Managing Modifier based visibility

[stephenhart]

I'm new to BetterTouchTool (3.04), and a to my 2019 MacBook Pro's Touch Bar.

To start with, I'm trying to recreate shortcuts I have used for many years and labelled on my iMac's keyboard. (Perhaps a bit idiosyncratic, but I'm used to them, and thought I'd start there.)

I've got some working, but have one problem.

I have three Touch Bar Buttons, cut, copy and paste.
On pressing shift, cut remains as is, copy switches to screenshot and paste switches to paste time. This works perfectly.
On pressing option, cut remains as is, copy should remain as is, and paste switches to paste date. The problem is that when I press option, copy disappears.

I know this has something to do with the Modifier based visibility (and possibly order), I think I've tried every possible combination, but I haven't solved the problem

Thanks for any tips.

My question seems to be related to this thread:

Ability to hide buttons with a modifier key

As well as being able to show buttons with a modifier key, I think a useful feature would be the ability to hide buttons using a modifier key. I have quite a few buttons locked to the left and right of the touch bar that are activated with the option key, leaving a vary small space for the scrollable container in the centre. This isn't a problem for global buttons as the modifier buttons replace the entire touchbar. But when app-specific buttons are being shown, these stay in the centre, leavin…

and this one:

Confused by new modifier based visibility options

Duplicating triggers is what I'm trying to avoid ... What does "Always show this button while BTT TouchBar is visible" do? I ask because it seems to be exactly what I'm after, but it doesn't appear to have any effect that I can see.