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Built-in Mathematica Symbol

CancelButton

CancelButton[]
represents a Cancel button in a dialog that closes the dialog window when clicked.

CancelButton[action]
represents a button labeled Cancel that evaluates action when clicked.

CancelButton[label, action]
uses label as the label for the button.

In dialogs created with DialogInput or CreateDialog, pressing Esc is effectively equivalent to clicking the Cancel button.

If there are several Cancel buttons in a single dialog, Esc will use the first one in the dialog.

Create dialog input and use CancelButton to cancel the action:

Create a dialog with both a default button and a cancel button:

Create a dialog with a close button:

CancelButton is a special case of Button:

Create a dialog with a cancel button; the dialog is dismissed by clicking the button or pressing Esc:

Create a dialog that holds evaluations until the dialog is dismissed: