Refresh button for items

ssalonen commented 2 years ago

The problem

In item view, it would be great to have button for sending REFRESH command to items.

Often when manipulating items the state can reset by itself. Easy access to REFRESH command would allow the user to get the state restored.

Your suggestion

Have a small refresh button for sending REFRESH command to the item.

Your environment

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timestamp: 2022-08-24T04:42:29.315Z

Additional information

rkoshak commented 2 years ago

I like it but not all bindings support the REFRESH command. I worry about unexpected behavior and complaints along the lines of "I click refresh on my Zwave Items and it works as expected but when I do it for MQTT Items nothing happens." That's not an argument against the feature itself, just something that needs to be accounted for.

niwla23 commented 2 years ago

I like it but not all bindings support the REFRESH command. I worry about unexpected behavior and complaints along the lines of "I click refresh on my Zwave Items and it works as expected but when I do it for MQTT Items nothing happens." That's not an argument against the feature itself, just something that needs to be accounted for.

I think best option would be to just disable it then (graying it out, no click cursor) or not showing it at all

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