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Asked: 2026-05-31T04:29:17+00:00

Using the Facebook enhanced auth dialog, the dialog itself shows a blue button to

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Using the Facebook enhanced auth dialog, the dialog itself shows a blue button to confirm the app at the user side. The text of this button could be:

  • Add to Facebook
  • Log in with Facebook
  • Go to App
  • Play Game

Is there any way to choose the displayed? For example I would like to use Log in with, but I always get Go to App.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes, you have to configure your application correctly per the blog article you got that info from 😉

    http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2012/03/02/enhanced-auth-dialog-and-updates-to-permissions/

    New button text

    In the enhanced auth dialog, the button text will be one of four
    cases: "Add to Facebook", "Log in with Facebook", “Go to App”, or
    "Play Game". Each of these were extensively tested and showed that
    more specific calls to action help users better understand the auth
    process. As the first point of contact for an app, it’s important for
    the auth dialog to exhibit a great user experience.

    See our Open Graph documentation to learn more about permissions and
    configuring the enhanced auth dialog.

    And most importantly a quote from Lu’s, the blog author, response to that same question from Sven Gali (oh svengali!):

    the four cases are context-sensitive and currently, there is no
    control for you to pick a particular button text. We show different
    button text in different situations, as we’ve found that users are
    more likely to install your application if the call-to-action text
    aligns with their expectations. Thus, the logic currently is something
    like*:

    • if the user has already installed the app and you are requesting additional permissions that includes "publish_actions", we use "Add to
      Facebook"
    • if you’re a game app, we use "Play Game"
    • if your auth dialog is shown in display=popup (e.g. after user clicks a "Log In with Facebook" fb:login button), we use "Log In with
      Facebook"
    • in other situations, we use "Go to App"

    *Obligatory Disclaimer: We may adjust the logic tree in the future without notice, as we’re constantly testing variations to improve the
    user-auth experience. But hopefully this is helpful so you can at
    least understand how it is currently functioning under the hood 🙂

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