# Create a pop up from a button

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/create-a-pop-up-from-a-button/91602>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [June 10, 2024, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/create-a-pop-up-from-a-button/91602 "2024-06-10T06:53:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joachim\_Govender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Joachim\_Govender](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Joachim_Govender)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/create-a-pop-up-from-a-button/91602/1 "2024-06-10T06:53:54Z")

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Hi All,  
I'm currently developing a SCADA, I would like to create a button that when clicked will pop up with a time series trend I've created and when clicked again will minimize it

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**Author:** ![Hayden\_Watson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/hayden_watson/32/48792_2.png) [@Hayden\_Watson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Hayden_Watson)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/create-a-pop-up-from-a-button/91602/2 "2024-06-10T07:04:14Z")

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Create your trend as a separate view. On your button configure a popup event that opens this view.

> **[Popup Views Video at Inductive University](https://inductiveuniversity.com/videos/popup-views/8.1)**
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> Any view in Perspective can be called as a popup. This lesson demonstrates how to call a view as a popup.