button press
Actuate a control
A button press is the act of pushing a button, especially on an electronic device or game controller.
The term appears frequently in gaming and interface contexts, where specific button presses trigger actions: The combo requires three quick button presses.
It can also refer to the input signal itself that a device registers when a button is pushed.
- clickBrief sharp noise
- double clickTwo rapid consecutive presses
- tapValve controlling liquid flow
- pushForce something away
- keyboardArray of input keys
mouse · switch · trigger · haptic · mechanical · clicky · spacebar · enter · submit · user input · game controller · controller · joystick · arcade · finger · thumb · tactile · responsive
- physical actionsbow, curtsy, handshake, wave, salute
- Starting upignition, kickstart, jump start, boot up, power on
- input actionsclick, tap, swipe, drag, touch
- UI elementsmenu, menus, icon, icons, dropdown
- typing soundsclick, clack, tap, tapping, clicking
- buttonsfast forward, push to talk, remote control, volume control, buzzer
interaction mode
button pressvoice command
Spoken order to technology
swipe · gesture · eye tracking · hover · motion control
button, press, buttons, buttoned, buttoning, unbutton, unbuttoned, unbuttoning, pressed