toggle switch

English

Etymology

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

Noun

toggle switch (plural toggle switches)

A switch actuated by moving a small lever; usually an on/off switch with two positions.
(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

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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)

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