Widget not showing

StanN · February 25, 2026, 9:06pm

Hey @Andreas_Hegenberg I placed a swift file in '/Library/Application Support/BetterTouchTool/Plugins'

it got precessed but I can’t find it anywhere in BetterTouchTool config. Any idea where to look?

Andreas_Hegenberg · February 25, 2026, 9:08pm

In the floating menu item dropdown you'll have "Custom Widget Plugin"

There you can then select it:

I'll make this a bit easier tomorrow by having a separate plugin section in the standard selector

StanN · February 25, 2026, 9:18pm

Thx, found it:
How do you show it on the desktop? It's not in Edit Widgets:

Andreas_Hegenberg · February 25, 2026, 9:19pm

see

StanN · February 25, 2026, 9:41pm

added a named trigger with the timer widget. when run it repeatedly:

macOS: Sequoia (15.7.3)
BetterTouchTool: 6.210

Andreas_Hegenberg · February 25, 2026, 9:42pm

if possible please share the crashlog (console app crash report section).

Where exactly did you add a named trigger?

StanN · February 25, 2026, 9:45pm

For all apps

Andreas_Hegenberg · February 25, 2026, 9:47pm

I mean, did you add it as an action to the widget?

Like this?

Or something else?

StanN · February 25, 2026, 9:49pm

StanN · February 25, 2026, 9:50pm

send the console log by email

Andreas_Hegenberg · February 25, 2026, 9:52pm

wait, that named trigger triggers itself (resulting in millions of calls within seconds, eventually crashing BTT)

What are you trying to set up?

StanN · February 25, 2026, 9:58pm

I just want to show the widget on the desktop, I thought I try it tem. via a named trigger. I've tried the level setting but doesn’t seem to show the widget.

timer_widget.bttpreset (11.0 KB)

Andreas_Hegenberg · February 25, 2026, 10:04pm

Does the widget show in your floating menu in general? Just not on desktop?

StanN · February 25, 2026, 10:09pm

no also not there, but if pressed the preview

it shows:

Andreas_Hegenberg · February 25, 2026, 10:10pm

could you share the timer.swift you used? was it the example from my docs?

StanN · February 25, 2026, 10:12pm

yes it is, here is the file (.swift upload not allowed :

timer.swift.zip (1.2 KB)

Andreas_Hegenberg · February 25, 2026, 10:19pm

I think the maximum width and height of your floating menu item are set to 40px, maybe that causes it to not render correctly.

StanN · February 25, 2026, 10:29pm

played with the menu and item sizes:

clicking preview:

Andreas_Hegenberg · February 25, 2026, 10:31pm

great, then it works! (these plugins can unfortunately not be previewed for technical reasons thus the yellow/red warning sign). Because of that it will only work when really being rendered in the real menu).

Now you should be able to change the z-index.

StanN · February 25, 2026, 10:38pm

ok, thx for now to be continued tomorrow