# Switch between two symbols

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/switch-between-two-symbols/6168>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 5, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/switch-between-two-symbols/6168 "2013-04-05T17:19:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![kwj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@kwj](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kwj)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/switch-between-two-symbols/6168/1 "2013-04-05T17:19:28Z")

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I am familiar with using style customizers to animate an image and using timers to change x/y coordinates to animate a symbol. One thing I can’t figure out an easy way to do is to animate by switching between two symbols from the symbol factory. So for instance, there are bubble 1 and bubble 2 symbols that I want to be visible and alternate between when a tag value is 1. I’m guessing there is a simple way to do this?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/switch-between-two-symbols/6168/2 "2013-04-05T17:42:22Z")

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Yes, you just need to bind the visible property of the symbols to an expression based on a timer. So let’s say you have two symbols and a timer. Your timer can go from 0 to 1 (bound of 2). The first one’s visible property can be bound to:`{Root Container.Timer.value} = 0`the second one should be:`{Root Container.Timer.value} = 1`