<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> What you want is the TextModelMorph (this name is extremely confusing) to accept content on any key in: text := 'initial value'. textModel := TextModelMorph textProvider: self textGetter: #text textSetter: #text: :: acceptOnAny: true. The model (self here) will be notified by the #text: message of any change. You don't need to set dependency there. In the other hand, when the model is changed with #text: here the dependendy takes place, the Model inform any one listening there are some changes: text: aString text := aString asString copy. self changed: #text. self changed: #clearUserEdits. self changed: #relabel "Same as self triggerEvent: #relabel" Regarding name, TextModelMoprh should be understood as a TextMorph, after all it is a view. It brings confusion to the user, particularly regarding dependency. TextModel is for internal use, and its name may confuse you. You should not care about it. Your Model object is the one holding your data, for example an Person object with attribute as firstName, famillyName. In the decoupled paradigm of MVC or MVP, TextMorph is the view, hooked to a model. When there are changed in the TextMorph it Take a look to your example I edited. Hilaire <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mamot.fr/@drgeo">http://mamot.fr/@drgeo</a></pre> </body> </html>