OnChange on text input only fires once the user clicks outside of it

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Hey there,

I have this OnChange trigger that displays a button once the user has filled in some information in a text box. However the OnChange only gets triggered once the user has clicked outside of the box, which is not always intuitive for the users. Sometimes they wait and then tell me that nothing happens... So I tell them to click outside the box...

As a trick I have added an "enter" icon next to the field which invites them to click on it. The icon doesn't do anything, it just invites them to click outside of the field after filling it...

Is there something else I could do? Ideally I would like the OnChange prop to trigger as soon as the user starts typing in the box... or has typed something and has stopped for like 2 seconds.

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WarrenBelz 153,084 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi julienvdc

That is the way it is designed to work as it needs to ensure that the user has actually finished input - unfortunately it does not have a timer. I always use a button somewhere as the next step if the user does not have to go to the next field.

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victorcp 2,350 Moderator on at

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Hello!

I made something like this in the past and it worked like a charm.

First, I created a Slider, change its default to Len(txtInput.Text) and the code that you have in the input 'OnChange' move it to the Slider 'OnChange'.

If everything is in place, hide the slider and that's it.

Hope it helps you

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siwfy Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi julienvdc, are you using the modern text input control here? Souds like you are. Because the classic text input control doesn't have this option to click out of the box to trigger OnChange property.

The answer to your issue is very simeple. Select the text input control, on the properties panel, you have three option for "Trigger output" in Behavior section:

1. Delayed. OnChange will be triggered after user is done inputting values (techinally, there's a delay after user's input), or the OnChange will be triggered immediately if the user hits "Enter" right after they are done typing.

2. Focus out. This is your situation here. Users have to click out of the text box for OnChange to trigger.

3. Key press. As soon as users input any characters into the text box, OnChange will be triggered.

Make your selection as you see fit and your issue will be resolved.

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julienvdc 203 on at

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Hey @siwfy, I do not have these settings, so I assume I am not using the modern text input control...

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