---
name: "ctrlTextSecondary"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["GUI Control"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlTextSecondary
revid: 349260
updated: 2023-11-08T14:51:05Z
---

# ctrlTextSecondary

*Command · GUI Control · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Operation Flashpoint vNone*

## Description

Returns the secondary text of a text control.

## Syntax

```sqf
ctrlTextSecondary control
```

**Parameters:**

- `control`: [Control](../topics/Control.md) - text control

**Returns:** [String](../topics/String.md) - secondary text of given control

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
_secondaryText = ctrlTextSecondary _ctrlText;
```

## See also

[ctrlSetTextSecondary](../commands/ctrlSetTextSecondary.md) · [ctrlSetText](../commands/ctrlSetText.md) · [ctrlText](../commands/ctrlText.md) · [ctrlSetTextColorSecondary](../commands/ctrlSetTextColorSecondary.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — ctrlTextSecondary](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlTextSecondary) (revision 349260).</sub>