# "Undefined" in text input

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/undefined-in-text-input/563096>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [April 10, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/undefined-in-text-input/563096 "2020-04-10T02:45:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![sst-f1082](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@sst-f1082](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sst-f1082)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/undefined-in-text-input/563096/1 "2020-04-10T02:45:46Z")

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Hi, I have a text input in my app. It is empty so that the user can type in it. However, it always says “undefined” and you have to erase it to type in the text input. Is there a way to make it disappear?

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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:** [April 10, 2020, 6:57am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/undefined-in-text-input/563096/2 "2020-04-10T06:57:12Z")

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It’s best to post a screenshot of your blocks because it’s hard to know what’s causing the problem without seeing them. But you can probably fix this by using the _from Text\_Input set Hint to_ block

![Screen Shot 2020-04-09 at 11.41.37 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/9/a/9a840fcf72fe049a8482cebf2f409c6f5f833c0c.png)

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**Author:** ![chandrima717p9jjn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@chandrima717p9jjn](https://community.thunkable.com/u/chandrima717p9jjn)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 8:28am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/undefined-in-text-input/563096/3 "2022-01-03T08:28:32Z")

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I am also having the same problem! What should I do?

 ![Screenshot (125)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/9/6/962ebe0f071d69a27dfa65076608f399b8b54bc1.png)  
 ![Screenshot (126)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/a/3/a30918eabe5e360f23c7ad23ec8bd5fd8571c05e.png)

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**Author:** ![chandrima717p9jjn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@chandrima717p9jjn](https://community.thunkable.com/u/chandrima717p9jjn)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 8:36am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/undefined-in-text-input/563096/4 "2022-01-03T08:36:05Z")

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![Screenshot (127)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/8/e/8e77174de1d7874f8f492da3c42ac77712c8d4ad.png)  
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these are the screenshots of the project

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**Author:** ![chandrima717p9jjn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@chandrima717p9jjn](https://community.thunkable.com/u/chandrima717p9jjn)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 8:36am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/undefined-in-text-input/563096/5 "2022-01-03T08:36:44Z")

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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:** [January 3, 2022, 9:21am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/undefined-in-text-input/563096/6 "2022-01-03T09:21:49Z")

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You’re using app variables to access Firebase data. That won’t work. You need to use cloud variables.

For example:

 ![Image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/a/0/a0cad78468a0693f6fd8512beadbc5dceaf765c3.jpeg)

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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, 11:39am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/undefined-in-text-input/563096/7 "2024-11-08T11:39:12Z")

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