# Question about App Lab Buttons

**URL:** <https://forum.code.org/t/question-about-app-lab-buttons/32617>\
**Category:** CS Discoveries\
**Tags:** csd-unit-4-lesson-12\
**Created:** [April 30, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/question-about-app-lab-buttons/32617 "2020-04-30T16:27:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![byrnesc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@byrnesc](https://forum.code.org/u/byrnesc)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/question-about-app-lab-buttons/32617/1 "2020-04-30T16:27:16Z")

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My students recently learned how to click a button and make it change properties (text, color, etc.). However, is there a way to get something to say something else after it’s clicked and then change back after it’s pressed again?

Thanks so much,  
Shannon

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**Author:** ![melynn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/melynn/32/4925_2.png) [@melynn](https://forum.code.org/u/melynn)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/question-about-app-lab-buttons/32617/2 "2020-05-01T14:45:52Z")

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Hi @byrnesc,

Yes! There are so many events and properties you can play around with for the buttons. The issue is that you don’t have many of them available in Unit 4, lesson 12. To really do what you would like to do, the student will need to remix the project.

Next, students should learn about getting and setting properties. That is in Unit 6. The good thing is that for many of these topics, you don’t need the circuit board:

- [Setting Properties is Unit 6 Lesson 2](https://studio.code.org/s/csd6-2019/stage/2/puzzle/1?section_id=2806230) (This lesson is fun - students build an app at the end of the lesson)
- [Getting Properties is Unit 6 Lesson 6](https://studio.code.org/s/csd6-2019/stage/6/puzzle/1?section_id=2806230) (But…you can only go through activity/bubble 4 without a board)

Not sure you have time for student to do this before the end of the year. I did throw together a little example [HERE](https://studio.code.org/projects/applab/s4t_loi7--9YroBBu0FYVVqlJoiBXpKSJ_H0jeFCa5w). Not sure this is exactly what the students were looking for. They should learn the skills in the lesson mentioned above.

Michelle