Hi,
Until the native feature is present, i would like to share how to put some "little" animated gif as an icon on a widget button...
# Using ImageMagick
# convert animation.gif /tmp/test/target.png
# On Widget set the execution delay on 0.1 and set "show only icon"
tell application "BetterTouchTool"
set numFrames to 10
set startFrame to 0
set basePath to "/tmp/test/"
set baseName to "target-"
set extension to ".png"
# uuid - https://docs.bettertouchtool.net/docs/apple_script.html
set widgetId to "A49899D3-ED6F-4EC5-B9C2-CC0E8E09CDA8"
set varName to "anim-" & baseName & "frame"
try
set frame to ((get_number_variable varName) as integer)
on error
set frame to startFrame
end try
if frame > numFrames then
set frame to startFrame
end if
set_persistent_number_variable varName to frame + 1
set fileName to baseName & (frame as string) & extension
set fullFilePath to basePath & fileName
update_touch_bar_widget widgetId text " " icon_path fullFilePath
end tell
Now we need to customize the script. First grab the UUID of the component using the "right click" over the new component (to obtain the context menu) and select the "Copy UUID..." option.
Edit the script (double click on the component) and replace (paste) the new UUID on the "widgetId" variable.
Configure the other variables:
numFrames = The number of frames of the animated gif (see how many files generate after the convert command execution, in our example is 31)
startFrame = The first frame you want to show (normally is 0)
basePath = The location of your frame files (make sure you put the last backslash)
baseName = The base name for the images-frames generated by the convert command (in our example is "awesome-")
Last, set the "Show only icon" on the "Appearence & Settings" properties of the button... and play with the rest as you like...
and save into any folder (example: /tmp/myGifs/awesome.gif)
