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The phrase "a button press" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the action of pressing a button, often in the context of technology or user interfaces.
Example: "To start the machine, simply initiate a button press on the control panel."
Alternatives: "a button click" or "a button activation."
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A button press response consists of pressing the spacebar on the computer keyboard ONCE AND ONLY ONCE immediately after the button appears.
The game then starts anew after a button press.
The iPhone XR has no home button but will vibrate to simulate a button press.
In the RESPOND task, participants only made a button press when an infrequent cue was detected6.
Upon a button press, we attempt to open a file using f_open.
Observers initiated each trial with a button press.
Observers responded whether the target was on the right or left side using a button press.
Trials were self-initiated such that an outlined box was presented on screen until a button press by the observer.
Our present tense world-view can be made to shrink to fit a button press.
But what happens to society when we trade a person for a button press?
In addition, it would be interesting to see whether experts compared to novices structure events differently, measured as event segments indicated with a button press by participants.
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