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JadenGeller
Global shortcut to hide/unhide Helium
I added a boss-alert :smile: https://github.com/JadenGeller/Helium/pull/75 @JadenGeller what do you think about it?
You can't use Command+H when Helium isn't frontmost. What is desired is a global shortcut (that will work in any other app and hopefully not clash with other shortcuts) that will always hide Helium. It's unclear that a global shortcut to show Helium is necessary as that isn't enough of an emergency to warrant a shortcut (maybe it would be reasonable to make the hide shortcut, when already hidden, show Helium).
So this app is for people watch video in work time and can hide it quickly from boss? :no_good:
Definitely not, but it could be useful to hide it via a keyboard shortcut nevertheless.
No @ryh , I don't think so because you aren't doing something illegal! But I think it could be helpful in emergency situations! It should be named "girlfriend alert" too :metal:
+1: This is actually what I thought would be the central feature here 😄 And it's not just useful for watching Netflix during work or what have you - in fact, I think of this feature being a boon to productivity.
I found this while searching for something like the overlays TotalTerminal/TotalFinder provide, but with a browser. Those things are extremely useful! You can show and hide them globally whenever you need them, they auto-hide on unfocus like normal windows, but you can pin them if you need them while working in another window simultaneously.
Example: I'm looking for something on StackOverflow and found a nice, but complex answer for my problem, so I want to try it out in an editor while being able to very quickly go back to the answer in my browser.
👍 Would be quite useful to be able to hide Helium at any times with a keyboard shortcut.
Here is the temporary solution:
Open Automator, select to create a Service, configure to have it receive no input in any application.
From the library, double-click Utilities » Run AppleScript and enter the following into the large text area:
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "System Events"
set names to name of application processes
if names contains "Helium" then
tell application process "Helium"
if visible then
tell application "Helium" to activate
key code 49
set visible to false
else
set visible to true
tell application "Helium" to activate
key code 49
end if
end tell
else
display dialog "Helium is not running"
end if
end tell
return input
end run
Save under any name. Assign a keyboard shortcut in System Preferences » Keyboard » Keyboard Shortcuts » Services.
It does the job :)
If anyone uses BetterTouchTool, it's also pretty easy to make an AppleScript that toggles hiding/unhiding Helium and binding that to anything you want. It would be a great feature to have built into the app though.
