# Will a change in the source only (not the text) trigger an alert as the text does?

**URL:** <https://forums.distill.io/t/will-a-change-in-the-source-only-not-the-text-trigger-an-alert-as-the-text-does/2920>\
**Category:** Help and Support\
**Created:** [January 10, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/will-a-change-in-the-source-only-not-the-text-trigger-an-alert-as-the-text-does/2920 "2024-01-10T16:03:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![joserodriguez](https://forums.distill.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@joserodriguez](https://forums.distill.io/u/joserodriguez)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/will-a-change-in-the-source-only-not-the-text-trigger-an-alert-as-the-text-does/2920/1 "2024-01-10T16:03:54Z")

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I need to set up a monitor to see changes in the html tags. No change will happen in in text itself. Will Distill capture that and trigger an alert by email as in the case of text changes, or does it necessary need to be a text change not only html tags?

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**Author:** ![ajitk](https://forums.distill.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@ajitk](https://forums.distill.io/u/ajitk)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.distill.io/t/will-a-change-in-the-source-only-not-the-text-trigger-an-alert-as-the-text-does/2920/2 "2024-01-11T15:41:50Z")

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Hello @joserodriguez, monitoring changes to page’s tags is a very common use case. You can do that by monitoring selected elements’ attributes or properties. Checkout [https://distill.io/docs/web-monitor/what-is-visual-selector/#how-to-monitor-attribute-and-property-value-for-the-selected-element](https://distill.io/docs/web-monitor/what-is-visual-selector/#how-to-monitor-attribute-and-property-value-for-the-selected-element) for more information. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need any help.