Element: Switch

This element is a switch that can be toggled on or off.

Sample Switch

Events

Switches have a mouseUp event that can be configured using low-code. This event is triggered when the user toggles the switch.

Appli treats the on and off state of a switch a true or false value.

Properties

Text Section

The properties in this section are used together with those in the appearance section to configure how the element is displayed on the screen. This section deals with the properties related to text used by the switch.

Property Description
textSize The text size used in the element’s text.
textFont The font used in the element’s text.
textStyle The style used in the element’s text. It can be bold, italic, underlined, and strikethrough.
textAlign The text alignment used for the element’s text. It can be aligned to the left, right, or center.

Geometry Section

Use the properties in this section to configure the responsive design behaviors for the element.

Property Description
responsive sets if the element size should be responsive.
responsiveX how the element resizes responding to screen changes in the X axis.
responsiveY how the element resizes responding to screen changes in the Y axis.
lockResponsiveAspectRatio Locks the aspect ratio of the element.
allowUnderNotch Stretch to fill notch

Size Section

This section is used to configure the switch size and position.

Property Description
width The value in pixels representing the distance between the left side of the element and its right side.
left The value in pixels representing how distant element is from the left side of the window.
height The value in pixels representing the distance between the bottom side of the element and its top side.
top The value in pixels representing how far the element is from the top of the window.
lockAspectRatio Locks the aspect ratio of the element.

Appearance Section

This section is used to configure how the switch looks.

Property Description
blendLevel How transparent the element is.
foregroundColor The color used in text.
hiliteColor The color of the hilited state of the element.

Element Section

This section is contains properties that are specific to elements of type switch.

Property Description
name The name of the element. Displayed in the project browser.
trueLabel the text for the true state of the element.
falseLabel the text for the false state of the element.
value if the element should show a value.
showLabel configures if the label is visible.
layout Element-specific property that configures how it should be displayed.

This chapter was last updated on Fri 8 May 2026 15:20:15 BST