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• Push: Sends a value of 1 and returns to 0. This mode requires bitmaps for "Bmp Off" and "Bmp On". If Hover is active, an additional bitmap "Bmp Off Hv" is required.
• OnOff: Sets a value of 1 when pressed,0 when pressed again. This mode requires bitmaps "Bmp Off", "Bmp Off Dn", "Bmp On", "Bmp On Dn". If Hover is active, the additional bitmaps "Bmp Off Hv" and Bmp On Hov" are required.
• On: In this mode, the switch can only be turned on. This mode is used in combination with other switches in radio groups. In this case, only one switch within the radio group can turn off another switch.
• Multiple: In this mode, the switch can step through multiple states each time that it is clicked. For each state, the bitmaps must refer to bitmap resources or sections that contain a vertically aligned subframe per state, comparable to an animation sequence, such as the one that is used in knob controls, for example.
• Increment: This mode allows you to increment the connected parameter value each time that the switch is clicked.
• Decrement: This mode allows you to decrement the connected parameter value each time that the switch is clicked.
• Exclusive: This mode allows you to use multiple switches as a radio group where only one switch is active at a time. An addtional property allows you to define the value that is sent when the switch is on. To configure a radio group, connect all participating switches to the same parameter and define the Onvalues for each switch.
• Hover: This mode allows you to switch directly from 0 to max (depending on the connected parameter) when hovering the switch without needing to click it.
• Hover Exclusive: This mode allows you to use multiple hover switches as a radio group where only one switch is active at a time. An additional property allows you to define the value that is sent when the switch is on. To configure a radio group, connect all participating switches to the same parameter and define the Onvalues for each switch. (Only available in HALion 6.3)

• Hover: Shows a dedicated bitmap when hovering the switch. A hover bitmap resource must be assigned.
• Shaped: The switch only reacts when you click the visible pixels, that is, the pixels with an alpha value > 0.
• Invert: Inverts the displayed bitmaps.
• Scalable: Activate this option if you want to be able to resize the switch. In that case, the assigned bitmap resources are resized according to their set scale mode. This also works if the switch is set to "multiple". In this case, the margin splitters are defined as for simple bitmaps, but the lower splitter must be set in the lowest subframe.
• Popup: This mode allows you to use a switch to open a template as a popup. (Only available in HALion 6.3)
• Clickthrough: Activate this option if you want the mouse click to be used by the switch but also to be forwarded to an underlying control. (Only available in HALion 6.4)

• Inside: Activate this option if you want the Popup to close when a click inside the template is performed. This can be used to create menu popups where the popup closes when a menu entry is selected, for example.
• Outside: Activate this option if you want the Popup to close when a click outside the template is performed (but within the area of the macro page). This can be used to close menu popups without the need to select one of the items, for example. If this option is deactivated, it can be used to create popups that remain visible until they are closed, for example, using a close switch on the popup.

(Only available with the Popup style and in HALion 6.3)

Here, you can specify where on the macro page the popup is shown. The options define the postion of the popup in relation to the switch.

• Place Left: The popup opens on the left side of the switch.
• Place Right: The popup opens on the right side of the switch.
• Place Left+Right: The popup opens horizontally centered.
• Place Above: The popup opens above the switch.
• Place Below: The popup opens below the switch.
• Place Above+Below: The popup opens vertically centered.

(Only available with the Popup style and in HALion 6.3)

Allows you to assign the bitmap that is used for the on state with the mouse button pressed.

Allows you to define the value that is sent when the switch is turned on. This option is only available in Exclusive mode. If you want to create a switch template that allows you to specify the Onvalue on a template instance level, you must export this property. Click the Export button on the right of the Onvalue field. Now, a switch template shows the additional Onvalue as a template parameter and you can use the switch template several times and configure each template instance individually.