Getting Started with Blazor Toggle Switch Button Component

24 Dec 20257 minutes to read

This section briefly explains about how to include Blazor Toggle Switch Button component in a Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and the .NET CLI.

To get start quickly with Blazor Toggle Switch Button component, refer to this GitHub sample.

Prerequisites

Create a new Blazor App in Visual Studio

Create a Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio via Microsoft Templates or the Syncfusion® Blazor Extension. For detailed instructions, refer to the Blazor WASM App Getting Started documentation.

Blazor WASM Create Project Template

Install Syncfusion® Blazor Buttons and Themes NuGet in the App

To add the Blazor Toggle Switch Button component in the app, open the NuGet package manager in Visual Studio (Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Manage NuGet Packages for Solution), then search and install Syncfusion.Blazor.Buttons and Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes. Alternatively, run the following commands in the Package Manager Console to achieve the same.

Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.Buttons -Version 32.1.19
Install-Package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -Version 32.1.19

NOTE

Syncfusion® Blazor components are available in nuget.org. Refer to the NuGet packages topic for the available NuGet packages list with component details.

Prerequisites

Create a new Blazor App in Visual Studio Code

Create a Blazor WebAssembly App using Visual Studio Code via Microsoft Templates or the Syncfusion® Blazor Extension. For detailed instructions, refer to the Blazor WASM App Getting Started documentation.

Alternatively, create a WebAssembly application by using the following command in the integrated terminal(Ctrl+`).

dotnet new blazorwasm -o BlazorApp
cd BlazorApp

Install Syncfusion® Blazor Buttons and Themes NuGet in the App

  • Press Ctrl+` to open the integrated terminal in Visual Studio Code.
  • Ensure in the project root directory where the .csproj file is located.
  • Run the following command to install the Syncfusion.Blazor.Buttons and Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes NuGet packages and ensure all dependencies are installed.
dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.Buttons -v 32.1.19
dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -v 32.1.19
dotnet restore

NOTE

Syncfusion® Blazor components are available in nuget.org. Refer to the NuGet packages topic for the available NuGet packages list with component details.

Prerequisites

Install the latest version of .NET SDK. If the .NET SDK is already installed, determine the installed version by running the following command in a command prompt (Windows), terminal (macOS), or command shell (Linux).

dotnet --version

Create a Blazor WebAssembly App using .NET CLI

Run the following command to create a new Blazor WebAssembly App in a command prompt (Windows) or terminal (macOS) or command shell (Linux). For detailed instructions, refer to this Blazor WASM App Getting Started documentation.

dotnet new blazorwasm -o BlazorApp
cd BlazorApp

Install Syncfusion® Blazor Buttons and Themes NuGet in the App

To add the Blazor Toggle Switch Button component to the application, run the following commands in a command prompt (Windows), command shell (Linux), or terminal (macOS) to install the Syncfusion.Blazor.Buttons and Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes NuGet packages. See Install and manage packages using the dotnet CLI for more details.

dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.Buttons -Version 32.1.19
dotnet add package Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes -Version 32.1.19
dotnet restore

NOTE

Syncfusion® Blazor components are available in nuget.org. Refer to the NuGet packages topic for the available NuGet packages list with component details.

Add Import Namespaces

Open the ~/_Imports.razor file and import the Syncfusion.Blazor and Syncfusion.Blazor.Buttons namespaces.

@using Syncfusion.Blazor
@using Syncfusion.Blazor.Buttons

Register Syncfusion® Blazor Service

Register the Syncfusion® Blazor Service in the ~/Program.cs file of the Blazor WebAssembly App.

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.Hosting;
using Syncfusion.Blazor;

var builder = WebAssemblyHostBuilder.CreateDefault(args);
builder.RootComponents.Add<App>("#app");
builder.RootComponents.Add<HeadOutlet>("head::after");

builder.Services.AddScoped(sp => new HttpClient { BaseAddress = new Uri(builder.HostEnvironment.BaseAddress) });

builder.Services.AddSyncfusionBlazor();
await builder.Build().RunAsync();
....

Add stylesheet and script resources

The theme stylesheet and script can be accessed from NuGet through Static Web Assets. Include the stylesheet and script references within the <head> section of the ~/index.html file.

<head>
    <!-- ... -->
    <link href="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Themes/bootstrap5.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="_content/Syncfusion.Blazor.Core/scripts/syncfusion-blazor.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

NOTE

Check out the Blazor Themes topic to discover various methods (Static Web Assets, CDN, and CRG) for referencing themes in Blazor application. Also, check out the Adding Script Reference topic to learn different approaches for adding script references in Blazor application.

Add Blazor Toggle Switch Button component

Add the Syncfusion® Blazor Toggle Switch Button component in the ~/Pages/Index.razor file.

<label for="checked" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 0">USB Tethering</label>

<SfSwitch @bind-Checked="isChecked"></SfSwitch>

@code {
    private bool isChecked = true;
}
  • Press Ctrl+F5 (Windows) or ⌘+F5 (macOS) to launch the application. This will render the Syncfusion® Blazor Toggle Switch Button component in the default web browser.
Blazor Toggle Switch Button Component

Setting On and Off Text

On and Off text can be set using OnLabel and OffLabel properties of Toggle Switch Button component. In the following example, onLabel is set as ON and offLabel is set as OFF.

<SfSwitch @bind-Checked="isChecked" OnLabel="On" OffLabel="Off"></SfSwitch>

@code {
    private bool isChecked = true;
}

NOTE

Switch does not have text support for material themes, and does not support long custom text.

Blazor Toggle Switch Button With Label Sample

See also