Using update_freq + drawing=off prevents script from running again

[vfosterm]

As soon as sketchybar -m --set <module> drawing=off is executed within a script that script will never run again despite the set update_freq.

Example items/vpn.sh

sketchybar -m --add item vpn right \
              --set vpn script="~/.config/sketchybar/plugins/vpn.sh"\
                        update_freq=15

example plugins/vpn.sh

#!/usr/bin/env sh
# VPN=$(scutil --nc list | grep Connected | sed -E 's/.*"(.*)".*/\1/')
VPN="$(ifconfig | grep "utun3")"
if [[ "$VPN" != "" ]]; then
  sketchybar -m --set vpn icon= drawing=on  
  echo "drawing enabled"
else
  sketchybar -m --set vpn drawing=off
  echo "drawing disabled"
fi

Script executes fine and works as expected when rerun from CLI.

Workaround in this case is to use icon.drawing instead of drawing. Not sure if this behaviour is as expected

[FelixKratz]

Check out the updates property in the docs: https://felixkratz.github.io/SketchyBar/config/items#scripting-properties

Most configs default to updates=when_shown, this disables scripts from running for items that are not shown.

Simply set it to updates=on:

sketchybar --set <name> updates=on