Help assigning multiple actions (hover, press, longpress or modifier-based) to a single Floating Menu button

Floating Menus / Widgets
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Hi everyone,

I’m currently working on customizing my Floating Menus and was wondering if there’s a way to assign three different actions to the same button, based on how the interaction is made.

What I’d ideally like to achieve is:

  • One action when I click/release the button normally
  • A second action when I simply hover over the button
  • A third action when I long press the button

Alternatively, if that's not possible, I’d love to know if it’s feasible to trigger a third action by holding a modifier key like Shift while clicking the same button.

I’ve seen how scripting works using retrieveJSON() and how actions can be defined for standard, hover, and longpress, but I’m not sure if there's support for modifier keys (like Shift + Click) or if there’s a more reliable workaround for this kind of interaction logic.

Any tips, examples, or guidance would be deeply appreciated.
Thanks so much in advance for your help and for this amazing tool!

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Unfortunately long press is not yet available, but have a look at the possible action categories:

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Hi Andreas,

First of all, thank you so much for your quick response and for the amazing work you're doing with BTT — it's truly a brilliant tool.

I’ve started experimenting with the available action types, including the Actions Executed On Right Click option. However, I’m running into a problem:

When I assign an action to Right Click, the system context menu appears instead, and the assigned BTT action does notget triggered.

Is there a proper way to prevent the system/contextual menu from popping up so that the floating menu button can fully handle the right click?

I’d love to know if there’s a workaround or best practice for making the right click trigger work as expected.

Thanks again for your help, and I really appreciate any guidance you can share!

Best regards,