add support to other custom variables beside the 3 BTT internal customVariables

Feature Requests
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is it possible to have support to other custom variables beside the 3 BTT internal customVariable in conditional group activation ?

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any updates ?

3

atm the only way around i could think of is

  • create a fixed size group of 0 and make it hidden
  • have a button or a widget that opens that group "open touch bar group"
  • have ur conditional activation group condition as "active touch bar group is" the group name
4

what exactly are you trying to do? You can set the three custom variables via Apple Script if that helps

5

yes but what happens if they are already taken ?

6

then you would really need more, or store multiple flags into one variable :slight_smile: Problem is, the BTT rule editor is currently not dynamic at all, but maybe I can just add some more custom variables.

I’d be interested in your usecase for this

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Problem is, the BTT rule editor is currently not dynamic at all,

:pleading_face::man_facepalming:

I’d be interested in your usecase for this

basically so we dont have to do the group activation hack example, instead u set a custome variable according to the case you are working with & have a conditional group with some extra functionality that activates when that variable changes.

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actually i think we could already have away of using the current custom variables with contains instead of is something similar to list of running processes contains and u would give it the variable json ex.

{"some_custom_variable": "some_value"}

but it would be very helpful if you could include a new scripting function that does all the needed work (get / set / remove) behind the scenes to modify the main variable without affecting anything else under it so its accessible for users to work with

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Chiming in here - I use a smart home system to sync variables between my Mac, and am often setting contexts on my Mac based on smart home sensors (like - in office, outside, in car).

I've had to use the static customVariable2 and the others (there are 5 static ones I can use) because even though I can set persistent variables like this:

http://localhost:57109/set_persistent_string_variable/?variableName=vpn&to=on

They DON'T appear in the CAG editor conditions :frowning:

Would love if we could use custom ones dynamically (persistent or not).

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@Andreas_Hegenberg any updates? CAGs still only have access to read customVariable1 through customVariable5, even though

set_persistent_string_variable let's you set anything like customVariable6, etc.

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I desperately need CAG to read additional variables... why the arbitrary limit? Any workaround ideas?

I need to trigger stuff when customVariable6 changes from "on" to "off" and vice-versa.

Thanks.