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18.10.2008 20:14:34

How to add known commands into context menu

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I'd like to add certain actions into an Application's content menu that are already available in a standard behaviour, but I can't see a way to do it.

For example, since all of the available buttons have been mapped for Plex, I'd like to add the ability to 'Toggle Fullscreen' into the RB context menu so that I can just call up RB and enter/exit fullscreen by having it generate the the CMD-F key sequence.

I managed to set this up for one action last week by manually adding a new action (though I now can't find where I did it!) It didn't appear to be possible to just ad an action that already exists in the behaviour.

Am I overlooking something, or if not is it possible to request this enhancement for a future release?

Thanks for listening.

Tom

These entries from the FAQ may be relevant to this topic:

Behaviours

The installed application XY, for which a behaviour exists, does not turn up in Remote Buddy's menu. What should I do? (FAQ015E0160)
There are several possible error sources:
- The application has been installed after Remote Buddy has already been launched
  For efficiency reasons, Remote Buddy only searches for supported applications when its started. If you have installed an application after launching Remote Buddy, please quit Remote Buddy and launch it anew.
- Oudated program versions
  The installed version of the program in question could be outdated and identify itself with a different Bundle Identifier than the version supported by Remote Buddy. This problem often occurs with Mplayer OS X. The most recent version of that application is not to be found on Sourceforge but on directly on the pages of Mplayer HQ.
- Custom menus
  If you use a custom menu in Remote Buddy and you don't make use of Remote Buddy's smart folders, the menu structure is static. You have to manually add the behaviour into a place of your choice in the menu.
- The behaviour is deactivated.
  Make sure, the checkbox in front of the Behaviour's name in the Mappings pane of the preferences is active.
- The Launch Services database is outdated.
  Remote Buddy uses Launch Services to check for the availability of an application on your Mac. If the Launch Services database of OS X is incomplete or outdated, so is Remote Buddy's dynamically created menu. The solution, though is easy. Download LSRefresh, launch it, select the application(s) that don't turn up in Remote Buddy's menu, wait until the update is finished and then restart Remote Buddy.

Configuration

How do I add a new action to a Behaviour - f.ex. an emulated key press or AppleScript? (FAQ015E0153)
1) Open the Remote Buddy Preferences via the pulldown-menu and choose "Mapping".
2) Choose the mapping you want to modify.
3) Select "Custom actions" for the button you want to map to an action of your own.
4) Create the action you need using the appearing editor.

User

22.10.2008 10:58:17

Re: How to add known commands into context menu

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This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information.

Thanks for asking.

Right now, you can only add actions as menu items that are marked as
globally available. For the Plex Behaviour, none of the actions is
marked as globally available. Future releases will widen the
availability of actions of a Behaviour to all of them for their
respective context menu.

Regarding your own actions: you set up and manage these at Preferences

Mapping > "Name of Behaviour" > Custom actions (in the popup menu

for selecting actions). To make your own actions available in the

menu, you currently need to mark them as globally available.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

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