# FeatureRequest: OSC args for Faders and Textbox

**URL:** <https://forum.oscpilot.com/t/featurerequest-osc-args-for-faders-and-textbox/754>\
**Category:** OSC/PILOT Bugs And Feature Requests\
**Created:** [May 5, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.oscpilot.com/t/featurerequest-osc-args-for-faders-and-textbox/754 "2023-05-05T19:49:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![malcolm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.oscpilot.com/malcolm/32/19_2.png) [@malcolm](https://forum.oscpilot.com/u/malcolm)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.oscpilot.com/t/featurerequest-osc-args-for-faders-and-textbox/754/2 "2023-05-07T22:31:28Z")

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I think you are asking for the opposite of the EXTRA OSC ARG feature, which controls what OSC/PILOT sends out. Instead you want to be able to control how incoming arguments are decoded.  
This is now available in a pre-release build, here:

**1.10.1 Pre-Release**  
**May 7, 2023**

This is a pre-release build, it may contain new bugs and should only be used for testing.  
Available at:  
Windows: [Dropbox - OSCpilot-Installer-1.10.1.exe - Simplify your life](https://www.dropbox.com/s/2vzem4gih0v0v7b/OSCpilot-Installer-1.10.1.exe?dl=0)  
macOS: [Dropbox - OSCpilot-v1.10.1.pkg - Simplify your life](https://www.dropbox.com/s/ndf1uew69x946o8/OSCpilot-v1.10.1.pkg?dl=0)

**New Features**

- Add ‘CUSTOM IN ARGS’ ability for most widgets. This allows for more complex OSC messages to be parsed/received by the widgets. For example if the argument you want to drive a widget is the 2nd one, you can skip the first. Also for widgets that allow extra things to be set such as the text/color, you can include multiple selections in a single message. To use this put a space-separated list of characters that describes the message format coming in. Value values are:
- ? - Ignore this argument
- # - Use this as the value argument
- T - Use this to set the Text (for widgets that support it)
- C - Use this to set the Color
- R - Use this to Set the Read-Only property.

E.g:  
? # T  
Means ignore the first argument, use the second one as the value, and use the third one to set the text.

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