Learn Hardcore Turkish: Butona tıklayınca form hemen açılıyor. - When you click the button, the form opens immediately.

Build: tıkla- (verb stem) + buffer -y-
- converb -IncA (spelled by harmony as -ınca/-ince/-unca/-ünce) → tıkla-y-ınca.
Function: an adverbial time clause meaning “when/whenever/once (someone) clicks.”
Person/tense: -ınca itself doesn’t mark person or tense; the subject is inferred from context.

Why is it butona, not butonu?

tıklamak typically takes the dative (-a/-e) for “click on”: buton-a tıklamak.
You will also hear butonu tıklamak (accusative) in everyday tech talk; it’s common but the dative is the safer, more standard choice in careful writing.

Why açılıyor instead of açılır or açılacak?

açılıyor: present continuous; sounds immediate and descriptive of behavior that happens on each click.
açılır: aorist; states a general rule/habit (“it opens (as a rule)”). Very natural in manuals: Butona tıklayınca form hemen açılır.
açılacak: future; “it will open (then/next).” Good in step-by-step guides: … tıkladığınızda form hemen açılacak.

Is açılıyor passive? Why not açıyor?

açılmak is the passive/inchoative counterpart of açmak. Form açılıyor corresponds to English “the form opens,” even though Turkish uses the passive form.
Form açıyor would mean “the form is opening (something else),” which is wrong here.

Where should hemen go, and can I replace it?

Neutral placement is before the verb: Form hemen açılıyor.
It can be fronted for emphasis: Hemen form açılıyor.
Alternatives: anında (more formal), derhal (formal/urgent). Example: Butona tıklayınca form anında açılır.

Do I need a comma after tıklayınca?

Many style guides recommend a comma after an initial adverbial clause: Butona tıklayınca, form hemen açılıyor.
In short UI strings, omitting it is common and acceptable.

Where is the subject “you”? Can I make it explicit?

In … tıklayınca, the subject is understood from context (often generic “you/one”). Turkish often omits it.
You can add it if you want: Sen/Siz butona tıklayınca form hemen açılır.
To mark person inside the time clause, use -DIĞINDA: Tıkladığınızda form hemen açılır.

What’s the difference between -ınca and -dığında?

-ınca/-ince: concise, slightly more colloquial; no person marking; “when/once/whenever.”
-DIĞINDA/‑DIĞİNDE: more formal/explicit; carries person/number: tıkladığımda / tıkladığınızda.
Both work here; choose by tone and whether you need person marking.

Does -ınca mean “if”?

No. -ınca is temporal (“when/whenever/once”). For “if,” use the conditional:
- Butona tıklarsanız form hemen açılır.

How do I pronounce the tricky letters here?

ı (dotless i): central, unrounded vowel (like the vowel in “sofa,” shorter); in tıklayınca, açılıyor.
ç: “ch” as in “chair”; in açılıyor.

What vowel harmony and buffer rules are at work?

-ınca/-ince/-unca/-ünce follows vowel harmony; since tıkla has back a, it becomes -ınca: tıkla-y-ınca. Buffer -y- prevents two vowels from clashing.
Present continuous -yor needs a harmony vowel before it if the stem ends in a consonant: açıl-ı-yor.

Why no article before form? How do we know it’s “the form”?

Turkish has no articles. Form can be specific or generic depending on context; UI context makes it “the form.”
To make it overtly indefinite, you can say bir form: Butona tıklayınca bir form açılıyor (“a form opens,” unspecified).

Can I rephrase to avoid the implicit “you”?

Yes—use a passive time clause:
- Buton tıklanınca form hemen açılıyor.
- Buton tıklandığında form hemen açılıyor.
These mean “when the button is clicked, the form opens.”

Is it ever written as Buton’a tıklayınca with an apostrophe or with a space?

No. Suffixes attach directly with no space: butona. Apostrophes are only for proper names: Ahmet’e, Ankara’ya.