Vue Switch Props

Default Value: undefined

The value of this property will be passed to the accesskey attribute of the HTML element that underlies the UI component.

activeStateEnabled

Specifies whether the UI component changes its visual state as a result of user interaction.

Selector: active-state-enabled

Type:

Default Value: true

The UI component switches to the active state when users press down the primary mouse button. When this property is set to true, the CSS rules for the active state apply. You can change these rules to customize the component.

Use this property when you display the component on a platform whose guidelines include the active state change for UI components.

disabled

Specifies whether the UI component responds to user interaction.

Type:

Default Value: false

elementAttr

Specifies the global attributes to be attached to the UI component's container element.

Selector: DxElementAttr

Type:

Object

Default Value: {}

jQuery

$(function(){
    $("#switchContainer").dxSwitch({
        // ...
        elementAttr: {
            id: "elementId",
            class: "class-name"
        }
    });
});

Angular

HTML

TypeScript

<dx-switch ...
    [elementAttr]="{ id: 'elementId', class: 'class-name' }">
</dx-switch>

import { DxSwitchModule } from "devextreme-angular";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    // ...
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxSwitchModule
    ],
    // ...
})

Vue

App.vue

<template>
    <DxSwitch ...
        :element-attr="switchAttributes">
    </DxSwitch>
</template>

<script>
import DxSwitch from 'devextreme-vue/switch';

export default {
    components: {
        DxSwitch
    },
    data() {
        return {
            switchAttributes: {
                id: 'elementId',
                class: 'class-name'
            }
        }
    }
}
</script>

React

App.js

import React from 'react';

import Switch from 'devextreme-react/switch';

class App extends React.Component {
    switchAttributes = {
        id: 'elementId',
        class: 'class-name'
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <Switch ...
                elementAttr={this.switchAttributes}>
            </Switch>
        );
    }
}
export default App;

focusStateEnabled

Specifies whether the UI component can be focused using keyboard navigation.

Selector: focus-state-enabled

Type:

Default Value: true (desktop)

height

Specifies the UI component's height.

Type:

|

|

Return Value:

|

The UI component's height.

Default Value: undefined

This property accepts a value of one of the following types:

Number
The height in pixels.
String
A CSS-accepted measurement of height. For example, "55px", "20vh", "80%", "inherit".
Function (deprecated since v21.2)
Refer to the W0017 warning description for information on how you can migrate to viewport units.

NOTE

The property affects only the size of the switch wrapper element. To specify the size of another switch elements, provide the appropriate CSS rules.

hint

Specifies text for a hint that appears when a user pauses on the UI component.

Type:

Default Value: undefined

hoverStateEnabled

Specifies whether the UI component changes its state when a user pauses on it.

Selector: hover-state-enabled

Type:

Default Value: true

isDirty

Specifies whether the component's current value differs from the initial value.

Selector: is-dirty

Type:

Default Value: false

This property is a read-only flag. You can use it to check if the editor value changed.

jQuery

index.js

$(() => {
    const switch = $('#switch').dxSwitch({
        // ...
    }).dxSwitch('instance');

    $('#button').dxButton({
        // ...
        onClick () {
            if (switch.option('isDirty')) {
                DevExpress.ui.notify("Do not forget to save changes", "warning", 500);
            }
        }
    });
});

Angular

app.component.ts

app.component.html

import { Component, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { DxSwitchComponent, DxButtonModule } from 'devextreme-angular';
import notify from 'devextreme/ui/notify';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    templateUrl: './app.component.html',
    styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent {
    @ViewChild('switchRef', { static: false }) switch: DxSwitchComponent;

    onClick () {
        if (this.switch.instance.option('isDirty')) {
            notify("Do not forget to save changes", "warning", 500);
        }
    }
}

<dx-switch ... 
    #switchRef
>
</dx-switch>
<dx-button ...
    (onClick)="onClick($event)"
>
</dx-button>

Vue

App.vue

<template>
    <DxSwitch ...
        :ref="switchRef"
    >
    </DxSwitch>
    <DxButton ...
        @click="onClick"
    />
</template>

<script>
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';
import DxSwitch from 'devextreme-vue/switch';
import DxButton from 'devextreme-vue/button';
import notify from 'devextreme/ui/notify';

export default {
    components: {
        DxSwitch,
        DxButton
    },

    data() {
        return {
            switchRef
        }
    },

    methods: {
        onClick () {
            if (this.switch.option('isDirty')) {
                notify("Do not forget to save changes", "warning", 500);
            }
        }
    },

    computed: {
        switch: function() {
            return this.$refs[switchRef].instance;
        }
    }
}
</script>

React

App.js

import React, { useRef } from 'react';
import Switch from 'devextreme-react/switch';
import Button from 'devextreme-react/button';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

const App = () => {
    const switchRef = useRef(null);

    const onClick = () => {
        if (this.switchRef.current.instance().option('isDirty')) {
            notify("Do not forget to save changes", "warning", 500);
        }
    };

    return (
        <Switch ...
            ref={switchRef}
        >
        </Switch>
        <Button ...
            onClick={onClick}
        />
    );
};

export default App;

isValid

Specifies or indicates whether the editor's value is valid.

Selector: is-valid

Type:

Default Value: true

NOTE

When you use async rules, isValid is true if the status is "pending" or "valid".

name

The value to be assigned to the name attribute of the underlying HTML element.

Type:

Default Value: ''

Specify this property if the UI component lies within an HTML form that will be submitted.

onContentReady

A function that is executed when the UI component is rendered and each time the component is repainted.

Selector: @content-ready

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

ContentReadyEvent

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
component	Switch	The UI component's instance.

Name

Type

Description

element

HTMLElement | jQuery

The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

component

Switch

The UI component's instance.

Default Value: null

onDisposing

A function that is executed before the UI component is disposed of.

Selector: @disposing

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

DisposingEvent

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
component	Switch	The UI component's instance.

Name

Type

Description

element

HTMLElement | jQuery

The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

component

Switch

The UI component's instance.

Default Value: null

onInitialized

A function used in JavaScript frameworks to save the UI component instance.

Selector: @initialized

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

InitializedEvent

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
component	Switch	The UI component's instance.

Name

Type

Description

element

HTMLElement | jQuery

The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

component

Switch

The UI component's instance.

Default Value: null

Angular

app.component.html

app.component.ts

<dx-switch ...
    (onInitialized)="saveInstance($event)">
</dx-switch>

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import Switch from "devextreme/ui/data_grid";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    switchInstance: Switch;
    saveInstance (e) {
        this.switchInstance = e.component;
    }
}

Vue

App.vue (Options API)

App.vue (Composition API)

<template>
    <div>
        <DxSwitch ...
            @initialized="saveInstance">
        </DxSwitch>
    </div>
</template>

<script>
import DxSwitch from 'devextreme-vue/switch';

export default {
    components: {
        DxSwitch
    },
    data: function() {
        return {
            switchInstance: null
        };
    },
    methods: {
        saveInstance: function(e) {
            this.switchInstance = e.component;
        }
    }
};
</script>

<template>
    <div>
        <DxSwitch ...
            @initialized="saveInstance">
        </DxSwitch>
    </div>
</template>

<script setup>
import DxSwitch from 'devextreme-vue/switch';

let switchInstance = null;

const saveInstance = (e) => {
    switchInstance = e.component;
}
</script>

React

App.js

import Switch from 'devextreme-react/switch';

class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);

        this.saveInstance = this.saveInstance.bind(this);
    }

    saveInstance(e) {
        this.switchInstance = e.component;
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <div>
                <Switch onInitialized={this.saveInstance} />
            </div>
        );
    }
}

jQuery

Get a UI component Instance in jQuery

Angular

Get a UI component Instance in Angular

Vue

Get a UI component Instance in Vue

React

Get a UI component Instance in React

onOptionChanged

A function that is executed after a UI component property is changed.

Selector: @option-changed

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

OptionChangedEvent

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
value	any	The modified property's new value.
previousValue	any	The UI component's previous value.
name	String	The modified property if it belongs to the first level. Otherwise, the first-level property it is nested into.
fullName	String	The path to the modified property that includes all parent properties.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
component	Switch	The UI component's instance.

Default Value: null

The following example shows how to subscribe to component property changes:

jQuery

index.js

$(function() {
    $("#switchContainer").dxSwitch({
        // ...
        onOptionChanged: function(e) {
            if(e.name === "changedProperty") {
                // handle the property change here
            }
        }
    });
});

Angular

app.component.html

app.component.ts

app.module.ts

<dx-switch ...
    (onOptionChanged)="handlePropertyChange($event)"> 
</dx-switch>

import { Component } from '@angular/core'; 

@Component({ 
    selector: 'app-root', 
    templateUrl: './app.component.html', 
    styleUrls: ['./app.component.css'] 
}) 

export class AppComponent { 
    // ...
    handlePropertyChange(e) {
        if(e.name === "changedProperty") { 
            // handle the property change here
        }
    }
}

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'; 
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'; 
import { AppComponent } from './app.component'; 
import { DxSwitchModule } from 'devextreme-angular'; 

@NgModule({ 
    declarations: [ 
        AppComponent 
    ], 
    imports: [ 
        BrowserModule, 
        DxSwitchModule 
    ], 
    providers: [ ], 
    bootstrap: [AppComponent] 
}) 

export class AppModule { }

Vue

App.vue

<template> 
    <DxSwitch ...
        @option-changed="handlePropertyChange"
    />            
</template> 

<script>  
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css'; 
import DxSwitch from 'devextreme-vue/switch'; 

export default { 
    components: { 
        DxSwitch
    }, 
    // ...
    methods: { 
        handlePropertyChange: function(e) {
            if(e.name === "changedProperty") {
                // handle the property change here
            }
        }
    } 
} 
</script>

React

App.js

import React from 'react';  
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css'; 

import Switch from 'devextreme-react/switch'; 

const handlePropertyChange = (e) => {
    if(e.name === "changedProperty") {
        // handle the property change here
    }
}

export default function App() { 
    return ( 
        <Switch ...
            onOptionChanged={handlePropertyChange}
        />        
    ); 
}

onValueChanged

A function that is executed after the UI component's value is changed.

Selector: @value-changed

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

ValueChangedEvent

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
value	Object	The UI component's new value.
previousValue	Object	The UI component's previous value.
event	Event (jQuery or EventObject)	The event that caused the function to execute. It is an EventObject or a jQuery.Event when you use jQuery. This field is undefined if the value is changed programmatically.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
component	Switch	The UI component's instance.

Default Value: null

readOnly

Specifies whether the editor is read-only.

Selector: read-only

Type:

Default Value: false

rtlEnabled

Switches the UI component to a right-to-left representation.

Selector: rtl-enabled

Type:

DataGrid Demo Navigation UI Demo Editors Demo

Default Value: false

When this property is set to true, the UI component text flows from right to left, and the layout of elements is reversed. To switch the entire application/site to the right-to-left representation, assign true to the rtlEnabled field of the object passed to the DevExpress.config(config) method.

JavaScript

DevExpress.config({
    rtlEnabled: true
});

switchedOffText

Specifies the text displayed when the UI component is switched off.

Selector: switched-off-text

Type:

Default Value: 'OFF'

NOTE

The UI component may or may not display the text depending on the current theme.

switchedOnText

Specifies the text displayed when the UI component is switched on.

Selector: switched-on-text

Type:

Default Value: 'ON'

NOTE

The UI component may or may not display the text depending on the current theme.

tabIndex

Specifies the number of the element when the Tab key is used for navigating.

Selector: tab-index

Type:

Number

Default Value: 0

The value of this property will be passed to the tabindex attribute of the HTML element that underlies the UI component.

validationError

Information on the broken validation rule. Contains the first item from the validationErrors array.

Selector: validation-error

Type: any

Default Value: null

validationErrors

An array of the validation rules that failed.

Selector: validation-errors

Type:

Array<any>

Default Value: null

validationMessageMode

Specifies how the message about the validation rules that are not satisfied by this editor's value is displayed.

Selector: validation-message-mode

Type:

ValidationMessageMode

Default Value: 'auto'

The following property values are possible:

auto
The tooltip with the message is displayed when the editor is in focus.
always
The tooltip with the message is not hidden when the editor loses focus.

validationMessagePosition

Specifies the position of a validation message relative to the component. The validation message describes the validation rules that this component's value does not satisfy.

Selector: validation-message-position

Type:

Position

Default Value: 'bottom'

The following example positions a validation message at the component's right:

jQuery

index.js

$(function() {
    $("#switchContainer").dxSwitch({
        // ...
        validationMessagePosition: 'right'
    }).dxValidator({
        validationRules: [{
            type: 'required',
            message: 'Required',
        }],
    });
});

Angular

app.component.html

<dx-switch ...
    validationMessagePosition="right">
    <dx-validator>
        <dxi-validation-rule
            type="required"
            message="Required"
        >
        </dxi-validation-rule>
    </dx-validator>
</dx-switch>

Vue

App.vue

<template>
    <DxSwitch ...
        validation-message-position="right"
    >
        <DxValidator>
            <DxRequiredRule message="Required" />
        </DxValidator>
    </DxSwitch>
</template>

<script>
    // ...
</script>

React

App.js

import React from 'react';
// ...

function App() {
    return (
        <Switch ...
            validationMessagePosition="right"
        >
            <Validator>
                <RequiredRule message="Required" />
            </Validator>
        </Switch>
    ); 

};
export default App;

validationStatus

Indicates or specifies the current validation status.

Selector: validation-status

Type:

ValidationStatus

Default Value: 'valid'

The following table illustrates the validation status indicators:

validationStatus	Indicator
`"pending"`
`"valid"`
`"invalid"`

When you assign "invalid" to validationStatus, you can also use the validationErrors array to set an error message as shown below:

jQuery

index.js

$(function() {
    const switch = $("#switchContainer").dxSwitch({
        // ...
    }).dxSwitch("instance");

    function setInvalidStatus(message) {
        switch.option({
            validationStatus: "invalid",
            validationErrors: [{ message: message }]
        });
    }
});

Angular

app.component.html

app.component.ts

<dx-switch
    [validationStatus]="validationStatus"
    [validationErrors]="validationErrors">
</dx-switch>

// ...
export class AppComponent {
    validationStatus: string = "valid";
    validationErrors: any;
    // ...
    setInvalidStatus(message) {
        this.validationStatus = "invalid";
        this.validationErrors = [{ message: message }];
    }
}

Vue

App.vue

<template>
    <DxSwitch ...
        :validation-status="validationStatus"
        :validation-errors="validationErrors"
    />
</template>

<script>
    // ...
    export default {
        // ...
        data() {
            return {
                validationStatus: "valid",
                validationErrors: []
            }
        },
        methods: {
            setInvalidStatus(message) {
                this.validationStatus = "invalid";
                this.validationErrors = [{ message: message }];
            }
        }
    }
</script>

React

App.js

import React, { useState } from 'react';
// ...

function App() {
    const [validationStatus, setValidationStatus] = useState("valid");
    const [validationErrors, setValidationErrors] = useState([]);

    const setInvalidStatus = message => {
        setValidationStatus("invalid");
        setValidationErrors([{ message: message }]);
    }

    return (
        <Switch
            validationStatus={validationStatus}
            validationErrors={validationErrors}
        />
    ); 

};
export default App;

value

A Boolean value specifying whether the current switch state is "On" or "Off".

Type:

Default Value: false

Raised Events: onValueChanged

View Demo

visible

Specifies whether the UI component is visible.

Type: