Editing Button (section)

===Styles of attachment===
[[File:Plastic & fabric buttons showing holes & shank.jpg|thumb|right|Three plastic sew-through buttons (left) and one shank, fabric-covered button (right)]]*'''Flat or sew-through''' buttons have holes through which thread is sewn to attach the button.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |editor-last=Colton |editor-first=Virginia |title=Complete Guide to Sewing |publisher=Reader's Digest |page=352 |date=1978 |isbn=0-89577-026-1}}</ref> Flat buttons may be attached by [[sewing machine]] rather than by hand and may be used with heavy fabrics by working a thread shank to extend the height of the button above the fabric.
[[File:Shank_buttons.jpg|thumb|left|An assorti of ''shank buttons'']]
*'''[[Shank (sewing)|Shank]]''' buttons have a hollow protrusion on the back through which thread is sewn to attach the button.<ref name="Button shanks, various materials & types">{{cite web|url=http://buttoncountry.com/shanks.htm|title=Back Types/Shanks (23-3)|last=Button Country|year=2010|publisher=Peach State Button Club|access-date=11 March 2010|location=GA, USA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617004046/http://www.buttoncountry.com/shanks.htm|archive-date=17 June 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Button shanks may be made from a separate piece of the same or a different substance as the button itself, and added to the back of the button, or be carved or moulded directly onto the back of the button, in which latter case the button is referred to by collectors as having a 'self-shank'.
[[File:Durchsteckknoepfe.jpg|thumb|left|Plastic studs for bedclothes]]
[[File:ShirtStuds.jpg|thumb|left|Shirt studs]]
*'''Stud''' buttons (also push-through buttons or just studs) are composed from an actual button, connected to a second, button-like element by a narrow metal or plastic bar. Pushed through two opposing holes within what is meant to be kept together, the actual button and its counterpart press it together, keeping it joined. Popular examples of such buttons are shirt studs and [[cufflink]]s.
*'''[[Snap fasteners]]''' (also pressure buttons or press studs) are metal (usually brass) round discs pinched through the fabric. They are often found on clothing, in particular on denim pieces such as pants and jackets. They are more securely fastened to the material. As they rely on a metal rivet attached securely to the fabric, pressure buttons are difficult to remove without compromising the fabric's integrity. They are made of two couples: the male stud couple and the female stud couple. Each couple has one front (or top) and rear (or bottom) side (the fabric goes in the middle).
[[File:Chambers 1908 Toggle.png|thumb|alt=Short stick on a cord (attached centrally), with both ends of the stick passed through a separate loop of cord.|Illustration from 1908 Chambers's Twentieth Century. Toggle, n. (naut.) a short bar of wood, tapering from the middle towards each end, placed in an eye at the end of a rope, to keep the end from passing through a loop or knot.]]

*{{anchor|toggle}}'''Toggles''' are stick-like, with a cord attached at the center. They are passed endways through a hole and then rotated sideways.
*'''Magnetic buttons''', as the name implies, are buttons that attach to each other by being magnetic.<ref>{{Cite patent|number=US2397931A|title=Magnetic button|gdate=1946-04-09|invent1=Robert|inventor1-first=Ellis|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US2397931/en}}</ref> The buttons can be attached either by sewing or snapping them into the fabric.