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A toggle is a button or other interface element that allows users to manage the state of something—whether it’s a setting, view, or piece of content. Toggle buttons are commonly used in macOS apps, and they are also found in a variety of websites and web applications.

Toggles can be used to control a variety of things, from simple settings to complex decisions. Toggle switches are often used in appliances like TVs to switch between channels or to turn the power on and off. The term is also used to describe the switching back and forth between different settings in software, such as when you use Alt+Tab on a computer to switch between two programs or screens while video chatting with friends.

Generally, a toggle should be clearly identified in the surrounding context so that users know what it controls. It should be accompanied by a clear, recognizable icon that communicates its purpose and an updated appearance based on its current state. For example, a toggle might display an on/off icon when it is active, but it might change to a magnifying glass when it is hovered over.

As a design technique, it’s important to use toggles sparingly. Too many can be confusing to users and drive them away from using your website or app. Unless you’re building an incredibly complex application, it’s usually better to use a navigation element that lets users choose from different views instead of a toggle.

When you do use a toggle, be sure to include a counter feature for removing it at a later date. This way, you or a future product manager will have visibility of the toggle and can decide whether to remove it at some point in the future.

Using feature toggles can support agile development processes by allowing you to release software while code sprints on new features are still underway. In traditional waterfall development models, these features would have to be written on a separate code branch before they could be merged into trunk code and released to production.

The proportion of toggle genes varies across different organisms, conditions and evolutionary groups. In general, unicellular organisms and metazoans have the lowest proportion of toggle genes, while cancers, developmental states and mouse and human samples have the highest. This variation points to the complexity of regulating the toggle-switch activity in these diverse cell types. It also suggests that different mechanisms might be responsible for toggling gene expression in different environments, such as cellular stress and cell differentiation. Toggle genes have been implicated in a variety of cellular stress and differentiation processes, including the cytokine cascade, cell proliferation, and apoptosis.