Simply that, I'd like BTT to be able to support the Alpha channel for TouchBar Presets, just for aesthetic reasons.
As a stretch, it would be great if a new group: an 'overlay' group could be made. Instead of replacing the previously-opened group, it dims that group and overlays it. That would be great for touchbar popup menus like my recent iTunes widget improvements:
(i had to duplicate and dim the entire group to achieve that effect, it still isn't completeley to my idea but its ok right now)
Specialised Options:
Close when Tapping Blank Spaces
Align the (dropdown/textbox : Button in this group) button in this group with the button (dropdown/textbox / select a button in the previous group) of the previous group. (this makes it easier to make things appear to pop out of existing buttons.)
if that option is set, buttons set to stick to right will stick to the right of that button, same for left. e.g:
Sorry, unfortunately dimming doesn't work with the current implementation and would add so much complexity - it's not feasible. Maybe if Apple at some point provides a real API for Touch Bar customization (unlikely haha)
I guess very similar results can be made with long translucent strips over the whole thing, paired with painstaking absolute alignments anyway.
I see a problem though, there isn’t a way to adjust the z-height (overlay order) of the buttons. Maybe you could make it that if the background is translucent it renders over the buttons.
Example: trying to have a translucent button at the start of the list and pulling all buttons behind it using negative “free space after button” pulls them in front of it
(unlikely haha)