# Button from a block or connection trigger

## How to create a button from a connection

Keyboard buttons can be created using connectors. To do this, drag a connector and open the editor:

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To create buttons from connections:

1. Enable this toggle.
2. For each connection, enter the desired button text in its **"Trigger"** field.

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Note!

This works only in messengers that support buttons.
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You can create **ONLY keyboard buttons** using connections.
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**Then, apply the same configuration to the other connections:**

1. **Open connection settings:** click on the connector to open its settings.
2. **Set the button text:** in the **Trigger** field, enter the text you want to display on the button.
3. **Select match type:** set the comparison type to **"Exact match"**.
4. **Enable button display:** activate the **"Display as button"** option.
5. **Save the configuration:** click **"Save"** to apply the settings.

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**Line and position:** buttons created from connections are stacked vertically by default. Use this field to specify a line number and control a button's vertical position in the layout.

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LINE and position numbering STARTS AT 0.
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The first button in the top line will have settings 0 and 0.
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**Button color:** If needed, you can specify the button color — this works in online chat and Viber.

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Result:

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## **Button from a block trigger**

Now let’s look at a more advanced method for creating buttons using the **"Advanced button settings"** in the block editor's **Buttons** section.

Previously, we created buttons using connections and triggers on the connectors. An alternative method is to use dedicated trigger blocks, such as the **Start Block** (funnel entry point) or **Trigger Block**.

**Step 1: Create the Block Structure**

1. Create a **Start Block** (the funnel entry point).
2. Create several additional blocks below it. The number of blocks should match the number of buttons you need.

**Example:** In the workflow below, three blocks are created to correspond with three buttons.

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**Step 2.** Configure the trigger conditions in the subsequent blocks (in this example, the three Start blocks).

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**Step 3.** Navigate to the main block (the funnel entry point) and click on the Buttons tab.

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**Step 4.** In the **Buttons** section of the block editor, switch to **Advanced settings** and insert the code for your custom button.

`[{"line":0,"index_in_line":0,"text":"Go","type":"reply"},{"line":1,"index_in_line":0,"text":"No","type":"reply"},{"line":2,"index_in_line":0,"text":"Next time","type":"reply"}]`

You will see an identical menu, but without the connections. If configured correctly, clicking a button will trigger the bot to send the message from the corresponding response block.

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**Step 5.** Save the block settings and switch to the bot testing mode.

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When you test the bot, it will render keyboard buttons that are functionally and visually identical to those created with the "Add button" option.

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A button click will deliver the message from its linked Start block (created in Step 1).

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