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title: Text inputs
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As a general rule, data flow in Svelte is *top down* — a parent component can set props on a child component, and a component can set attributes on an element, but not the other way around.
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Sometimes it's useful to break that rule. Take the case of the `<input>` element in this component — we *could* add an `on:input` event handler that sets the value of `name` to `event.target.value`, but it's a bit... boilerplatey. It gets even worse with other form elements, as we'll see.
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Instead, we can use the `bind:value` directive:
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```html
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<input bind:value={name}>
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```
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This means that not only will changes to the value of `name` update the input value, but changes to the input value will update `name`.
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