Bitbar: Feature Request: I want to be able to set the refresh time to less than a second, for example to 200ms

Created on 20 Nov 2017 · 6Comments · Source: matryer/bitbar

By having a faster refresh time suddenly bitbar becomes a great way to get feedback from macros or commands that otherwise would require a full blown macOS notification (one of those popups that appear on the right side of the screen).

It will serve as a subtle way to display notifications or errors from your commands.

You would configure your scripts similarly to how you do it now but instead of let's say writing 1s you would write 300ms in the script name.

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I was able to achieve this naming my script something.2e-1s.py. As long as your number is a valid floating point number and doesn't have a period, like 2e-1, it seems like it should work.

mikemintz on 8 May 2018

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I was able to achieve this naming my script something.2e-1s.py. As long as your number is a valid floating point number and doesn't have a period, like 2e-1, it seems like it should work.

mikemintz on 8 May 2018

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I was able to achieve this naming my script something.2e-1s.py. As long as your number is a valid floating point number and doesn't have a period, like 2e-1, it seems like it should work.

By having a faster refresh time suddenly bitbar becomes a great way to get feedback from macros or commands that otherwise would require a full blown macOS notification (one of those popups that appear on the right side of the screen).

It will serve as a subtle way to display notifications or errors from your commands.

You would configure your scripts similarly to how you do it now but instead of let's say writing 1s you would write 300ms in the script name.

I had a feeling that's why it wouldn't be put in.

FusionX13 on 22 May 2020

Can someone give me an example of why you'd need a notification that's more than one second frequency?

frakman1 on 8 Aug 2020

It's less about frequency and more about latency. I use bitbar to display a list of open macos spaces and highlight the active space. When I switch to a new space, I like immediate feedback in the bitbar display rather than waiting a second for it to update.

mikemintz on 8 Aug 2020

MacOS Spaces? Is that like a workspace at the top bar? I never use that, but I'd like to see what you mean by "highlighting the active space". Can you post a screenshot please?

frakman1 on 8 Aug 2020

Yeah, showing the workspaces on the top bar. Here's a screenshot with 3 open spaces and the second one is focused: