diff --git a/src/gui/components/cc_item_text.h b/src/gui/components/cc_item_text.h
index 74f90087a..aca43416b 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/cc_item_text.h
+++ b/src/gui/components/cc_item_text.h
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ class CComponentsText : public CComponentsItem, public CBox
 		virtual bool setTextFromFile(const std::string& path_to_textfile, const int mode = ~CTextBox::AUTO_WIDTH, Font* font_text = NULL, const fb_pixel_t& color_text = 0);
 		///get text directly from a textfile, path as string is required
 		virtual std::string getTextFromFile(const std::string& path_to_textfile);
+		///returns current text content of text/label object as std::string
+		virtual std::string getText(){return ct_text;};
 
 		///helper to remove linebreak chars from a string if needed
 		virtual void removeLineBreaks(std::string& str);