Current flow switches

[bonapardo]

Hi,

I have an existing circuit which sends a current one way if one button is pressed and the opposite way when another button is pressed. There is no current if nothing is pressed. I would like this arrangement to control two switches - i.e. activate one switch if the current passes one way, another switch if the current flows in reverse.

Sounds like a simple enough task. Is there a name for such a circuit? Something I can look up on the net?

Thanks in advance...

[bonapardo]

Maybe not a type of circuit, but a component...?