# Button on/off Homeydash

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/button-on-off-homeydash/30747>\
**Category:** Apps\
**Tags:** app, dashboard\
**Created:** [June 2, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/button-on-off-homeydash/30747 "2020-06-02T14:16:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![krl69](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/krl69/32/21560_2.png) [@krl69](https://community.homey.app/u/krl69)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/button-on-off-homeydash/30747/1 "2020-06-02T14:16:13Z")

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Is it possible to press a button virtually when a flow is started from an external trigger(IFTTT)? I have a virtual button in Homey Dash that is linked to a flow that can start both via a button or from another flow. When it starts via a IFTTT and not via Homey Dash, the button will not appear in “ON mode” in the dashboard. If I put the button in the “then” section the i flow and set it “ON-mode”, i reckon the flow will go in a loop? [Shared Flow | Homey](https://homey.app/f/fOMnR9)

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**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 8:16am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/button-on-off-homeydash/30747/2 "2020-06-03T08:16:59Z")

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You could control the button from IFTTT instead of the flow (switch button on) and let the flow get started by the button change

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**Author:** ![krl69](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/krl69/32/21560_2.png) [@krl69](https://community.homey.app/u/krl69)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 8:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/button-on-off-homeydash/30747/3 "2020-06-03T08:45:02Z")

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Maybe I explain myself poorly. I have a flow that starts automatically when the fan starts. The fan can start without pressing a button (the hob starts it automatically). Then I have a light scene to start automatically when the fan starts(IFTTT). This is a scene that also has a button in the Homey Dash. Then you never actually press a button, and the button do not triggered as off or on in the dashboard. Hope this was a litte more clear. 😊

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**Author:** ![krl69](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/krl69/32/21560_2.png) [@krl69](https://community.homey.app/u/krl69)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/button-on-off-homeydash/30747/4 "2020-06-10T18:21:35Z")

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I godt it! The “set a virtual sensor value” did the job. Setting “onoff” as the technical name and “true” to the value will change the status of the button virtually.