# \[Solved\] Calculator: Buttons show up like magic some clarifications and help **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [January 21, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-calculator-buttons-show-up-like-magic-some-clarifications-and-help/2234362 "2023-01-21T17:35:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anandavardhana57zwwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anandavardhana57zwwl](https://community.thunkable.com/u/anandavardhana57zwwl)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-calculator-buttons-show-up-like-magic-some-clarifications-and-help/2234362/1 "2023-01-21T17:35:30Z")
This is a simple calculator. Commendably the fascinating thing is Thunkable realized my intention and gave me the full key board, backspace, a Done button and also 4 spots to put in the operators +, -, x and /. My question is 1. How did Thunkable realize that? 2. You will see a minus sort of symbol in one of the boxes rest are all blank. My question is how to put the 4 symbols in the boxes, then connect it to my code and make it work. Then I can remove the 4 buttons I have put. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/a/6/a6b2f150ce9c20ca6d8191bfb1cb5f4938b86711.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-calculator-buttons-show-up-like-magic-some-clarifications-and-help/2234362/2 "2023-01-21T22:53:58Z")
I’m guessing that for your Text Input, you selected numeric: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/a/5/a5f018813d42bf90278fbdf56d93261b997c56d5.png) You don’t have any control over what appears for each choice. ---
**Author:** ![anandavardhana57zwwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anandavardhana57zwwl](https://community.thunkable.com/u/anandavardhana57zwwl)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-calculator-buttons-show-up-like-magic-some-clarifications-and-help/2234362/3 "2023-01-21T23:21:31Z")
😀 😅 Yes, yes I forgot that. Sorry it should have occurred to me. Those 4 blank spaces does not look professional. I will have to dig deep to find if in anyway I move the 4 operations to them. Thanks Tatiang ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 4:25am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-calculator-buttons-show-up-like-magic-some-clarifications-and-help/2234362/4 "2023-01-22T04:25:05Z")
You’re welcome. There is no way to modify the keyboards beyond the settings in that menu. To create your own symbols, you’d have to use clone blocks to clone buttons. ---
**Author:** ![anandavardhana57zwwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anandavardhana57zwwl](https://community.thunkable.com/u/anandavardhana57zwwl)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-calculator-buttons-show-up-like-magic-some-clarifications-and-help/2234362/5 "2023-01-22T05:09:38Z")
Wow!! Cloning is a novel idea. I tried but the clone went below the numeric key board. I could not make it go above it. If it had gone above that would have been awesome. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/4/d/4dd5ad766bb5ec4b11dcd6beb8b5c155a4c9cfcd.png) With (x,y) set to (300, 650) you can see it has just gone below the numeric key board. I tried all options it did not work. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/2/6/261eaba102cbfbd23aeb2f0446ad05297665894c.png) Link to the program: [https://x.thunkable.com/copy/e064fc41ce316a5f767330401816471f](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/e064fc41ce316a5f767330401816471f) ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 6:18am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-calculator-buttons-show-up-like-magic-some-clarifications-and-help/2234362/6 "2023-01-22T06:18:40Z")
I wouldn’t use a Text Input. I would just _simulate_ the effect meaning that if the user presses the 4 button, display the integer 4. If they then press multiply and then 6, display 24 (4\*6). ---
**Author:** ![anandavardhana57zwwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anandavardhana57zwwl](https://community.thunkable.com/u/anandavardhana57zwwl)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-calculator-buttons-show-up-like-magic-some-clarifications-and-help/2234362/7 "2023-01-22T15:46:47Z")
Got it, I will give that a try. Thanks again Tatiang ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-calculator-buttons-show-up-like-magic-some-clarifications-and-help/2234362/8 "2023-04-22T15:46:49Z")
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