1. If ID attributes are not already available in your app, enable Bubble's option to expose an ID attribute for HTML elements in Settings > General.
2. Give the Input, Multiline Input, Dropdown, or contenteditable element you want to monitor a unique ID attribute, such as search-input.

3. Place one Better Input Live Text element on the same page. The plugin element does not display anything in run mode, so it can be placed anywhere convenient.

4. Set Input ID to the target element's exact ID. Do not include the # symbol.

5. Set Debounce (ms) to the amount of inactivity required before the new value is published. The default is 300 ms. Use 0 to publish on every input event. Negative values are treated as 0.

6. Use Better Input Live Text's Current text state anywhere Bubble accepts dynamic text. The state is initialized from the target element's existing value when the page loads.

7. To run a workflow after a debounced value is published, add the Better Input Live Text event Text changed. The event fires only when the published text is different from the previous published value.

Use a separate Better Input Live Text element for each field you want to monitor. If Bubble redraws the target element or the configured Input ID changes dynamically, the plugin finds and reconnects to the matching element automatically.