toggle switch
nounEtymology From the similarity of the control lever in early designs to a toggle.
1
A switch actuated by moving a small lever; usually an on/off switch with two positions.
2
Computing, Engineering, Graphical user interface, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A control resembling such a switch, allowing a setting to be enabled or disabled.
- When we add code modules, we will have an additional folder called (surprise!) Modules. We can use this toggle switch to display/hide all items within our folders.2013, John Connell, Beginning Visual Basic 6 Database Programming, page 129:
- […] most participants (17 out of 20) had problems using toggle switches and preferred checkboxes instead.2023, Leszek A. Maciaszek, Maurice D. Mulvenna, Martina Ziefle, Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, page 14:
- Synonyms
- toggle, flip switch, paddle switch, snap switch