ToggleSwitch

Toggles a setting on or off, and immediately saves the change

Alpha
Not reviewed for accessibility

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Examples

Basic

<Box display="flex" maxWidth="300px">
  <Box flexGrow={1} fontSize={2} fontWeight="bold" id="switchLabel">
    Notifications
  </Box>
  <ToggleSwitch aria-labelledby="switchLabel" />
</Box>

<Box display="flex" maxWidth="300px">
  <Box flexGrow={1} fontSize={2} fontWeight="bold" id="switchLabel">
    Notifications
  </Box>
  <ToggleSwitch aria-labelledby="switchLabel" />
</Box>

Uncontrolled with default value

<Box display="flex" maxWidth="300px">
  <Box flexGrow={1} fontSize={2} fontWeight="bold" id="switchLabel">
    Notifications
  </Box>
  <ToggleSwitch defaultChecked aria-labelledby="switchLabel" />
</Box>

<Box display="flex" maxWidth="300px">
  <Box flexGrow={1} fontSize={2} fontWeight="bold" id="switchLabel">
    Notifications
  </Box>
  <ToggleSwitch defaultChecked aria-labelledby="switchLabel" />
</Box>

Controlled

const Controlled = () => {
  const [isOn, setIsOn] = React.useState(false)

  const onClick = () => {
    setIsOn(!isOn)
  }

  const handleSwitchChange = on => {
    console.log(`new switch "on" state: ${on}`)
  }

  return (
    <>
      <Box display="flex" maxWidth="300px">
        <Box flexGrow={1} fontSize={2} fontWeight="bold" id="switchLabel">
          Notifications
        </Box>
        <ToggleSwitch onClick={onClick} onChange={handleSwitchChange} checked={isOn} aria-labelledby="switchLabel" />
      </Box>
      <p>The switch is {isOn ? 'on' : 'off'}</p>
    </>
  )
}

render(Controlled)

const Controlled = () => {
  const [isOn, setIsOn] = React.useState(false)

  const onClick = () => {
    setIsOn(!isOn)
  }

  const handleSwitchChange = on => {
    console.log(`new switch "on" state: ${on}`)
  }

  return (
    <>
      <Box display="flex" maxWidth="300px">
        <Box flexGrow={1} fontSize={2} fontWeight="bold" id="switchLabel">
          Notifications
        </Box>
        <ToggleSwitch onClick={onClick} onChange={handleSwitchChange} checked={isOn} aria-labelledby="switchLabel" />
      </Box>
      <p>The switch is {isOn ? 'on' : 'off'}</p>
    </>
  )
}

render(Controlled)

Small

<Box display="flex" maxWidth="300px">
  <Box flexGrow={1} fontSize={1} fontWeight="bold" id="switchLabel">
    Notifications
  </Box>
  <ToggleSwitch aria-labelledby="switchLabel" size="small" />
</Box>

<Box display="flex" maxWidth="300px">
  <Box flexGrow={1} fontSize={1} fontWeight="bold" id="switchLabel">
    Notifications
  </Box>
  <ToggleSwitch aria-labelledby="switchLabel" size="small" />
</Box>

Delayed toggle with loading state

const LoadingToggle = () => {
  const [loading, setLoading] = React.useState(false)
  const [isOn, setIsOn] = React.useState(false)

  async function switchSlowly(currentOn) {
    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1500))
    return await !currentOn
  }

  async function onClick() {
    setLoading(!loading)
    const newSwitchState = await switchSlowly(isOn)
    setIsOn(newSwitchState)
  }

  const handleSwitchChange = React.useCallback(
    on => {
      setLoading(false)
    },
    [setLoading],
  )

  return (
    <>
      <Box display="flex" maxWidth="300px">
        <Box flexGrow={1} fontSize={2} fontWeight="bold" id="switchLabel">
          Notifications
        </Box>
        <ToggleSwitch
          aria-labelledby="switchLabel"
          loading={loading}
          checked={isOn}
          onClick={onClick}
          onChange={handleSwitchChange}
        />
      </Box>
      <p>The switch is {isOn ? 'on' : 'off'}</p>
    </>
  )
}

render(LoadingToggle)

const LoadingToggle = () => {
  const [loading, setLoading] = React.useState(false)
  const [isOn, setIsOn] = React.useState(false)

  async function switchSlowly(currentOn) {
    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1500))
    return await !currentOn
  }

  async function onClick() {
    setLoading(!loading)
    const newSwitchState = await switchSlowly(isOn)
    setIsOn(newSwitchState)
  }

  const handleSwitchChange = React.useCallback(
    on => {
      setLoading(false)
    },
    [setLoading],
  )

  return (
    <>
      <Box display="flex" maxWidth="300px">
        <Box flexGrow={1} fontSize={2} fontWeight="bold" id="switchLabel">
          Notifications
        </Box>
        <ToggleSwitch
          aria-labelledby="switchLabel"
          loading={loading}
          checked={isOn}
          onClick={onClick}
          onChange={handleSwitchChange}
        />
      </Box>
      <p>The switch is {isOn ? 'on' : 'off'}</p>
    </>
  )
}

render(LoadingToggle)

Disabled

<Box display="flex" maxWidth="300px">
  <Box flexGrow={1} fontSize={2} fontWeight="bold" id="switchLabel">
    Notifications
  </Box>
  <ToggleSwitch aria-labelledby="switchLabel" disabled />
</Box>

<Box display="flex" maxWidth="300px">
  <Box flexGrow={1} fontSize={2} fontWeight="bold" id="switchLabel">
    Notifications
  </Box>
  <ToggleSwitch aria-labelledby="switchLabel" disabled />
</Box>

With associated caption text

<Box display="flex">
  <Box flexGrow={1}>
    <Text fontSize={2} fontWeight="bold" id="switchLabel" display="block">
      Notifications
    </Text>
    <Text color="fg.subtle" fontSize={1} id="switchCaption" display="block">
      Notifications will be delivered via email and the GitHub notification center
    </Text>
  </Box>
  <ToggleSwitch aria-labelledby="switchLabel" aria-describedby="switchCaption" />
</Box>

<Box display="flex">
  <Box flexGrow={1}>
    <Text fontSize={2} fontWeight="bold" id="switchLabel" display="block">
      Notifications
    </Text>
    <Text color="fg.subtle" fontSize={1} id="switchCaption" display="block">
      Notifications will be delivered via email and the GitHub notification center
    </Text>
  </Box>
  <ToggleSwitch aria-labelledby="switchLabel" aria-describedby="switchCaption" />
</Box>

Left-aligned with label

<>
  <Text fontSize={2} fontWeight="bold" id="switchLabel" display="block" mb={1}>
    Notifications
  </Text>
  <ToggleSwitch statusLabelPosition="end" aria-labelledby="switchLabel" />
</>

<>
  <Text fontSize={2} fontWeight="bold" id="switchLabel" display="block" mb={1}>
    Notifications
  </Text>
  <ToggleSwitch statusLabelPosition="end" aria-labelledby="switchLabel" />
</>

Props

ToggleSwitch

Name	Type	Default	Description
aria-describedby	string		The id of the DOM node that describes the switch
aria-labelledby Required	string		The id of the DOM node that labels the switch
defaultChecked	boolean		Uncontrolled - whether the switch is turned on
disabled	boolean		Whether the switch is ready for user input
loading	boolean		Whether the switch's value is being calculated
checked	boolean		Whether the switch is turned on
onChange	(on: boolean) => void		The callback that is called when the switch is toggled on or off
onClick	(e: MouseEvent) => void		The callback that is called when the switch is clicked
size	'small' \| 'medium'	'medium'	Size of the switch
statusLabelPosition	'start' \| 'end'	'start'	<div>Whether the "on" and "off" labels should appear before or after the switch.</div> <div> <Text fontWeight="bold">This should only be changed when the switch's alignment needs to be adjusted.</Text> For example: It needs to be left-aligned because the label appears above it and the caption appears below it. </div>

Status

Alpha

Component props and basic example usage of the component are documented on primer.style/react.
Component does not have any unnecessary third-party dependencies.
Component can adapt to different themes.
Component can adapt to different screen sizes.
Component has robust unit test coverage (100% where achievable).
Component has visual regression coverage of its default and interactive states.
Component does not introduce any axe violations.
Component has been manually reviewed by the accessibility team and any resulting issues have been addressed.

Beta

Component is used in a production application.
Common usage examples are documented on primer.style/react.
Common usage examples are documented in storybook stories.
Component has been reviewed by a systems designer and any resulting issues have been addressed.
Component does not introduce any performance regressions.

Stable

Component API has been stable with no breaking changes for at least one month.
Feedback on API usability has been sought from developers using the component and any resulting issues have been addressed.
Component has corresponding design guidelines documented in the interface guidelines.
Component has corresponding Figma component in the Primer Web library.
Tooling (such as linters, codemods, etc.) exists to prevent further use of alternatives.

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Last edited by langermank on March 2, 2023