# Is there a way to include text in the output without forcing it to be a part of the change selector? **URL:** \ **Category:** Help and Support\ **Tags:** visual-selector\ **Created:** [November 20, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-include-text-in-the-output-without-forcing-it-to-be-a-part-of-the-change-selector/5800 "2025-11-20T00:36:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shadowmoses](https://forums.distill.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@shadowmoses](https://forums.distill.io/u/shadowmoses)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-include-text-in-the-output-without-forcing-it-to-be-a-part-of-the-change-selector/5800/1 "2025-11-20T00:36:12Z")
As an example, let’s say I have Text A and Text B. Upon a change being detected, I want to receive an email including both Text A and Text B, but only want Text A to be considered for changes. My understanding is that excluding elements from the selector would exclude them from being considered for changes _as well as_ exclude them from being present in the output, with no way to achieve the latter without including said element as part of the selector. Is this correct or am I missing something obvious? I suppose one workaround could be to include Text A and Text B in the selector, then use one or more conditions to prevent Text B from triggering a change, but this would seem to be unnecessarily complicated compared to possible alternatives. ---
**Author:** ![srijith](https://forums.distill.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@srijith](https://forums.distill.io/u/srijith)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-include-text-in-the-output-without-forcing-it-to-be-a-part-of-the-change-selector/5800/2 "2025-11-20T10:28:20Z")
Hi @shadowmoses Your understanding is mostly correct: In Distill, only the elements included in the selector are both monitored for changes and included in the notification output. At the moment, there’s no built-in way to include extra text in the notification email without making it part of the selector. You’re right that one workaround is to include both Text A and Text B in your selector and then add conditions so that only changes in Text A trigger alerts. For example, you can set a condition on Added Text (or other text types) or depending on the content use relevant conditions along with regex filters to make sure the alert only fires when “Text A” changes, not “Text B.” This does work, but it can feel more complex than ideal. You can refer to the post below for more information: > [@Monitor multiple selectors, but trigger only one](https://forums.distill.io/t/monitor-multiple-selectors-but-trigger-only-one/5766): > > Unfortunately, I am unable to solve the following task: On the homepage of a stock exchange, a key figure changes from time to time, and I would like to be notified when this happens. Since I have to be logged in to the stock exchange to retrieve this information, I am dependent on the capabilities of the Edge plugin. This key figure rarely changes, but when it does, I need to know as soon as possible and would also like to have key figures that were relevant at the time of triggering i… Added information: > [@Is there a way to monitor for a specific element on a webpage and have the filters run check on that](https://forums.distill.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-monitor-for-a-specific-element-on-a-webpage-and-have-the-filters-run-check-on-that/5615/3): > > Hey ajitk, Nothing in mind at the moment, but will probably have something soon. Is this something I could do myself on Distill when creating my monitor or would this need to be created by one of the developers in the backend for me ---
**Author:** ![shadowmoses](https://forums.distill.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@shadowmoses](https://forums.distill.io/u/shadowmoses)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-include-text-in-the-output-without-forcing-it-to-be-a-part-of-the-change-selector/5800/3 "2025-11-20T19:49:08Z")
Thanks for the confirmation and additional links. I’ll check those out.