Should a toggle button show its current state or the state to which it will change? (ux.stackexchange.com)

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

My rule was generally Verbs show what the button will do, an adjective/description of a state will show what is currently happening.

I thought about it for a bit but Play/Pause is weird. In modern UIs the buttons follow this (⏸ appears when playing and ▶️ appears when paused) but thinking of video and audio hardware like VCRs and DVD players, you'd commonly see "▶️PLAY" and "⏸PAUSE" on the screen after pressing the button which is just feedback to show that the button press worked, but makes it more convoluted in my mind.

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