# Input text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text/182128>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 15, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text/182128 "2006-03-15T17:58:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![veraxoxo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@veraxoxo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/veraxoxo)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text/182128/1 "2006-03-15T17:58:30Z")

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I have an input textbox for password called pwdtext.  
When I try to access its value (trace(pwdtext)) I get this:

\<TEXTFORMAT LEADING=“2”\>\<P ALIGN=“LEFT”\>\<FONT FACE=“Foxley 916” SIZE=“16” COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING=“0” KERNING=“0”\>mypassword\</FONT\>\</P\>\</TEXTFORMAT\>

instead of the value the user typed in.

pwdtext.text is undefined.

Everything is within the same movieclip.