What's The Correct Name For An Electrical Switch That Might Be Found...

[sandyRoe]

...near a headboard on a bed. One press of a button and you could turn the light off without having to get up.

[douglas9401]

A light switch?

[bednobs]

i never knew light switches had different names depending on their location!

[calmck]

My bedside lamp has a long cord that I just hook over the corner of the headboard

[Zacs-Master]

If you mean a light that you can turn on near the door and on/off from the bedside also, it’s just called a two-way switch.

[dave50]

A lazy Betty.