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

• SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This whole thread is about buttons Image

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  • calcopiritus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Toggle buttons are not normal buttons, they are toggles. Which have the same functionality as check boxes. They are a toggle between 2 states. The only difference is visual.

    If they toggle more than 2 states, (like a discrete slider), it is the same as a drop-down menu.

    Some widgets are the exact same as others, where the only difference is their visual representation.

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    • SmartmanApps@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Again you’re talking about switches. The thread is about normal buttons which have 2 states (the example being given is a button which can be a play button or a pause button depending on the current state). Buttons aren’t like check-boxes, switches are. A button triggers an event, check-boxes don’t. e.g. on a settings page, you tick all the check-boxes you want first, then click on the Save (or Cancel) changes button - one event for multiple changes. You don’t tick a check-box to start playing something, you press a play button.

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      • calcopiritus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah you’re right. Didn’t see it was a crosspost and infered from the title.

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    • Mesa@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In my opinion, any button in terms of graphical UI design simply dispatches an action with no arguments regarding state. There doesn’t exist a dichotomy between a “toggle” mechanic and a “standard” button as far as the button itself is concerned.

      Whether or not you want to update the visual representation of that button is a separate concern.

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