How to customize HUD?

[Anurag_Kashyap]

I want to customize shape, size, position, background color, text color, emoji or SF symbol or png image- is there any way

Currently, it look like this

[Andreas_Hegenberg]

you can use the predefined action "show hud", it offers more options!

[Anurag_Kashyap]

can i change its shape? from square to rectangle or circle?

[Andreas_Hegenberg]

no that is not possible, if you want full control you can set up some floating menu with the style you need and show that using the predefined action "show floating menu", then hide it again after some delay

[Anurag_Kashyap]

is there a way so that the text not stick to bottom of hud overlay box and can be in vertically centre

[Andreas_Hegenberg]

that's the default (unless you add some empty lines above)

[Anurag_Kashyap]

I am getting this, the text won’t center vertically. (v6.176) (no empty lines there)

HUD Width 135
HUD Height 50

Text size 18

font Arial

[Andreas_Hegenberg]

works fine here

Are you sure you don't have an empty line above the copied link text? (Best copy & paste the HUD json here, then I can test)

[Anurag_Kashyap]

how to get that?

[Andreas_Hegenberg]

select & cmd+c (or right-click => copy)

[Anurag_Kashyap]

[
{
"BTTIsPureAction" : true,
"BTTPredefinedActionType" : 254,
"BTTPredefinedActionName" : "Show HUD Overlay",
"BTTHUDActionConfiguration" : "{"BTTIconConfigImageHeight":25,"BTTIconConfigIconType":1,"BTTActionHUDDisplayToUse":0,"BTTActionHUDOffsetX":0,"BTTIconConfigImage":null,"BTTActionHUDTitle":"","BTTIconConfigSFSymbolStyle":2,"BTTActionHUDDetail":"","BTTActionHUDDuration":1,"BTTIconConfigSFSymbolName":"link","BTTActionHUDHideWhenOtherHUDAppears":false,"BTTIconConfigIconColor1":"122.000000, 174.000005, 61.000000, 255.000000","BTTActionHUDBlur":true,"BTTActionHUDOffsetY":0,"BTTActionHUDHeight":50,"BTTActionHUDBackground":"0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000","BTTActionHUDAttributedTitle":"{\\rtf1\\ansi\\ansicpg1252\\cocoartf2822\n\\cocoatextscaling0\\cocoaplatform0{\\fonttbl\\f0\\fswiss\\fcharset0 ArialMT;}\n{\\colortbl;\\red255\\green255\\blue255;\\red0\\green0\\blue0;}\n{\\*\\expandedcolortbl;;\\cssrgb\\c0\\c0\\c0;}\n\\pard\\tx560\\tx1120\\tx1680\\tx2240\\tx2800\\tx3360\\tx3920\\tx4480\\tx5040\\tx5600\\tx6160\\tx6720\\pardirnatural\\qc\\partightenfactor0\n\n\\f0\\fs36 \\cf2 \\uc0\\u9989 Copied Link}","BTTActionHUDSlideDirection":0,"BTTActionHUDBorderWidth":0,"BTTIconConfigIconColor2":null,"BTTIconConfigResizeImage":0,"BTTIconConfigImageWidth":10,"BTTActionHUDPosition":0,"BTTIconConfigIconColor3":null,"BTTActionHUDWidth":135}",
"BTTOrder" : 116
}
]

[Andreas_Hegenberg]

Ah it got confused because a sfsymbol name was entered, try to paste this:

[
  {
    "BTTIsPureAction" : true,
    "BTTPredefinedActionType" : 254,
    "BTTPredefinedActionName" : "Show HUD Overlay",
    "BTTHUDActionConfiguration" : "{\"BTTIconConfigImageHeight\":25,\"BTTIconConfigIconType\":1,\"BTTActionHUDDisplayToUse\":0,\"BTTActionHUDOffsetX\":0,\"BTTIconConfigImage\":null,\"BTTActionHUDTitle\":\"\",\"BTTIconConfigSFSymbolStyle\":2,\"BTTActionHUDDetail\":\"\",\"BTTActionHUDDuration\":1,\"BTTActionHUDHideWhenOtherHUDAppears\":false,\"BTTIconConfigIconColor1\":\"122.000000, 174.000005, 61.000000, 255.000000\",\"BTTActionHUDBlur\":true,\"BTTActionHUDOffsetY\":0,\"BTTActionHUDHeight\":50,\"BTTActionHUDBackground\":\"0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000\",\"BTTActionHUDAttributedTitle\":\"{\\\\rtf1\\\\ansi\\\\ansicpg1252\\\\cocoartf2822\\n\\\\cocoatextscaling0\\\\cocoaplatform0{\\\\fonttbl\\\\f0\\\\fswiss\\\\fcharset0 ArialMT;}\\n{\\\\colortbl;\\\\red255\\\\green255\\\\blue255;\\\\red0\\\\green0\\\\blue0;}\\n{\\\\*\\\\expandedcolortbl;;\\\\cssrgb\\\\c0\\\\c0\\\\c0;}\\n\\\\pard\\\\tx560\\\\tx1120\\\\tx1680\\\\tx2240\\\\tx2800\\\\tx3360\\\\tx3920\\\\tx4480\\\\tx5040\\\\tx5600\\\\tx6160\\\\tx6720\\\\pardirnatural\\\\qc\\\\partightenfactor0\\n\\n\\\\f0\\\\fs36 \\\\cf2 \\\\uc0\\\\u9989  Copied Link}\",\"BTTActionHUDSlideDirection\":0,\"BTTActionHUDBorderWidth\":0,\"BTTIconConfigIconColor2\":null,\"BTTIconConfigResizeImage\":0,\"BTTIconConfigImageWidth\":10,\"BTTActionHUDPosition\":0,\"BTTIconConfigIconColor3\":null,\"BTTActionHUDWidth\":135}",
    "BTTOrder" : 1
  }
]

[Anurag_Kashyap]

thanks!! made a copy Link extension replacement

Uses apple script (blocking) to copy current tab url to clipboard and a pill shaped HUD in top right

copy link brave chrome safari.bttpreset (4.9 KB)

[Anurag_Kashyap]

@Andreas_Hegenberg Is there a way to stop retriggering same action, if keys pressed twice or thrice, I want if previous action is going on- don’t trigger same again in meanwhile?

I have a keyboard shortcut to trigger applescript that to custom ocr with cleanshot x

turning on recursive trigger- make me 1 ocr at a time, but it keep popping (is it a bug?)

[Andreas_Hegenberg]

If you generally don't want keyboard shortcuts sent by BTT to trigger BTT shortcuts you can enable this option:

Otherwise you can add the "Ignore / Disable Trigger Actions For X Seconds" action at the beginning of your action sequence: