Thingsup Docs
  • Documentation
  • MQTT
    • MQTT Broker
    • Add MQTT Device
    • Authorize MQTT Device
    • Test MQTT Connection
    • Tutorial - MQTT Basics
  • Connections
    • MySQL Connection
    • Redis Connection
    • InfluxDB Connection
    • AWS Connection
    • PostgreSQL Connection
    • MQTT Connection
    • InfluxDBv2 Connection
    • Firebase Connection
    • MSG91 Connection
  • Actions
    • MySQL Query Action
    • Redis Query Action
    • InfluxDB Read Query Action
    • InfluxDB Write Point Action
    • Send Email Action
    • DynamoDB PutItem Action
    • DynamoDB UpdateItem Action
    • DynamoDB GetItem Action
    • DynamoDB Query Action
    • DynamoDB Scan Action
    • DynamoDB DeleteItem Action
    • PostgreSQL Query Action
    • InfluxDBv2 Read Query Action
    • InfluxDBv2 Write Point Action
    • Firebase Cloud Firestore Action
    • Firebase RealTime Database Action
    • Firebase Messaging Action
    • AWS Lambda Invoke Action
    • AWS SQS Send Messsage Action
    • Publish MQTT Message Action
    • MQTT CommandResponse Action
    • ProcessFunction Action
    • WebHook Action
    • Push to Thingsup Track Action
    • Send MSG91 SMS Action
  • Rules
    • MQTT Rules Engine
    • HTTP API
  • Command
    • HTTP Command
    • Action Command
  • Alerts
    • Basic Alert
  • Dashboards
    • Add Dashboard
    • Dashboard Settings
  • Widgets
    • Button Widget
    • Data Text Widget
    • Toggle Switch Widget
    • Image Switch Widget
    • Dropdown Widget
    • LED Widget
    • Text Widget
    • Navigation Button Widget
    • Form Widget
    • Date Picker Widget
    • Date Time Range Widget
    • Slider Widget
    • Table Widget
    • Google Map Widget
    • Data Tile Widget
    • HTML Tile Widget
    • Line Chart Widget
    • Bar Chart Widget
    • Pie Chart Widget
    • Scatter Chart Widget
    • Radar Chart Widget
    • Radial Gauge
    • Linear Gauge
Powered by GitBook
On this page

Was this helpful?

  1. Widgets

Button Widget

PreviousDashboard SettingsNextData Text Widget

Last updated 3 years ago

Was this helpful?

General Setting

User can change following things in button widget:

  • Widget Name - Name for widget which will be used data reference

    For Example, if widget name is 'Button', then data of widget is referenced as Button.data as shown in below image.

  • Show Title - User can show/hide widget title

  • Title Color

  • Background Color

Widget Setting

In Widget Setting option, user can change following parameters:

  • Value - value for Button.data parameter in JSON object, that will be used for onClick Event.

  • Button Color

  • Text Color

  • Button Text

Source

Button widget does not support Source settings.

Event Handling

Button onClick event is provided. User can choose MQTT or Action mode for onClick event.

Using MQTT

User needs to provide following parameters:

  • event - Select onClick event from dropdown

  • mode - Select mode as MQTT

  • topic - Enter topic name directly. No need to provide accountID.

  • Data parameters - Add new data parameter item. Each data parameter item represent a key-value pair. So select required parameter and give key name to it.

As shown in below images, for onClick event, MQTT mode is selected. It means when user clicks on the button, it will publish configured data parameters on given MQTT topic.

So, as per the configuration shown in above images, when user clicks the button, JSON object with buttonKey-UserRole as key-value pair gets published on buttonData topic. Please refer below image for final output.

Using Action

User needs to provide following parameters:

  • event - Select onClick event from dropdown

  • mode - Select mode as action

  • Action ID - Select required Action ID from dropdown

As shown in below images, for onClick event, action mode is selected. It means when user clicks on the button, it will trigger given Action with configured action parameters.

So, as per the example given in above images, when user clicks a button, updateFirebaseCloud action will trigger with JSON object of buttonData-UserID as key-value pair as input.

Configure Button Widget
Configure Button Widget
Configure Button Widget
Button Widget - Event handling using MQTT
Button Widget - Event handling using MQTT
Button Widget - Event handling using MQTT
Button Widget - Event handling using Actions Widget
Button Widget - Event handling using Actions