Use dynamic values or BTT variables in HUD parameters?

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Hello team, thank you for making BTT. It is simply fantastic. I love it to bits.

Currently, I am using “Show HUD” upon “Active app did change” to show a small box telling me which app is being active.

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Yet, to make it even better, I am thinking of boxing the active window (focused window). Say, the active window will have a red line going around it.

To achieve that, I believe some new features would need to be implemented:

  • Transparent background option for HUD.
  • Dynamic value for HUD size and position parameters. Something like below.

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Would it be possible and would it be something nice to have? Or, if it is there already, please instruct me of how to use such values.

Thank you.

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the hud is not great for that, but you could probably use a floating menu. Here is an example that always draws a border around the currently focused window (requires v6.201 alpha):

red-window-border.bttpreset (10.1 KB)

If that is approximately what you need it can probably be adapted to your exact needs

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This is just lovely. And it is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you, Andreas.