Menus > Edit Menu > 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