Hierarchical floating menu template

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Does anyone have a template like this that they could share here?

I don't have a specific idea in mind. A system that has proven itself for you. It would need to have a main menu with submenus. Something you can start with if you want to customize it for yourself without having to start from scratch. Thank you very much!

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I could share this menu that I have been using myself (in some forms), it doesn't contain submenus but is still kind of hierarchical by displaying additional floating menus around the main menu:

If that kind of stuff is also interesting I'll prepare a sharable version

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That would be great. I could really use that. Assuming I figure out how it works. Thank you!

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Could you share your menu when you get a chance?

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Sorry I didn't get to create a simple version of this yet.
Here is my menu, but this is quite specific and I use this a lot for experimentation which is why it requires the latest alpha 5.804 (and maybe also a relative current macOS - not sure whether this will work on older macOS)

This preset shows the menu when pressing ctrl+opt+cmt+x:
fancy_hierarchical_menu.bttpresetzip (806.3 KB)

I'll create a tutorial on how to create these kind of menus sometime this week, that will make it more approachable. The main idea is to have one main menu that is being shown via some trigger, then have some more menus that are positioned relative to that main menu. To position a menu relative to some other menu these positioning options can be used:

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In my example the additional menus are shown when hovering specific items in the main menu via the "on hover" action category (others are hidden at the same time via the same "on hover" trigger)

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Some fancy stuff in this menu:

  • A dynamic clipboard manager menu that is basically a quick access for BTT's main clipboard manager
  • A folder widget that allows you to drop items on it that are then moved to your real downloads folder.
  • A dynamic spaces menu that highlights the currently active space and allows to switch spaces or move windows to specific spaces
  • Volume and brightness widgets that change volume / brightness when scrolling up/down
  • A basic "now playing / music control" widget
  • A kind of custom "dock" that shows some apps I have added, the background of the app items changes depending on whether that app is running

I'm currently working on making these advanced things more accessible, and this menu is something I use to test :slight_smile:

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Thanks for the preset @Andreas_Hegenberg it works with:
macOS: Sequoia (15.6.1)
BetterTouchTool: 5.804

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Thanks, Andreas, your menu works.

I can confirm that everything works perfectly with Ventura.

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The next BTT release will have something that should significantly ease floating menu setups: templates.

When adding a new floating menu you'll have the option to choose from a template, when doing that BTT shows a nice, modern list of common floating menu setups including screenshots and description. I'll make sure to include some hierarchical menu setups in the list (and you will be able to add your own templates)

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