Hi. I want to change around the lights that are controlled by two wall switches that are side by side at my daughter's house. Right now, one switch controls both the outside door light and the light inside the entry. The other switch right next to it controls the garage light only. It makes more sense to us to have both outdoor lights on one switch, and have the inside entry light by itself on the other switch. That way my daughter doesn't have to light her entry (and herself) when looking out to see who is at the door.

I've hung and wired a lot of ceiling fixtures, but I've only replaced a couple of switches before. I'm wondering how the switch which now controls two fixtures has the wires connected? Like, do those two sets of wires get typically pigtailed together before the switch? Or how is that generally done? I just want to have it in my head how it works so I know what to look for.

Also is it pretty obvious generally to figure out which of the two hot wires go with which of the neutral wires when the switch is controlling two fixtures?

Thanks, Nancy