# TextInput not showing up on local preview

**URL:** <https://forums.fusetools.com/t/textinput-not-showing-up-on-local-preview/5779>\
**Category:** How-to Discussions\
**Created:** [January 18, 2016, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.fusetools.com/t/textinput-not-showing-up-on-local-preview/5779 "2016-01-18T11:56:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![tom3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@tom3](https://forums.fusetools.com/u/tom3)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.fusetools.com/t/textinput-not-showing-up-on-local-preview/5779/1 "2016-01-18T11:56:43Z")

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I don’t currently have the cable to test on my device right now, but I’m pretty sure I should be seeing something on local preview, should I not?

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**Author:** ![Remi\_Pedersen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forums.fusetools.com/remi_pedersen/32/432_2.png) [@Remi\_Pedersen](https://forums.fusetools.com/u/Remi_Pedersen)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.fusetools.com/t/textinput-not-showing-up-on-local-preview/5779/2 "2016-01-18T12:17:39Z")

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Unless you’re building for native components (either using `<App Theme="Native">` or `<NativeViewHost>`) then you definitely should see something also in local preview.

Can you provide the relevant code?

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**Author:** ![tom3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@tom3](https://forums.fusetools.com/u/tom3)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.fusetools.com/t/textinput-not-showing-up-on-local-preview/5779/3 "2016-01-18T12:19:50Z")

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I’m not building as you described. Code is as follows:

```auto
<Panel ux:Name="starter" Background="#DC2031">
    <TextInput Value="{name}" PlaceholderText="..." PlaceholderColor="#FFFFFF" Alignment="VerticalCenter" />
</Panel>

```

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**Author:** ![Remi\_Pedersen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forums.fusetools.com/remi_pedersen/32/432_2.png) [@Remi\_Pedersen](https://forums.fusetools.com/u/Remi_Pedersen)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.fusetools.com/t/textinput-not-showing-up-on-local-preview/5779/4 "2016-01-18T12:26:51Z")

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It seems to work as expected here.

E.g. with this:

```auto
<App Theme="Basic">
    <ClientPanel>
        <Panel ux:Name="starter" Background="#DC2031">
            <TextInput Value="{name}" PlaceholderText="..." PlaceholderColor="#FFFFFF" Alignment="VerticalCenter" />
        </Panel>
    </ClientPanel>
</App>

```

i get this:

 ![file](https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/fuse-legacy-forum-assets/ssAkvglyBbQq-legacy-files-tLb83prb4U7oMJZf-s4tsyl0LN2AtI-5D4BbkyI7u.png)

Do other examples show up as expected in local preview?

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**Author:** ![tom3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@tom3](https://forums.fusetools.com/u/tom3)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.fusetools.com/t/textinput-not-showing-up-on-local-preview/5779/5 "2016-01-18T12:33:58Z")

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It seems setting the Theme back to Basic on the App tag makes it show up - I didn’t realise this was a necessity.

Thanks! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Remi\_Pedersen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forums.fusetools.com/remi_pedersen/32/432_2.png) [@Remi\_Pedersen](https://forums.fusetools.com/u/Remi_Pedersen)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.fusetools.com/t/textinput-not-showing-up-on-local-preview/5779/6 "2016-01-18T12:36:48Z")

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Ah yes. I think the theme now defaults to Native, which doesn’t provide an appearance in local preview (e.g. we don’t want to try to “fake” the look of native iOS and Android in local preview).

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**Author:** ![Anders\_Lassen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forums.fusetools.com/anders_lassen/32/522_2.png) [@Anders\_Lassen](https://forums.fusetools.com/u/Anders_Lassen)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.fusetools.com/t/textinput-not-showing-up-on-local-preview/5779/7 "2016-01-18T14:52:28Z")

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Actually no theme defaults to `Graphics` which is GL powered by does not have default appearances for anything 🙂