I just purchased this button thinking it could be inserted in a breadboard.
r16-503
I was wrong, I can't insert it in a breadboard. I'm new to electronics and I'm wondering how I can use it. It doesn't appear like it needs to be soldered. How does one properly use these pins?
How does one properly use these pins?
You solder wires to them
I keep the cut-off legs from components like resistors and diodes on my soldering desk. When I need short stiff wires to push into a breadboard I will use those.
If you don't have offcuts, buy header pins that come in strips.
Push 4 wires/pins into the breadboard in the pattern you want. Balance the switch on top. Solder the first pin (carefully). Then solder the others. Unplug your newly-pluggable switch and install it whenever you need.
Those terminals can be soldered or you can use a 3.5mm female pushon wire terminal
3.5mm Female Push-on wire terminal (this is the standard dimension version of the other one)
Post the vendor link to confirm they are metric dimensions and not standard.
You can make an assembly like these:
See post #162
https://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=445951.msg3132629#msg3132629
Thanks for the handy way's to make switches more breadboard friendly
raschemmel:
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@Larry,
Do I have to do EVERYTHING ?!
You older guys have more skills than us youngsters 
@Loomy, if you have the proper means as those above have suggested, by all means use it. However, in a pinch, I have soldered on a section of a small paperclip. This was only for testing while waiting on the proper hardware to arrive.
