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Red, green dot instead of "OFF" "ON"
Posted: Saturday 17 August 2019 13:32
by softone13
Hi,
I wonder if it is possible, in easy way, to use colours instead of words where the status of device is shown.

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Re: Red, green dot instead of "OFF" "ON"
Posted: Saturday 17 August 2019 23:10
by Thorgal789
I think not, but you can use "text device" ?
Re: Red, green dot instead of "OFF" "ON"
Posted: Sunday 18 August 2019 9:06
by DewGew
Try machinon theme
Re: Red, green dot instead of "OFF" "ON"
Posted: Wednesday 18 September 2019 16:19
by leecollings
Whilst I love this idea for simplicity, I think it's too simple to be effective or seen as an improvement.
This would only work for devices that have two states... 'Off' and 'On', or 'Disabled' and 'Enabled', or 'Inactive' and 'Active' etc.
For anything else, such as a variable status (like a dimming range, volume range, or 'Mixed' as the scenes use) this wouldn't be very helpful.
I'd say allowing the actual readout of the value (as it does with Off and On) is better, and also gives a visual reference when creating events also.. just something else I've thought of.
Re: Red, green dot instead of "OFF" "ON"
Posted: Tuesday 24 September 2019 13:39
by lost
softone13 wrote: ↑Saturday 17 August 2019 13:32
I wonder if it is possible, in easy way, to use colours instead of words where the status of device is shown.
I don't think this would be an improvement:
1, because the icon change for on/off status, so it's already easy to figure out current state not even reading.
2, a color code using the exact same location (that's why traffic lights use 3 locations, everyone knows the upper one means stop) is meaningless for ~5/10% of people who are color-blind.