Use this/self trigger in scripts

Discussion & Questions
1

Hi,

How do I get the UUID of the pressed button?

Or more generally, how do I get the self or this object? I'd like to read the button's name and use it within the script of that trigger.

2

Right Click on the Button.

3

@Caliguvara - I am looking to programmatically get the pressed button's UUID (or object), not via the GUI.

Example:

buttonName = JSON.parse(BetterTouchTool.get_trigger("C9342C15-4E83-45DB-9CF0-5147C356622C"))["BTTTouchBarButtonName"]

That is the ID of the button that I'm actually pressing. I want to get that UUID programatically.

4

there is currently no way to do this because actions in BTT are not aware of their triggers. I’ll think about it, but not sure whether this can be changed.

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5

Ah ok - I'll have to hardcode everything in then :slight_smile: