# How do you make a toggle
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-you-make-a-toggle/69431
**Category:** General
**Created:** [22 October 2022 19:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-you-make-a-toggle/69431 "2022-10-22T19:59:29Z")
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### Author:  [@ygreq](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ygreq)
#### Post date: [22 October 2022 19:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-you-make-a-toggle/69431/1 "2022-10-22T19:59:29Z")
Hi folks!
I have a momentary button seen as a binary sensor in Home Assistant that turns ON when I press it and OFF when I don't. I want to make a toggle out of it to toggle on and off only when I press the button. And thus to turn on and off a device.
I managed to filter out the ONs using a switch node but no idea how to make the ON inputs into a toggle.
Any suggestions?
Thank you!!
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### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [22 October 2022 20:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-you-make-a-toggle/69431/2 "2022-10-22T20:15:01Z")
You would save the toggle position in a context variable, then in a change node with JSONata or a function node and javascript, alternate the saved value and save the new value.
eg.
```auto
[{"id":"8a9d0c48438c6c7d","type":"inject","z":"366a43adb328cf95","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"1","payloadType":"num","x":250,"y":980,"wires":[["c0a46a18812e14e5"]]},{"id":"c0a46a18812e14e5","type":"change","z":"366a43adb328cf95","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"switch_toggle","tot":"flow"},{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"$$.payload = 1 ? 0 : 1","tot":"jsonata"},{"t":"set","p":"switch_toggle","pt":"flow","to":"payload","tot":"msg"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":420,"y":980,"wires":[["afed0c6bfa9fbd91"]]},{"id":"afed0c6bfa9fbd91","type":"debug","z":"366a43adb328cf95","name":"debug 93","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":600,"y":980,"wires":[]}]
```
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### Author:  [@ygreq](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ygreq)
#### Post date: [22 October 2022 22:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-you-make-a-toggle/69431/3 "2022-10-22T22:21:41Z")
Ah! Wow! I expected to be simpler.
Thank you so much!!
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### Author:  [@edje11](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/edje11)
#### Post date: [23 October 2022 09:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-you-make-a-toggle/69431/4 "2022-10-23T09:49:49Z")
Have a look at the toggle node.
> **[node-red-contrib-toggle](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-toggle)**
>
> Toggle switch node for Node-red
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### Author:  [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)
#### Post date: [23 October 2022 10:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-you-make-a-toggle/69431/5 "2022-10-23T10:15:22Z")
Here is same thing in a low code format.
```auto
[{"id":"8a9d0c48438c6c7d","type":"inject","z":"452103ea51141731","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"1","payloadType":"num","x":150,"y":900,"wires":[["f9b8159331935ddf"]]},{"id":"f9b8159331935ddf","type":"switch","z":"452103ea51141731","name":"","property":"toggle","propertyType":"flow","rules":[{"t":"eq","v":"on","vt":"str"},{"t":"else"}],"checkall":"true","repair":false,"outputs":2,"x":310,"y":900,"wires":[["2bccb9df7b263c05"],["23e38ca2c86b5088"]]},{"id":"2bccb9df7b263c05","type":"change","z":"452103ea51141731","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"off","tot":"str"},{"t":"set","p":"toggle","pt":"flow","to":"off","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":500,"y":880,"wires":[["afed0c6bfa9fbd91"]]},{"id":"23e38ca2c86b5088","type":"change","z":"452103ea51141731","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"on","tot":"str"},{"t":"set","p":"toggle","pt":"flow","to":"on","tot":"str"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":500,"y":920,"wires":[["afed0c6bfa9fbd91"]]},{"id":"afed0c6bfa9fbd91","type":"debug","z":"452103ea51141731","name":"debug 93","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":700,"y":900,"wires":[]}]
```
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### Author:  [@ygreq](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ygreq)
#### Post date: [23 October 2022 12:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-you-make-a-toggle/69431/6 "2022-10-23T12:13:09Z")
I did. I did not quite understand how to make it work. I will have another look then.
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)
#### Post date: [23 October 2022 12:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-you-make-a-toggle/69431/7 "2022-10-23T12:53:26Z")
I wrote this tutorial some years ago for my IoT students.
It explains how to create 'on and off' buttons, 'toggle' buttons, 'buttons that count', etc..
[http://www.resources-area.co.uk/node-red-flows/having\_fun\_with\_buttons.pdf](http://www.resources-area.co.uk/node-red-flows/having_fun_with_buttons.pdf)
There is a link on the last page of the tutorial that will take you to the Node-RED flow.
I hope you find the tutorial useful.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [6 November 2022 12:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-do-you-make-a-toggle/69431/8 "2022-11-06T12:54:23Z")
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