# Create Maintained push buttons

Use the Maintained push button object to create a button that toggles between two values. This type of button is useful for changing a setting within a machine or process, but not for starting the machine or process.

A Maintained push button sends one value to the data source the first time it is pressed, and a second value the next time it is pressed and released.

Important: | Do not use push buttons for emergency stops. Emergency stop buttons must be hard-wired.

## To create a Maintained push button

1. In the Graphics Display editor, from the Objects menu, select Push Button > Maintained.
2. Drag the mouse to position and draw a rectangle the general size and location you want the button to be.
3. Double-click the button to open its Properties dialog box.
4. In the Properties dialog box, specify how the button looks, how to change states, and its tags.

## See also

How the Maintained push button works at run time

Set up general properties for a Maintained push button

Set up states for the Maintained push button

Set up controls for the Maintained push button

About the Maintained push button’s error state

Keywords: push button