How to link a button to a manipulate play

Question

I am wondering how I can link a button to the play button shown if you expand "Show Animation Control",

So something like,

Manipulate[x, {x, 0, 1}, Row[{Button["Play", ImageSize -> 80]}]]

But where pushing the button "plays" x

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Vitaliy Kaurov · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-09 08:50:17Z

A natural solution is something like this:

Manipulate[x, {x, 0, 1}, {{x, 0, ""}, 0, 1, Trigger, 
           AppearanceElements -> "PlayPauseButton"}]

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or like this:

Manipulate[x, {x, 0, 1, Animator, AppearanceElements -> 
 {"ProgressSlider", "PlayPauseButton"}, AnimationRunning -> False}]

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where AppearanceElements control what type of buttons you can add.

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