The App Designer in detail > Editing User interface files
Toolbox: Buttons
Toolbox Buttons
The Buttons toolbox contains the following items:
| Push button: drag and drop this item onto your form to create a push button. The Push button widget provides a command button. A push button commands the computer to perform an action, or to answer a question. Typical buttons are OK, Apply, Cancel, Close, Yes, No and Help. | |
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| Tool button: drag and drop this item onto your form to create a tool button. A tool button provides access to specific commands or options. As opposed to a normal command button, a tool button does not usually show a text label, but shows an icon instead. One classic use of a tool button is to select tools; for example, the "pen" tool in a drawing program. Tool buttons support auto-raising. In auto-raise mode, the button draws a 3D frame only when the mouse points at it. | |
| Radio button: drag and drop this item onto your form to create a radio button. The Radio button widget provides a radio button with a text label. This is an option button that can be switched on (checked) or off (unchecked). Radio buttons typically present the user with a 'one of many' choice. In a group of radio buttons, only one radio button at a time can be checked; if the user selects another button, the previously selected button is switched off. Radio buttons are autoExclusive by default. If auto-exclusive is enabled, radio buttons that belong to the same parent widget behave as if they were part of the same exclusive button group. | |
| Check box: drag and drop this item onto your form to create a check box. A check box widget provides a checkbox with a text label. A check box is an option button that can be switched on (checked) or off (unchecked). Checkboxes are typically used to represent features in an application that can be enabled or disabled without affecting others. | |
| Command Link button: drag and drop this item onto your form to create a command link button. A command link button is similar to a radio button in that it is used to choose between a set of mutually exclusive options. Command link buttons should not be used by themselves, but rather as an alternative to radio buttons in Wizards and dialogs, and makes pressing the "next" button redundant. The appearance is generally similar to that of a flat pushbutton, but it allows for a descriptive text in addition to the normal button text. By default it will also carry an arrow icon, indicating that pressing the control will open another window or page. | |
| Button Box: drag and drop this item onto your form to create a button box. The ButtonBox class is a widget that presents buttons in a layout that is appropriate to the current widget style. Dialogs and message boxes typically present buttons in a layout that conforms to the interface guidelines for that platform. Invariably, different platforms have different layouts for their dialogs. ButtonBox allows a developer to add buttons to it and will automatically use the appropriate layout for the user's desktop environment. |
Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/254352342/PL20250521841123434.amesim_collection.App_Designer/Toolbox_Buttons · retrieved 2026-07-17