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Carbon Design System Toggle

Documents toggles as immediate, reversible binary controls for single settings, with on/off, focus, disabled, read-only, skeleton, label, state text, and click target guidance.

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What this source can teach

Use this source to compare a documented solution with the task and states in your own product.

  1. Start with the original. Open the source and find the guidance or example relevant to your task.
  2. Trace the connection. Use the claim notes below to see how this site applies the source to specific patterns.
  3. Check the setting. Compare the source's platform, people, and constraints with your own decision.

Pattern Decisions This Source Supports

Pattern Supported decision Required contract Claim note
Toggle switch Choose a toggle switch for a single setting with exactly two states that can be applied immediately. Activating the switch changes only the named setting between on and off. Carbon toggle guidance supports immediate reversible binary setting changes and documents on, off, focus, disabled, read-only, skeleton, label, state text, and click target behavior.

Evidence Role

This source is treated as pattern-library evidence. Its value comes from the specific claims and setting described above.

Publisher: IBM Carbon Design System. Last checked: .

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