Trigger menu bar item is slower than send keyboard shortcut action

Bug Reports
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First of all, LOVE BTT.

So I tested ways to show/hide the Arc Browser sidebar with 2 top-level triggers:

  • 3-finger swipe right to show sidebar
  • 3-finger swipe left to hide sidebar

Then, tried 2 similar ways to execute them: trigger menu bar item and send keyboard shortcut. I find that using the send keyboard shortcut action (which is Cmd+S in Arc) runs faster and with no delay than using the trigger menu bar item action. Is that a limitation?

Already installed BTT processed priority helper tool, and set the trackpad 3-finger swipe sensitivity to 0.1, but not sure if that's relevant.

Anyway, I kinda prefer the trigger menu bar action item just to keep things consistent with the rest of my other stuff, but it's not really a big of a deal.

If it's a bug, I may change some of my actions to use send keyboard shortcut instead knowing it's faster/no delay. Thank you :slight_smile:

Affected input device:

  • MacBook Trackpad

Device information:

  • Type of Mac: MacBook Air M3 8GB
  • macOS version: Sonoma 14.6.1
  • BetterTouchTool version: 4.672
2

Keyboard shortcuts are the fastest way. All other mechanisms that involve scripting will be slightly slower. This is a technical limitation unfortunately.

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GOAT. Thank you for the response