input.bool

Offers the reader a true-or-false setting and hands back what they chose. One of eleven input functions, one per kind of control. Only defval is required.

input.bool(const bool defval, const string title, const string tooltip, const string inline, const string group, const bool confirm) → input bool
ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
defvalconst boolyesThe value the control starts at. Required.
titleconst stringnoThe label shown beside the control.
tooltipconst stringnoHelp text for the control.
inlineconst stringnoA key that puts several controls on one row. Controls sharing a key share a row.
groupconst stringnoA heading the control sits under.
confirmconst boolnoAsks the reader to confirm the value.

Returns input bool — An input bool. The input form is produced by the call, not written by you.

indicator("Colour switch")
plot(close, title = "Close", color = input.bool(true, "Use blue") ? color.blue : color.gray)

See also inputs · input.color · input.float · input.int

Part of the function index.

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