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tilmanginzel / alfred-bluetooth-workflow

Yet another Alfred workflow to connect / disconnect Bluetooth devices
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On/Off switch would be nice #1

Closed mlisitski closed 5 years ago

mlisitski commented 5 years ago

Could you add On and Off states (to save battery when no need for BT).

tilmanginzel commented 5 years ago

Hi @mlisitski, yes that is a good idea. Currently blt {device} is used to (de)select a device. What would you recommend for the on/off switch? Maybe blt-toggle? Or explicitly blt-on/blt-off? I will try to find some time for this on the weekend.

mlisitski commented 5 years ago

If you could do both to change state, this would be a hit for BT Alfred workflow. I did search and could not find any workflow that toggle state and allows to connect devices at the same time): blt-toggle - invert current state. blt-on/blt-off - switch state.

tilmanginzel commented 5 years ago

Good idea, supporting both blt-toggle and blt-on/off should be the best approach. :)

tilmanginzel commented 5 years ago

Hey @mlisitski, I have added the commands to the latest release. Feel free to give it a try, would be great to know if it works for you! :)

mlisitski commented 5 years ago

Thanks, works. But, for some reason, I can use only "blt-". Surprisingly, it is even better as less typing ;)

tilmanginzel commented 5 years ago

Thanks for checking! Just to make sure that I understand you correctly: Do you mean by only using blt- that you select the specific entry afterwords via keyboard/mouse/shortcut?

While I agree that this is much faster than to type the full command, there is still a minor usability issue: Currently, when you type blt-on, blt-off or blt-toggle the command is executed immediately, without the need to press enter. From a user perspective this is really weird and annoying, so I still have to find a solution for this. I will keep digging in a few days maybe. ;)

mlisitski commented 5 years ago

Thanks for checking! Just to make sure that I understand you correctly: Do you mean by only using blt- that you select the specific entry afterwords via keyboard/mouse/shortcut? Yes. When I type blt-on, blt-off or blt-toggle it opens google and not a command. Also, blt-toggle could be switched to blt-t (faster)

tilmanginzel commented 5 years ago

blt-toggle could be switched to blt-t

Good idea, I will keep this in mind for the next release.

When I type blt-on, blt-off or blt-toggle it opens google and not a command.

If you press enter quite fast, Google opens. But the command is still executed. As I mentioned, the commands executes immediately as soon as its typed (without pressing enter), the command then disappears and Google Search is pre-selected.

I will look into this, as it's pretty annoying.

tilmanginzel commented 5 years ago

@mlisitski I will close this issue now as blt-on, blt-off and blt-toggle commands are implemented. The usability issue mentioned above is also fixed in v0.4.0.