---
id: "P:cAlgo.API.TextBox.Text"
kind: "property"
type: "T:cAlgo.API.TextBox"
url: "https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Controls/TextBox/Text/"
---

> Documentation index for agents: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/llms.txt · machine index: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/api.json

# TextBox.Text

Member of [TextBox](https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Controls/TextBox/index.md).

## Text

Gets or sets the text.

Environments: Desktop supported · CLI not supported · Cloud not supported.

- CLI: Accepted without error but never displayed, so control events such as Click are never raised.
- Cloud: Accepted without error but never displayed, so control events such as Click are never raised.

C#:

```csharp
public string Text {get; set;}
```

Python:

```python
textBox.Text: str
```

### Returns

`string` — 

### Examples

C#:

```csharp
var volumeTextBox = new TextBox { Text = "0.01" };
var buyButton = new Button { Text = "Buy" };
buyButton.Click += args =>
{
    if (double.TryParse(volumeTextBox.Text, out var lots))
        ExecuteMarketOrder(TradeType.Buy, SymbolName, Symbol.QuantityToVolumeInUnits(lots));
};
var panel = new StackPanel();
panel.AddChild(volumeTextBox);
panel.AddChild(buyButton);
Chart.AddControl(panel);
```

Python:

```python
volumeTextBox = TextBox()
volumeTextBox.Text = "0.01"
buyButton = Button()
buyButton.Text = "Buy"
buyButton.Click += lambda args: api.ExecuteMarketOrder(TradeType.Buy, api.SymbolName, api.Symbol.QuantityToVolumeInUnits(float(volumeTextBox.Text)))
panel = StackPanel()
panel.AddChild(volumeTextBox)
panel.AddChild(buyButton)
api.Chart.AddControl(panel)
```