# Performance issues when in rich text input, in a collection list, and using on change to save the edited rich text to variable

**URL:** <https://community.weweb.io/t/performance-issues-when-in-rich-text-input-in-a-collection-list-and-using-on-change-to-save-the-edited-rich-text-to-variable/8436>\
**Category:** How do I?\
**Created:** [May 3, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/performance-issues-when-in-rich-text-input-in-a-collection-list-and-using-on-change-to-save-the-edited-rich-text-to-variable/8436 "2024-05-03T13:55:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Mees](https://community.weweb.io/u/Mees)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/performance-issues-when-in-rich-text-input-in-a-collection-list-and-using-on-change-to-save-the-edited-rich-text-to-variable/8436/1 "2024-05-03T13:55:30Z")

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Hi i am facing performance issues when editing rich text input, in a collection list, and using on change to save the edited rich text to variable. Since i cannot use the variable rich text directly because it is in a collection list i have to resort to using on change and saven Event[value] to a variable before i can update database with a save button.

Because the workflow is firing with every new letter typed the application slows down tremendously. i would like to make this workflow only trigger every 3 seconds or be able to use te variable in a workflow directly. is this possible?

Thanks a lot.

Kind regards,

Mees

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**Author:** ![Doc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/doc/32/8594_2.png) [@Doc](https://community.weweb.io/u/Doc)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 7:53am UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/performance-issues-when-in-rich-text-input-in-a-collection-list-and-using-on-change-to-save-the-edited-rich-text-to-variable/8436/2 "2024-05-06T07:53:41Z")

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@Mees Thanks for making a post 🥳

Thanks for the details and thank you for letting us.

Is it possible to share more about your project?

There might be a few factors regarding the performance.

For example:

- how many elements are rendered on a specific page
- how many collections are loaded on a specific page
- how much data is loaded in each collection
- how many items are displayed on the page

Let me check on the details about your question about the workflow as well.

Thanks so much! 😃