diff -r 822fcb83bdf1 -r 8c028965410a ui/gtk/text.c
--- a/ui/gtk/text.c	Tue Oct 29 11:52:01 2024 +0100
+++ b/ui/gtk/text.c	Tue Oct 29 17:52:06 2024 +0100
@@ -536,8 +536,10 @@
     UiVar* var = uic_widget_var(obj->ctx, current->ctx, args.value, args.varname, UI_VAR_STRING);
     
     UiTextField *uitext = malloc(sizeof(UiTextField));
-    uitext->ctx = obj->ctx;
+    uitext->obj = obj;
     uitext->var = var;
+    uitext->onchange = args.onchange;
+    uitext->onchangedata = args.onchangedata;
     
     g_signal_connect(
                 textfield,
@@ -576,7 +578,9 @@
         value->value.ptr = NULL;
         value->value.free = NULL;
         value->obj = GTK_ENTRY(textfield);
-        
+    }
+    
+    if(args.onchange || var) {
         g_signal_connect(
                 textfield,
                 "changed",
@@ -605,15 +609,20 @@
 }
 
 void ui_textfield_changed(GtkEditable *editable, UiTextField *textfield) {
-    // changed event is only registered, if the textfield->var != NULL
     UiString *value = textfield->var->value;
-    if(value->observers) {
-        UiEvent e;
-        e.obj = textfield->ctx->obj;
-        e.window = e.obj->window;
-        e.document = textfield->ctx->document;
-        e.eventdata = value;
-        e.intval = 0;
+    
+    UiEvent e;
+    e.obj = textfield->obj;
+    e.window = e.obj->window;
+    e.document = textfield->obj->ctx->document;
+    e.eventdata = value;
+    e.intval = 0;
+    
+    if(textfield->onchange) {
+        textfield->onchange(&e, textfield->onchangedata);
+    }
+    
+    if(textfield->var) {
         ui_notify_evt(value->observers, &e);
     }
 }