# Input text or control for canvas

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-text-or-control-for-canvas/160936>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** canvas\
**Created:** [December 14, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-text-or-control-for-canvas/160936 "2018-12-14T16:08:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![theflyingcarpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@theflyingcarpet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theflyingcarpet)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-text-or-control-for-canvas/160936/1 "2018-12-14T16:08:39Z")

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Is there a way of having an input text field that I could pass to the sql where clause? So what I type in the field narrows the results returned by the query. I'd then want to display the result rows in a markdown list.

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**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-text-or-control-for-canvas/160936/2 "2018-12-19T21:17:57Z")

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I don't see any particular elements in canvas which can help at present.

@Catherine_Liu/@monfera can we get some help here?

Thanks,  
Bhavya

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**Author:** ![monfera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/monfera/32/26467_2.png) [@monfera](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/monfera)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-text-or-control-for-canvas/160936/3 "2018-12-20T08:44:45Z")

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There's no such input component at the moment, but we're working on materials and examples for adding Canvas plugins (mostly, new element types) and we're also exploring various avenues for channeling back inputs, such as capturing what the user clicked on on a chart.

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**Author:** ![theflyingcarpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@theflyingcarpet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theflyingcarpet)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-text-or-control-for-canvas/160936/4 "2018-12-20T09:00:50Z")

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Thanks both for your responses and clarity.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-text-or-control-for-canvas/160936/5 "2019-01-17T09:00:50Z")

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