Tags: switches

Stop Misusing Toggle Switches

Use a toggle switch if you are:

1. Applying a system state, not a contextual one
2. Presenting binary options, not opposing ones
3. Activating a state, not performing an action

Control Panel

Analogue switches, dials, and buttons, buttons, buttons (just like that Flickr group I linked to).

On Designing and Building Toggle Switches

Sara shows a few different approaches to building accessible toggle switches:

Always, always start thinking about the markup and accessibility when building components, regardless of how small or simple they seem.

Control Panel | Flickr

Photos of analogue interfaces: switches, knobs, levers, dials, buttons, so many buttons.