Open Specific Group/Trigger Folder (or a specific Trigger) in BetterTouchTool app

Configuration Help & General Discussion
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Hi @Andreas_Hegenberg , Is there a way to open a specific folder containing triggers, or a specific trigger itself, in BetterTouchTool app? e.g., I want to open my “window arrangement” folder which has all my window snapping presets.

I'm not saying I want to “trigger” that preset, but I want to open the preset in BetterTouchTool so I can configure it. Sometimes the presets are very deep inside the app and difficult to find/remember where you configured them. Anyway, I can copy or create such a deep link and just go directly to that trigger/preset?

something like

btt://<OPEN IN BTT APP>/?trigger_name=MonitorArrangement

e.g.,

open my “Hot Corners” trigger folder in BTT.

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you can use reveal_element_in_ui:

tell application "BetterTouchTool" to reveal_element_in_ui "39CDAF30-98BB-4F54-B87F-273B6081149E" end tell

btt://reveal_element_in_ui/?uuid=xxxxx

It only works with UUIDs (you can get them by right-clicking your trigger/group in BTT)

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Thanks @Andreas_Hegenberg .

As an aside, is there an easy to to create window arrangements? Like saving a specific window arrangement (with name) and restoring it….without opening BTT everyt ime

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you mean saving the positions of your currently open windows?

You can do it with the "save current window layout" action. If you want to name it, you can add the "ask for input" action before and use the specified variable as name (in curly braces)

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Where is the “Save Window Layout” stored, and how can I restore it? I see the option to “restore by name”, but I might not remember the exact name. Can BTT show a list of all my saved layouts so I can pick from them?

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@Andreas_Hegenberg sorry about buzzing you but any way to get the saved window layout to show up automatically in BTT? or enable them via URL or some other handle?

Use case:

  • use keyboard shortcut to save a layout with name
  • apply that layout without having to open BTT and create another “Restore window layout” trigger. this requires exactly remembering the name of the layout and doing this manual step or creating another trigger. If there’s a way it can show up in any menu or via API or some other place? Best would be it shows up in the menu bar menus.

This might avoid me getting another app (Moom) specifically for this feature - Save and restore layout.