diff --git a/src/org/openlowcode/client/graphic/widget/CTextField.java b/src/org/openlowcode/client/graphic/widget/CTextField.java
index 22fc6f81..8805071a 100644
--- a/src/org/openlowcode/client/graphic/widget/CTextField.java
+++ b/src/org/openlowcode/client/graphic/widget/CTextField.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.UnaryOperator;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javafx.beans.property.SimpleObjectProperty;
@@ -24,7 +25,9 @@
 import org.openlowcode.client.graphic.CPageSignifPath;
 import org.openlowcode.client.graphic.widget.table.CObjectGridLine;
 import org.openlowcode.client.graphic.widget.table.LargeTextTableCell;
+import org.openlowcode.client.graphic.widget.table.ObjectDataElementKeyExtractor;
 import org.openlowcode.client.graphic.widget.table.ObjectTableRow;
+import org.openlowcode.client.graphic.widget.tools.CChoiceFieldValue;
 import org.openlowcode.client.runtime.PageActionManager;
 import org.openlowcode.tools.structure.ArrayDataElt;
 import org.openlowcode.tools.structure.ArrayDataEltType;
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@
  */
 public class CTextField
 		extends
-		CBusinessField<TextDataElt> {
+		CBusinessField<TextDataElt> implements ObjectDataElementKeyExtractor<ObjectDataElt,String>{
 	private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(CTextField.class.getName());
 	private static final int MAXROWWIDTH = 250;
 	private String label;
@@ -1103,4 +1106,23 @@ public void addSuggestions(CPageDataRef suggestions) {
 		
 		
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Function<ObjectDataElt, String> fieldExtractor() {
+		return (t) -> {
+			SimpleDataElt field = t.lookupEltByName(CTextField.this.datafieldname);
+			return field.defaultTextRepresentation();
+		};
+		
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Function<String, String> keyExtractor() {
+		return (t)->(t);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Function<String, String> labelExtractor() {
+		return (t) -> (t);	
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/org/openlowcode/server/graphic/widget/SGrid.java b/src/org/openlowcode/server/graphic/widget/SGrid.java
index 6fbde7c2..964c7a3c 100644
--- a/src/org/openlowcode/server/graphic/widget/SGrid.java
+++ b/src/org/openlowcode/server/graphic/widget/SGrid.java
@@ -321,8 +321,7 @@ public void WritePayloadToCDL(MessageWriter writer, SPageData input, SecurityBuf
 		}
 		objectarray.writeReferenceToCML(writer);
 		writer.startStructure("ATTRS");
-		// TODO potential optimization: sends only required fields + ID.
-		objectmodel.writeFieldDefinition(writer, input, buffer);
+		objectmodel.writeFieldDefinition(writer, null, null,-1000,input, buffer);
 		writer.endStructure("ATTRS");
 		if (this.inlineupdateaction == null) {
 			writer.addBooleanField("INLUPD", false);