detect button clicks in any app

[ItsMikeE]

The release notes for the newly released version gives this as a new
feature (which seems potentially very powerful).

Is there any documentation or examples?

[Pent]

> The release notes for the newly released version gives this as a new
> feature (which seems potentially very powerful).
>
> Is there any documentation or examples?

There are some notes with the event (UI / Button Widget Clicked),
but it should be fairly self-explanatory.

It will detect any clicks unless you change one of the parameters to
restrict it in some way.

Pent

[ItsMikeE]

> but it should be fairly self-explanatory.

Maybe it is because I am a tasker newbie, but it does not seem self-
explanatory to me.

I do not see anywhere to specify which app the button is being clicked
in.

Has anyone got a simple example?

[Pent]

> > but it should be fairly self-explanatory.
>
> Maybe it is because I am a tasker newbie, but it does not seem self-
> explanatory to me.

Sorry :-)

> I do not see anywhere to specify which app the button is being clicked
> in.

In the profile list, just click on the event, click Add Context, App
and
select the app(s) you want to limit the button click detection to.

So:
App: XXX
Event: Button Widget Click
Task: Alert / Vibrate

Start with that first, then narrow it down.

Pent

[ItsMikeE]

Thanks.
I managed to set up an example (eventually) to see how it worked.

[Pent]

Great.

It's a bit fiddly, the use is limited. Sometimes things aren't really
buttons, but images with no 'text' label (like on the calculator app).

Pent

[dbs]

Can you post your example please? I'd like to learn more about this.

[AtrixMan]

i am confused here as well... does the "button widget clicked" have to work with an app?

[UncleMike]

No.  The "Button Widget Clicked" event does not include any parameters to specify an app.  I'm using it to detect pressing either "Dismiss all" or "Snooze all" when clearing a calendar event notification.  I have it specified as follows:

Priority: Normal

Label: Dismiss all/Snooze all

Button Type: Simple

Click Length: Any

New Button State: Any