A snap action slide switch is provided having a contactor assembly engaging a common contact and selectively engaging one of a plurality of discrete contacts. A slider extends outwardly through a slot in a housing containing the contacts and has legs extending over the ends of a spring seated in the contactor assembly thereby biasing the contactor assembly to move with the slider. Projections on the contactor assembly engage notches on the housing to position the contactor assembly in engagement with a selected discrete contact and the common contact and to restrain the contactor assembly from movement with the slider. Movement of the slider relative to the contactor assembly compresses the spring and moves a cam depending from the slider into engagement with a cam surface on the contactor assembly. Relative movement between the cam and cam surface produces pivoting of the contactor assembly and removal of the projections from the notches permitting the force of the compressed spring to snap the contactor assembly into engagement with another of the discrete contacts.