# Add Buttons for User Input

![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/htm9AjAjGP7BH7cXEcY2/blobs/I31BXygkWhekjcmFOK93/buttonScreenShot.png)

While a text interface is great for allowing people to engage with natural language, there are times when a simple button has advantages allowing you to interact with specificity and save time for the user. 

### Use HTML Buttons Directly in the Rivescript

Below is an example of how you could insert buttons in the chatbot's response. It uses a standard HTML button element with an `onclick` attribute to run the  \`getReply() function of the chatbot library. Notice how each argument in the `getReply` functions ('hello', 'bye', or 'youre awesome') is a string that will match a trigger in your Rivescript file.

{% hint style="info" %}
Notice that the example below uses the continuation syntax (`^`) in the chatbot response to make the Rivescript easier to read. Also notice that the optional  `<br>` element is used to create a line break in the chatbot interface.
{% endhint %}

{% code title="Rivescript" %}

```javascript
+ start
- What would you like to say?<br> 
^ <button onclick="chatbot.getReply('hello')">Hello</button><br>
^ <button onclick="chatbot.getReply('bye')">Bye</button><br>
^ <button onclick="chatbot.getReply('youre awesome')">You are Awesome</button>

+ hello
- Hi.

+ bye
- Bye. Come back soon.

+ youre awesome
- Thanks. You are even more awesome.
```

{% endcode %}

That's it. Modify as needed.