---
title: Switch
description: Switches toggle a single setting on or off with immediate effect.
category: Forms
---

import { meta as SwitchMeta, Default, On } from '@/content/stories/switch';
import Canvas from '@/components/component-docs/canvas';
import Demo from '@/components/component-docs/demo';

export const config = {
	dependencies: {
		components: [Canvas, Demo],
		scripts: [
			'../../components/component-docs/demo.script.tsx',
			'../../components/component-docs/canvas.script.tsx',
			'../../components/component-docs/controls.script.tsx',
		],
	},
};


# Switch

<p class="docs-lede">Switches toggle a single setting on or off with immediate effect, such as notifications, dark mode, or feature flags.</p>

## Try it

<Demo of={Default} meta={SwitchMeta} />

## Usage

Bind `checked` for controlled state. Place inside `RuiField` with a `RuiLabel` that describes what the switch controls when composing forms.

```tsx
import { RuiSwitch } from '@ecopages/radiant-ui/switch';

<RuiSwitch checked={enabled}>Email notifications</RuiSwitch>
```

## Custom markup

`<rui-switch>` coordinates any light-DOM tree that matches its query contract. The `RuiSwitch` helper stamps these targets; it is not required.

```tsx
import '@ecopages/radiant-ui/switch';

<rui-switch checked>
  <label class="rui-switch">
    <input
      type="checkbox"
      role="switch"
      data-ref="input"
      data-rui-control
      data-rui-control-type="boolean"
      class="rui-switch__input"
    />
    <span class="rui-switch__track" aria-hidden="true">
      <span class="rui-switch__thumb"></span>
    </span>
    <span class="rui-switch__label">Email notifications</span>
  </label>
</rui-switch>
```

BEM classes are presentation-only. The host syncs `checked`, `disabled`, and `name` on `[data-ref="input"]`.

## Switch vs checkbox

Use switches for settings that take effect immediately. Use checkboxes for options collected on form submit.

<Canvas of={On} meta={SwitchMeta} />

## Theming

Switch chrome maps to **semantic surface roles**, never Tailwind palette steps. Override `--rui-switch-*` on `rui-switch`.

| Part / state | Default | Override |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Track size | `2.5rem` × `1.5rem` | `--rui-switch-width`, `--rui-switch-height` |
| Thumb | `1rem` | `--rui-switch-thumb-size` |
| Track off / hover | `--on-background` at 20% / 30% | `--rui-switch-track`, `--rui-switch-track-hover` |
| Track on / hover | `--primary` | `--rui-switch-track-on`, `--rui-switch-track-on-hover` |
| Thumb off / on | `--on-background` / `--on-primary` | `--rui-switch-thumb`, `--rui-switch-thumb-on` |
| Focus | `focus-ring` | theme `--focus-ring` |
| Disabled | `opacity-disabled` | theme `--opacity-disabled` |

```css
rui-switch {
  --rui-switch-width: 3rem;
  --rui-switch-track-on: var(--success);
}
```

Label text uses `on-background`; track uses the `rounded-pill` radius token. Remap theme roles for global mood.

## Accessibility

- Switches expose `role="switch"` with `aria-checked`.
- Labels must describe the setting, not the control (for example, "Email notifications", not "Toggle").
- Space toggles the switch when focused.

## API

`RuiSwitch` renders a `<label>` and native `<input type="checkbox" role="switch">` inside the coordinating `<rui-switch>` custom element. Use the JSX view or compose equivalent marked-up light DOM; the browser owns activation and Space-to-toggle.

### Attributes (`<rui-switch>`)

| Attribute | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `checked` | `boolean` | `false` | On state; reflects to markup. |
| `disabled` | `boolean` | `false` | Disabled state. |
| `name` | `string` | `''` | Form field name on the inner input. |

### Light-DOM contract

| Target | Required | Host writes | Author owns |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `[data-ref="input"]` | yes | `checked`, `disabled`, `name` | the input element; stamp `data-rui-control` for field wiring |

Do not fight host-owned input state. Nested hosts: none.

### Events

| Event | Detail | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `rui-change` | `{ checked: boolean }` | Emitted after the checked state changes. |

### View helpers

| Component | Target stamped | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `RuiSwitch` | `[data-ref="input"]` on native `role="switch"` checkbox | Children render in `rui-switch__label`. Always stamps `data-rui-control`. |

### CSS classes

Public BEM classes (documented via `@cssclass`):

| Class | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `.rui-switch` | Label row: track + thumb + visible label. |
| `.rui-switch__input` | Native input (visually hidden, receives focus). |
| `.rui-switch__track` | Pill track; `primary` fill when checked. |
| `.rui-switch__thumb` | Sliding thumb. |
| `.rui-switch__label` | Light-DOM label text. |

### Theme roles

| Part | CSS variables consumed |
| --- | --- |
| Track | `--on-background` (off, alpha), `--primary` (on) |
| Thumb | `--on-background` (off), `--on-primary` (on) |
| Focus ring | `--focus-ring` |