Changing ShellScript menubar icon based on script?

Feature Requests
1

Can this just be

{"text":"Mic Off","icon_name":"mic.slash"}

Instead of having to input the SF Symbol in base 64 for example?

I initially wanted to make it toggle mute the mic (On Click) with this script:

#!/bin/bash

# Get the current input volume
current_volume=$(osascript -e 'input volume of (get volume settings)')

# Check if the input volume is 0
if [ "$current_volume" -eq 0 ]; then
    # Set the input volume to 100
    osascript -e 'set volume input volume 100'
    # Return JSON for "Mic on" with the mic icon
    echo '{"text":"Mic ✅","icon_name":"mic"}'
else
    # Set the input volume to 0
    osascript -e 'set volume input volume 0'
    # Return JSON for "Mic off" with the mic.slash icon
    echo '{"text":"Mic ❌","icon_name":"mic.slash"}'
fi

But I'm currently using this
#!/bin/bash current_volume=$(osascript -e 'input volume of (get volume settings)') [ "$current_volume" -eq 0 ] && echo "🔘" || echo "🟡"

Is there a setting to make it run the script on click? or should I add an action for it to work?

Thaanks :slight_smile:

2

The relevant variables are called:
"sf_symbol_name"
"sf_symbol_size"
"sf_symbol_weight"

(only sf_symbol_name is mandatory if I remember correctly)

To run on click, add the script as action as well. To update any item from some action you can use Apple Script like this:

tell application "BetterTouchTool" to update_menubar_item "6C734160-8671-4BB5-A891-E2C5031DF513" text "test" sf_symbol_name "mic.slash"
3

Amazing!

Thaanks

How can I change the icon and background colors?
sf_symbol_color?

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Also, "sf_symbol_name" is not here..

4

Ah I need to update that.

The sf symbol color should follow the font color ("font_color") bakground color is "bakground_color"

5

tell application "BetterTouchTool" to update_menubar_item "E867528A-13CA-4297-8347-8892B633F7E8" sf_symbol_name "mic" font_color "255, 255, 0, 255"

Didn't work for me like this..

6

what happens when you execute it? If you haven't already configured a size for the sf icon, also provide that (sf_symbol_size )

7

Nothing happens, it doesn't work..

tell application "BetterTouchTool" to update_menubar_item "E867528A-13CA-4297-8347-8892B633F7E8" sf_symbol_name "mic" font_color "255, 255, 0, 255" sf_symbol_size 22

Same for this :point_up_2:

Full Script:

if input volume of (get volume settings) = 0 then
    set volume input volume 100
	tell application "BetterTouchTool" to update_menubar_item "E867528A-13CA-4297-8347-8892B633F7E8" sf_symbol_name "mic" font_color "255, 255, 0, 255" sf_symbol_size 22
else
    set volume input volume 0
	tell application "BetterTouchTool" to update_menubar_item "E867528A-13CA-4297-8347-8892B633F7E8" sf_symbol_name "mic.slash"
end if
8

Ah sorry, the font_color can indeed not be updated via apple script yet. I'll add that. The rest of your script seems to work fine

9

Got it!

Thaanks

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What does Execute the script every = 0 in here mean?
And how can I stop it from running? Tried just removing the 0 and it's not working..

10

0 means it's not repeating, basically only triggers on initial load

11

When it's 0 for me here, it's basically instant.

I went to the sound settings, and when I change the volume of my mic, I see it change instantly in the menubar..

when I set it to 5, it updates every 5 sec, when I try to remove the 5, it goes back to 0 but keeps triggering every 5 sec

When I click the down arrow until it reaches 0, it's basically instant.

How can I stop it so it doesn't auto run..?

12

Any value less than or equal to 0 should cause it to only run on initialization. (I just confirmed by adding a say "hello" to the script

Maybe set it to -1 to be sure

13

I've disabled then enabled the trigger on BTT and now it's working as expected. :+1:
Looks like it was just getting stuck in the previous config of the trigger..