# Adding Buttons

1. Click on the Text Button component in the AWT palette tab.
2. Click in the cell where you want to place the button.
3. Open the attribute editor by clicking on its button in the main toolbar.
4. Type a unique component ID in the name box.
5. For a labeled button, enter a button label in the text box.

   For an unlabeled button, delete the default `button` entry in the text box. To reduce the size of the unlabeled button, change the value of the standard attribute to false.

## Special Attributes

`standard` | When set to true, the component strives to be a standard size. This attribute is intended to make rows of buttons with varying amounts of text more uniform.

To add checkboxes or radio buttons, see Adding Checkboxes and Radio Buttons.

See also:

  Laying Out the Interface
  Generating Java Source Code
  Adding Operations to Components
  GUI Builder Palette

  Visual Java GUI Builder API Documentation
    Visual Java GUI Builder Runtime Packages
    Class Hierarchy
    Index of All Fields and Methods