# How to replace WhatsApp buttons

<mark style="color:orange;">**Buttons are not supported in WhatsApp.**</mark>

To provide this function, you can use button hints.

**To set this up:**

1. In the block settings, go to the **Buttons** tab.
2. Click **"Advanced settings"**.
3. Enter your hint text in the field labeled **"Tooltip for messengers without buttons"**.

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{% hint style="success" %}
The text added in the **"Tooltip for messengers without buttons"** field will be displayed **only in messengers that do not support buttons** (specifically WhatsApp).
{% endhint %}

**How to use the field for messengers without buttons:**

Enter text that clearly instructs the client what to send to proceed. This prompt will be displayed in messengers like WhatsApp that do not support interactive buttons.

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Then click **"Save"**.

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**To configure number-based triggers without affecting button labels in other messengers, add the corresponding numeric triggers to your connections.**

This allows a block transition to be triggered by either a button press (in supported messengers) or the user typing the number (e.g., in WhatsApp).

**Configuration steps:**

1. **Create connections:** create connections to the target blocks from the block with buttons.
2. **Set triggers:** open the settings for each connection. In the trigger field, enter the numbers you defined in the button's advanced settings, separated by semicolons.

**Example:** For the triggers "1" and "2" from the hint, you would enter: `1;2`

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**Done!** **The configuration is now complete.**

* In messengers that support interactive buttons, users will see the button interface.
* In WhatsApp, users will instead receive the text message:

**"Send me only the number:**\
**1 - if you want to continue**\
**2 - if you want to go back"**


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