{"id":1631,"date":"2023-10-14T00:09:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T00:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rushfordgatheringspace.com\/?p=1631"},"modified":"2023-10-14T00:09:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T00:09:43","slug":"how-to-design-a-toggle-ui-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rushfordgatheringspace.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/14\/how-to-design-a-toggle-ui-control\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Design a Toggle UI Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\"><p>Toggle is a user interface control that allows the user to update preferences, settings and other types of information. Toggles are a preferred alternative to checkboxes and radio buttons because they take up less screen real estate and offer the ability for a toggle to have both an ON and OFF state (as opposed to a single ON\/OFF button).<\/p>\n<p>As with all user interface elements it&#8217;s important to think carefully about how your team uses toggles. Ensure that your toggles are clearly labeled and use standard visual design practices. It&#8217;s also a good idea to only use toggle switches when they control information that can be updated on-the-fly, i.e. toggles shouldn&#8217;t be used to control long-term, permanent preferences or settings (as it can be confusing for users).<\/p>\n<p>When designing visual cues for toggles try to avoid introducing confusion by using primary colors that are clearly distinct and easy to differentiate. A more pronounced, saturated color should denote the active toggle and a lighter shade the inactive toggle. Using embossment as the main visual cue for a toggle can cause confusion and didn&#8217;t perform well in our tests, whereas a border or more subtle accents performed much better.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever possible it&#8217;s preferable to use a real feature flag system which allows toggle configuration to be re-configured dynamically at runtime. This can help to reduce regressions in production by making sure that the toggle&#8217;s expected behavior is always enabled and new or untested code is disabled. For systems that do not support real feature flags, it&#8217;s best to hardcode toggle configuration through comments or a preprocessor feature such as #ifdef. 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