# Buttons and background

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/buttons-and-background/71395>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [March 6, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/buttons-and-background/71395 "2019-03-06T18:55:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Samantha\_Bradley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71e660/32.png) [@Samantha\_Bradley](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Samantha_Bradley)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/buttons-and-background/71395/1 "2019-03-06T18:55:11Z")

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Hi! I am trying to click a button that I have created on screen 2, so it changes the background color of screen 1?

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**Author:** ![Kegamo\_Akiri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/35a633/32.png) [@Kegamo\_Akiri](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Kegamo_Akiri)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 8:03am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/buttons-and-background/71395/2 "2019-03-07T08:03:53Z")

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Try using a variable and an if statement  
Screen2:  
 ![Untitled-1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/7/4/7430a92858a0a482e84cb7fa1c641b2ccca90cbd.jpeg)

And on Screen 1:  
 ![Untitled2-1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/d/f/dfd7055002f88aa7e420b9939ce7035e75c236df.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/buttons-and-background/71395/3 "2024-11-08T12:16:07Z")

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