Toggle is a feature that allows users to update preferences, settings or other types of information. When used effectively, toggle switches are easy for users to understand and deliver immediate results.
Unlike other types of user interface elements that often have text on/off, toggles require some visual clues to communicate their state. This makes choosing the right icon and color to indicate the toggle’s status a crucial design decision that has the potential to confuse or frustrate users. Also, when using a toggle switch to hide content, it’s important to consider the context in which users will see the hidden content and make sure that the visibility toggle can be clicked again to unhide it.
The word toggle is most commonly used to describe a physical switch that can be moved between two positions (on and off), but the concept is also applied to software, computing, programming and user interfaces. Some people use the term toggle as a verb to mean “switch back and forth between different settings or modes.”
Savvy teams think of their Feature Toggles as inventory that comes with a carrying cost. They are proactive about removing toggles that have not been used or that have become outdated, which helps keep the feature flag inventory low.
