a way to programmatically set this property?

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**Author:** ![Colby\_Frechette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@Colby\_Frechette](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Colby_Frechette)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/textinput-set-editable/74646/2 "2019-04-15T18:06:56Z")

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I don’t believe there is a way to do this but you could set the text input visible to false and then once the button is clicked set it to true. This would essentially hide the text input until the button is clicked

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**Author:** ![renren66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@renren66](https://community.thunkable.com/u/renren66)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/textinput-set-editable/74646/3 "2019-04-16T13:47:08Z")

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Bummer. Thanks

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**Author:** ![artificialdama4u](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@artificialdama4u](https://community.thunkable.com/u/artificialdama4u)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/textinput-set-editable/74646/4 "2020-05-24T15:59:36Z")

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It is really a pity, since this could help when an app has user permissions.

If this user can see and edit the info then TextInput1.Visible = True & TextInput.Enabled = True  
If this user can not see and nor the info then TextInput1.Visible = False  
If this user can see but can’t edit the info then TextInput1.Visible = True & TextInput.Enabled = False

Could we expect a change and see this property added in the blocks section?

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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, 11:28am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/textinput-set-editable/74646/5 "2024-11-08T11:28:59Z")

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