# Dashboard 2 - is there a simple way to configure button so that it toggles

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**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [10 September 2024 06:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-is-there-a-simple-way-to-configure-button-so-that-it-toggles/90830 "2024-09-10T06:13:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [15 September 2024 16:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/dashboard-2-is-there-a-simple-way-to-configure-button-so-that-it-toggles/90830/11 "2024-09-15T16:29:57Z")

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> [@Paul-Reed](#):
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> It feels like the button & switch nodes are starting to merge into just one node, that fulfills both node's functionality...

Which makes me nervous. I think, given also the discussion/comments in the issue too, I may make a call for there to be a 3rd party `button-state` node again. The lines are blurring too much for my liking, and having a simple "button" or "switch" then becomes configuration-overload.

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