# \[SOLVED\] How to limit user clicking a button on the screen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [September 17, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-how-to-limit-user-clicking-a-button-on-the-screen/38808 "2020-09-17T19:22:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bmeyers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bmeyers/32/37453_2.png) [@bmeyers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bmeyers)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-how-to-limit-user-clicking-a-button-on-the-screen/38808/1 "2020-09-17T19:22:34Z")
Good afternoon, Is there a way to limit a user clicking a button on the screen to some arbitrary amount? ---
**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-how-to-limit-user-clicking-a-button-on-the-screen/38808/2 "2020-09-17T19:26:25Z")
You could create a custom property on the button and increment the value each time the button is clicked. You then can check this value before running any more scripts ---
**Author:** ![bmeyers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bmeyers/32/37453_2.png) [@bmeyers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bmeyers)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/solved-how-to-limit-user-clicking-a-button-on-the-screen/38808/3 "2020-09-17T19:41:02Z")
Good idea… this seems to have worked from my side of things. I’ll have to see if the user can break it again 🙂