# TextField text not showing up after change

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-text-not-showing-up-after-change/330613>\
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**Created:** [February 18, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-text-not-showing-up-after-change/330613 "2013-02-18T01:14:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textfield-text-not-showing-up-after-change/330613/1 "2013-02-18T01:14:56Z")

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I’m working on a math game where num.text (a number within a textfield) starts as a random number and shows up on top of a bitmap. Once the number is changed, it no longer shows up (on top of or behind the bitmap). I do a trace, and see that the number indeed changes, but it is not displayed on screen. Any thoughts?