toggle switch

English

Etymology

From the similarity of the control lever in early designs to a toggle.

Noun

toggle switch (plural toggle switches)

1. A switch actuated by moving a small lever; usually an on/off switch with two positions.
2. (graphical user interface) A control resembling such a switch, allowing a setting to be enabled or disabled.

   Coordinate terms: checkbox, radio button

   • 2013, John Connell, Beginning Visual Basic 6 Database Programming, page 129:

     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.

   • 2023, Leszek A. Maciaszek, Maurice D. Mulvenna, Martina Ziefle, Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, page 14:

     […] most participants (17 out of 20) had problems using toggle switches and preferred checkboxes instead.

Synonyms

• (switch): toggle, flip switch, paddle switch, snap switch

Translations

switch actuated by a lever

• Esperanto: baskulŝaltilo
• Estonian: tumblerlüliti
• Finnish: vipukytkin
• French: interrupteur à levier m, interrupteur à bascule m
• German: Kippschalter (de) m, Hebelschalter m, Kipphebelschalter m, Umschalter m, Wechselschalter m
• Greek: μοχλοδιακόπτης m (mochlodiakóptis)
• Italian: interruttore basculante m, interruttore (it) m
• Polish: przełącznik (pl) m
• Russian: ту́мблер (ru) m (túmbler)
• Spanish: interruptor basculante m, interruptor de palanca m, conmutador (es) m, interruptor de conmutación m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: ""toggle switch" is a certain type of switch - these appear to be translations for "switch" in general"

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} vypínač (cs) m
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} baskulo
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} commutatore (it)
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} переключа́тель (ru) m (pereključátelʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} прекидач

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} prekidač (sh)

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} conmutador (es)