# User Buttons
User buttons, as well as other types of resources from the connected servers, are available in the *Resources* panel on the left.
User buttons are created via Macula Console; button behaviour is defined via Macula Console using the *Event & Action Configurator*. There are three ways of using user buttons in Macula Monitor:
* **double-click** any button in the list of **resources** to make it trigger the action assigned to it
* drag and drop any user button to a live view viewport to make the user button appear as an overlay control for your desired camera, then click it **once** at any time to trigger the relevant action
* **double-click** user button **markers** on the maps (markers are configured via Macula Console)
User buttons cannot be added to the viewports that contain maps. Instead, go to the map management section in Macula Console and add user button markers to the desired maps to use them in Macula Monitor.
If the *User Button* was added as a *Channel Member* via *Console,* you will see it in the corresponding *Viewport* in the *Live view*, *Instant playback*, and *Bookmarks - channel preview.*
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User buttons will be visible inside the Live View and Instant Playback Viewports of corresponding Channels.
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Each time a user button is pressed, the corresponding log entry appears in the *Alerts* section of Macula Monitor.
