# Looking back to an old thread. Buttons and their settings

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/looking-back-to-an-old-thread-buttons-and-their-settings/13493>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [20 July 2019 00:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/looking-back-to-an-old-thread-buttons-and-their-settings/13493 "2019-07-20T00:52:04Z")\
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While trying to get my confusion sorted I saw this thread:  
[button icons](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiple-references-in-value-format-field-for-text-node/6319)

I have this flow:

```auto
[{"id":"8727ad88.92807","type":"inject","z":"df652827.d02c3","name":"","topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":2900,"y":1350,"wires":[["4935109b.9280f8"]]},{"id":"4935109b.9280f8","type":"function","z":"df652827.d02c3","name":"Asterix","func":"msg = {icon: '<i class=\"fa fa-asterisk fa-2x\"></i>',fontclr: \"white\"};\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":3040,"y":1350,"wires":[["5b9de14f.acfab8"]]},{"id":"5b9de14f.acfab8","type":"ui_button","z":"df652827.d02c3","name":"28 June","group":"373c4fb2.a22078","order":7,"width":"3","height":"1","passthru":false,"label":"blah","tooltip":"","color":"{{msg.fontclr}}","bgcolor":"{{msg.colour}}","icon":"{{msg.icon}}","payload":"X","payloadType":"str","topic":"","x":3270,"y":1350,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"373c4fb2.a22078","type":"ui_group","name":"Group 1","tab":"bca4b6a6.5ee09","order":1,"disp":true,"width":6},{"id":"bca4b6a6.5ee09","type":"ui_tab","z":"","name":"Pushbutton","icon":"dashboard","order":44,"disabled":false,"hidden":false}]

```

The `msg.icon` is set to the `asterisk` icon.  
and I have some text in the `label` field.

![Screenshot%20from%202019-07-20%2010-50-15](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/5/562becff309fb311aa423903245cb150db9f17e1.png)

When deployed and I press the inject button, this is what I get:

![Screenshot%20from%202019-07-20%2010-49-23](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/6/66a40d2ad0f6759c93c80b7203b420468ededd0f.png)

This isn't how I read what should happen in the thread mentioned above.

If I move the `{{msg.icon}}` to the `label` field, the correct icon is shown.

![Screenshot%20from%202019-07-20%2010-52-52](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/8/8e1d46bd1a54778592068743742bfb0b851f8f65.png)

![Screenshot%20from%202019-07-20%2010-53-04](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/9/98343e1940a11e966d0f2be018539da8378c220c.png)