# TextField Listener

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-listener/286254>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 12, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-listener/286254 "2009-04-12T23:39:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![jgreenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@jgreenwood](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jgreenwood)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-listener/286254/1 "2009-04-12T23:39:02Z")

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I am trying to add some script so that when the user clicks inside an input text field it tells another object to play a certain frame. I take it it I need to add a listener to the text field but am not sure how to go about doing this. Thanks for any help.