# #controls

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Page: https://videotomd.com/t/controls/
Briefs: 2

- [Test a UI control by its downstream effect](https://videotomd.com/b/text-local-test-controls-by-output-effect-013a01ef9967/index.md): Catch a picker that passes values through several layers but changes nothing.
- [Poll Listings With Control Gates](https://videotomd.com/b/text-local-poll-listings-with-control-gates-f742f0cb298e/index.md): Detect new candidates while keeping failed polls from corrupting state or producing misleading silence.