# I cannot render a basic input, complains about type mismatch

**URL:** <https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/i-cannot-render-a-basic-input-complains-about-type-mismatch/8057>\
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**Created:** [January 8, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/i-cannot-render-a-basic-input-complains-about-type-mismatch/8057 "2022-01-08T09:49:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/i-cannot-render-a-basic-input-complains-about-type-mismatch/8057/3 "2022-02-10T17:37:12Z")

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Thanks, @samjk. I did end up using your suggestion earlier. I learned quickly that `onBlur` does not get ahold of the input’s text and I’d have to store it somewhere with `onInput`.

This idea that Elm’s state includes buffer variables to keep track of these things is considerably different from other tools like React or Vue where there are component-level variables that typically store that data. I’ll have to get used to this.

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