# Action Buttons

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# Action Buttons

The Edit | Action Buttons submenu contains commands for creating various kinds of action buttons. Action buttons are sketch objects that you can press to perform a previously defined action. Sometimes you’ll create an action button for your own convenience in working with a sketch, and sometimes you’ll create a button to help present a mathematical feature of your sketch to someone else.

For example, instead of hiding a group of objects by selecting them and choosing Display | Hide Objects, create a Hide/Show button that hides the objects with a single click. Instead of using the Arrow tool to drag point A toward point B, create a Movement button to do it for you.

Most of these commands display a Properties dialog box panel that allows you to specify certain details about the action the button will perform.

Command | Prerequisites | Action | Button Description and Properties
Hide/Show | One or more objects | Hide or show the selected objects | Hide/Show Buttons and Properties
Animation | One or more geometric objects or parameters | Animate the selected objects | Animation Buttons and Properties
Movement | One or more pairs of points or values. The first object of each pair must be free to move or vary. | For a pair of points, move the first point toward the second; for a pair of values, vary the first value toward the second | Movement Buttons and Properties
Presentation | One or more action buttons | Present the action buttons simultaneously or sequentially | Presentation Buttons and Properties
Sound | One or two functions or function plots | Make a sound defined by the function(s) | Sound Buttons (No Properties)
Link | None | Link to another page, another sketch, or a location on the Internet | Link Buttons and Properties
Scroll | One point | Scroll the window based on the location of the point | Scroll Buttons and Properties