Process not detected by conditional activation group

Bug Reports
#1

Describe the bug
I own a process called "Barre" but it is not detected by aditional activation group. Nothing happens when I enable 3 Finger swipe down

Affected input device (e.g. MacBook Trackpad, Magic Mouse/Trackpad, Touch Bar, etc.):
Macbook Air

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Device information:

  • Type of Mac: Macbook air
  • macOS version: 10.13.6
  • BetterTouchTool version: 2.6

Additional information (e.g. StackTraces, related issues, screenshots, workarounds, etc.):

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#2

This app probably doesn't trigger a "context switch" when it becomes active, therefore BTT won't be notified when it becomes active.

What kind of app is this?

#3

I tried with many processname : Safari, Finder : same problem except with BetterTouchTool :slight_smile:

#4

Weird this should work fine.
Just in case there is a misunderstanding: The gestures/triggers will only be activated if the process is the front-most one. So if you configure it to match Safari, it will only activate them when Safari is front most.

#5

ok it works If Safari's window is selected.

#6

So if application (Barre, Bartender, etc.) is a "menu extra app" without window, how BTT can detect it ?

#7

It currently can't unless the app makes itself the active process :slight_smile:

I could add window title observation for the system ui, but currently I think this would cost too much performance.

The process matching function is mostly useful for java apps etc. which are otherwise hard to configure in BTT.

#8

ok I understand

thanks.

#9

Do you think BTT can detect more type of triggers, such as SSID ?

#10

Yes future versions will add more triggers :wink: