Re:An HTML Switch Control
by deprecative on Thursday February 29, 2024 @08:01AM
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Which is what a checkbox is. A switch element seems needlessly duplicative. A checkbox and a switch have the same purpose. I don't mind it entirely after all we have plenty of block level elements that do the same things as one another. This just feels like a solution in search of a problem.
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Not really. A checkbox toggles between two binary states of a single option. A toggle switches between two different options.
UI design isn't simple. You can't just pick basic options. Getting it right takes a lot of effort.
A switch is not for choosing between two options. It has two states, on and off, and it should be named in a way that makes sense with that in mind ("Dark mode" not "Dark/Light").
A checkbox can actually have 3 states, checked, unchecked, indeterminate/mixed.