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Should a toggle button show its current state or the state to which it will change?

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I have a quick question about buttons that toggle between two states. (Think Play/Pause, or Shuffle/Regular Play.) As the title says, should the toggle show it's current state or the state to which...

Should a toggle button show its current state or the state to which it will change?
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  • Why is this 13 year old stack overflow question being reposted

    • Weird, but I found it a super interesting read. It made me think of Home Assistant as one of the only software that I could think of that uses a toggle button from the top of my head. I think it handles these states wonderfully.

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      Edit: The big one I rarely see. But, either one seems quite intuitive.

      • That’s fair, I use toggles somewhat regularly in web dev and semantic ui has nice styling for them. Not as fancy as home assistant though, those are very clear!

        • Right?!? I find their design to be some of the best I've seen. Even against proprietary software.

    • Didn't you get the memo? We're doing away with privately-owned platforms and starting fresh in the Fediverse :-)

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