# Unable to add user input from textbox to list
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-add-user-input-from-textbox-to-list/52331
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [October 17, 2018, 8:25am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-add-user-input-from-textbox-to-list/52331 "2018-10-17T08:25:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@CD\_MA](https://community.thunkable.com/u/CD_MA)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2018, 8:25am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-add-user-input-from-textbox-to-list/52331/1 "2018-10-17T08:25:49Z")
Hello! I’m trying to create a to-do list and the idea was when they user clicks the add button, the text currently in the textbox is added as an element to the list, but nothing’s appearing when I test it on Live.
Here’s my code:
Thanks very much 🙂
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### Author:  [@AcrobatEpee](https://community.thunkable.com/u/AcrobatEpee)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2018, 9:18am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-add-user-input-from-textbox-to-list/52331/2 "2018-10-17T09:18:20Z")
Hey ! Instead of using a variable, directly inset the listviewer block in the `in list insert at`
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### Author:  [@User81](https://community.thunkable.com/u/User81)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-add-user-input-from-textbox-to-list/52331/3 "2018-10-17T16:02:50Z")
absolutely like @AcrobatEpee told you.
But be aware of the current bug: Currently it is not possible to insert at last in a listviewer which is empty!
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### Author:  [@AcrobatEpee](https://community.thunkable.com/u/AcrobatEpee)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-add-user-input-from-textbox-to-list/52331/4 "2018-10-17T16:08:37Z")
Hey @User81 ! I am having this issue of not being able to add in last, how do I fix it ? Should I add something like whatever and then start my list ?
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### Author:  [@User81](https://community.thunkable.com/u/User81)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-add-user-input-from-textbox-to-list/52331/5 "2018-10-17T16:22:05Z")
> [@AcrobatEpee](#):
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> how do I fix it ?
Either use this
or avoid insert at last with listview. You might use a list variable and in the end assign the final list variable to listviewer.
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### Author:  [@AcrobatEpee](https://community.thunkable.com/u/AcrobatEpee)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-add-user-input-from-textbox-to-list/52331/6 "2018-10-17T17:41:43Z")
Hey ! I did this but still not working 😕 PLacing it at first isn’t good ?
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### Author:  [@User81](https://community.thunkable.com/u/User81)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-add-user-input-from-textbox-to-list/52331/7 "2018-10-17T18:02:59Z")
> [@What should I put when no value is found](http://community.thunkable.com/t/what-should-i-put-when-no-value-is-found/49661/5):
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your checking “if not null” is bad
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### Author:  [@User81](https://community.thunkable.com/u/User81)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-add-user-input-from-textbox-to-list/52331/8 "2018-10-17T18:04:41Z")
sorry, this may sound hard, but your blocks are in a not so good order.
please share your project so I can arrange your blocks new
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### Author:  [@AcrobatEpee](https://community.thunkable.com/u/AcrobatEpee)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-add-user-input-from-textbox-to-list/52331/9 "2018-10-17T18:11:14Z")
Hey ! My screenshot is just as you suggested in the article you sent. And my blocks are working fine so don’t waste your time for this hahaha. Can you just show me a method for which the first item of my list will add please ? Because for now, only the second one I enter show into the list, THanks !
I tried this as well but failed
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### Author:  [@User81](https://community.thunkable.com/u/User81)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-add-user-input-from-textbox-to-list/52331/10 "2018-10-17T18:12:43Z")
> [@AcrobatEpee](#):
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> My screenshot is just as you suggested in the article you sent.
definitely not 😃
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### Author:  [@User81](https://community.thunkable.com/u/User81)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-add-user-input-from-textbox-to-list/52331/11 "2018-10-17T18:13:51Z")
and
“from Listvierwer1 set Textitems to from Listviewer1 get textitems”
makes no sense 😉 -\> you can delete it
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### Author:  [@AcrobatEpee](https://community.thunkable.com/u/AcrobatEpee)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-add-user-input-from-textbox-to-list/52331/12 "2018-10-17T18:14:29Z")
> [@User81](#):
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> makes no sense
If you don’t put that block the list doesn’t update after you added the item to it, it definitely makes sense…
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### Author:  [@User81](https://community.thunkable.com/u/User81)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-add-user-input-from-textbox-to-list/52331/13 "2018-10-17T18:18:57Z")
> [@AcrobatEpee](#):
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> If you don’t put that block the list doesn’t update after you added the item to it,
Unfortunely, you are right! My mistake : I underestimated how they ruined thunkable with the recent updates. It used to work fine a week ago 🕶
please take a minute to find the difference between my recommendation and your design of blocks (I did not use “insert at first”)
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### Author:  [@AcrobatEpee](https://community.thunkable.com/u/AcrobatEpee)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-add-user-input-from-textbox-to-list/52331/14 "2018-10-17T18:20:25Z")
😑. That said, if I have no item in my list and I want to add my first item, which block do I use ?
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### Author:  [@User81](https://community.thunkable.com/u/User81)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-add-user-input-from-textbox-to-list/52331/15 "2018-10-17T18:21:27Z")
> [@AcrobatEpee](#):
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> I have no item in my list and I want to add my
either take the standard create list with 1,2,3, or take the empty list and use the gear button on the block
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### Author:  [@AcrobatEpee](https://community.thunkable.com/u/AcrobatEpee)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-add-user-input-from-textbox-to-list/52331/16 "2018-10-17T18:31:10Z")
Ok thanks !
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 11:55am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/unable-to-add-user-input-from-textbox-to-list/52331/17 "2024-11-08T11:55:02Z")