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Customize Panels Settings (icon size) per Browser / Tablet

CjCrHammer 6 years ago in Browsers Tablets Phones updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 1

Currently I use a raspberry pi with 8" touchscreen, 3 Amazon 8" Kindles, and multiple iOS devices (ipads,iphones of various sizes).  the ability to modify via cookie or even a URL setting &size=[small, small-med, medium, med-large, large, or x px] to the specific viewer device...

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Yes/No icon or text for Switch Tile

TheChad 7 years ago in Colors Icons Fonts Themes updated by Owen Stevens 6 years ago 4

Is there a type of simulated button or anything I can create in SmartThings that will allow me to create a Yes/No Tile?  Or a Red/Green Tile?


i.e.  If I have a sensor on the dog food container, and I want to create a tile called "Has Dog Been Fed?" and using Core set it to Yes or No for the day?  Or change the color to Green or Red?  I have the coding down and am setting a simulated switch on and off...but would rather have a tile say yes or no if possible...not just for the dog food but possible other uses too.  :)

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We have some complex Feature requests from folks wishing to display arbitrary numeric or text values from SmartThings on a Tile, but your request is a much simpler case:


  • If Yes/No are just like On/Off, then perhaps we can just provide icons that either say, or clearly represent, "Yes" and "No".
  • The ability to define the colors for Tiles of Things in the active vs inactive state is a part of a bigger scope effort on color customization.

Does this sound like it would fit your idea?

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Amcrest Camera delay lag of 10 seconds?

Martin Kelly 7 years ago in Media Tiles updated by Aiden 6 years ago 6

Is anyone else getting live action delay of about 10 seconds with their camera or is it just Amcrest? No problem otherwise...

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Discuss

Need help to Set Up Christmas Lights For House

NidianSmith 6 years ago in Panels (dashboards) / Special Tiles updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 1

It's nearly Christmas, How to set up Christmas lights to get a festive home for the holidays? Do you have a good suggestion ?

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Closed: Duplicate Issue

anyone else seeing an outage?

Megan Sheppard 6 years ago updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 1

panels will not come up, can't log in,  generally not working 

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Tile Setting to disable Media Tile zoom on tap

sorry 6 years ago in Media Tiles updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 0

Currently "view only" is available to other tile types under tile security, however i think this should be an option for Media Tiles, as it could be used to disable the Zoom function if desired.


I'd like to make my Media Tiles not do anything when tapped.

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Not a Bug

Default/Elements css for Info incorrect?

Mike Liu 6 years ago in Colors Icons Fonts Themes updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 3

Just started using AT.  On the Elements(default) panel style, I am getting green background for Info intentions instead of blue.  Am I missing something?

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Answer

There is also a Feature Request related to this. Please Vote & Follow.


http://support.actiontiles.com/forums/12-actiontiles-forum/topics/2414-a-high-visibility-option-for-elements-theme/


Thanks!

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Not Our Issue / Scope

Dimmable light but no dimmer control?

Duncan 6 years ago in Things & Capabilities updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 5

I have 3x Phillips Hue lights which are both RGBW controllable and dimmable.  We established in another thread that an enhancement is required for ActionTiles to put the RGB controls on it, but that is not my question for today (although I am waiting and hoping for that feature.... :) )


Recently we had a power outage, and afterwards one of the 3 lights did not reconnect to the smartthings hub. I ended up deleting and re-creating it and it is now working fine through Smartthings.


However, in ActionTiles it only appears with an on/off, and no 3 dots to allow dimming.  Both of the other 2 lights (same model, but which did not have to be deleted and recreated) have the 3 dots, and did this light before it was deleted and re-added.


Any suggestion on how to get it recognised as a dimable light again?

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Answered: Discussion Open

Chromecast audio volume control?

Slider1385 6 years ago in Media Tiles updated by JB Bentz 6 years ago 10

Hey All,

Is it possible to have a tile that controls chromecast audio volume. It wouldn't need to select songs or anytjibg like that, just control volume. This would make it perfect for a whole home audio setup.

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There is Generic Media Renderer that's worth checking out.


I'm not sure if any other popular devices claim the "Media Player" capability.

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View-Only for individual Switch Tiles

ericdthomps 7 years ago in Panels (dashboards) / Sharing updated by Alex (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 5

But now I have the same question for lights.


I have a bunch of Hue lights integrated w/ Smartthings.

I'd like the bulb tile to only show status (on/off) and not be able to turn it on/off via panel.


In my use case... the panel is accessible to family (including kids)... want them to see status only, not interact.

The interaction happens through app that wife and I have access to.


Thanks again.  Eric


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In app full-screen command not working on iOS

59wglane 7 years ago in Browsers Tablets Phones / Apple updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 6

Trying to get into fullscreen mode, but won't go.

Using iPad , tried with chrome and safari... Seems to do nothing...


Haven't read through all the docs and postings, apologies if it's answered elsewhere



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iOS does not support the Full Screen API and therefore it's impossible to fix it. This is applicable to both Safari and Chrome for iOS.


ActionTiles will not display Full Screen button if the browser does not support it. This is a recent change.


With regards to running ActionTiles from Home Screen, it is a known issue for older versions for iOS. Such apps are indeed suffering from a significant performance hit.


Unfortunately, there is no workaround for either of these issues.


Thanks


Alex

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Solution Exists

Emailed updates/newsletter

acd37 6 years ago in Announcements updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 1

It would be great to get a once monthly / once quarterly email newsletter outlining recent updates (visual, device integrations, security issues etc.) as well as outlining/teasing features that are on there way——especially now that ActionTiles has become a paid consumer product.



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Windows Full Screen mode?

Dan Fox 6 years ago in Browsers Tablets Phones / Windows updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 3

Is there a way to make Action Tiles open in full screen mode in Windows 10? I don't see how to even make a shortcut for Chrome. Edge allows one to pin a website to the start menu, but I don't see how to get that short cut to open in full-screen mode.

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F11 works. Also, there's a Full Screen button accessible via the Hamburger Menu or Panel Options Menu.


Microsoft is embracing Progressive Web Apps. We are following news on this subject and we will take advantage of the new Windows functionality as soon as it becomes available.


The upcoming Windows updates will enable ActionTiles to look and feel like a native Windows app.

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Fixed

Shortcut Tiles break when given custom label on a Panel

RobH 6 years ago in Shortcut Tiles updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 4

I have noticed that when the "Tile Label" field is filled out for a Shortcut Tile, the tile links to https://app.actiontiles.com/# instead of the intended URL.  I was able to reproduce this with several of my Shortcuts, all of which work fine when the "Tile Label" field is cleared in the tile settings.


Is anyone else able to reproduce this?  I have only tried on Windows.

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Problem Withdrawn

iPad 2 clock is off 5 hours

John Grish 6 years ago in Panels (dashboards) updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 7

I have an iPad 2 and the clock in ActionTiles is off 5 hours. I use the same link on an iPhone and a droid and the clock is correct. What is wrong with this iPad?

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John Grish 6 years ago

Update: I wiped this iPad. Now it is showing the correct time. No idea what was causing this issue but it's working now. Thanks for following up.

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Answered

Going between panel shortcuts

cchilds1976 6 years ago in Panels (dashboards) / Special Tiles updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 1

I'm trying to setup my action tiles layout. I basically have a Home Panel. Then below it, I have Rooms. I have a Living room panel. When I go to the living room panel, how do I get back to my Home panel.

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Two options:

  1. Put a Panel Shortcut Tile on your "Living Room" Panel that points to your "Home Panel".
  2. and/or Use the Panel's floating options button (...) and tap the Favorite Button ⭐.
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Fixed

login not retained between sessions

Avi 6 years ago in Security updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 3

I get prompted to log in every time I close my browser window.  This happens both on Chrome and Safari for Mac as well as Safari for iOS.  All are set to allow cookies and maintain sessions with many other sites.  I saw the entry in the knowledge base that states that you maintain sessions "for a long time" however something does not seem to work correctly - any idea?  I am currently on the 14 day trial. 

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Deferred: Voting Open

Fingerprint Authentication

WB70 6 years ago in Security updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 1

Now that SmartThings has added it. What if you had fingerprint Authentication for:


* Accessing Administration Console

* Accessing a Panel

* Accessing a Tile (instead of pin code)

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Deferred: Voting Open

Offer +/- or up/down controls on Slider Controls

WB70 6 years ago in Configuration & Settings updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 9

I'm not talking about little burgers.


The Slider functionality that was added for Tile Sizing, Tile Spacing and Corner Radius, it would be very beneficial to have a - on the far left and a + on the far right of the slider so that we have the ability to increase or decrease by 1.


Having to either tap or manually slide the slider is very difficult and trying to pinpoint an exact number takes quite some time. It's great for coming close to a number, and then being able to adjust 1 by one with plus or minus would be a great value add for everyone. I know I'm not the only one that this is tedious and cumbersome process for.


Thanks

Answer

Understood; but we had to focus on the immediate issues folks were reporting in some browsers with Sliders functioning inconsistently.


Input Boxes are completely reliable. We will keep an eye on this topic, but may have to reframe it now that the Sliders for Tile Styling are no longer in the app.

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Fixed

Media tiles loading

parac 7 years ago in Media Tiles updated by Terry (ActionTiles) (Co-Founder) 6 years ago 12

I have 2 media tiles, 1 is a weather radar from a local tv station, the other is a gif from my camera that updates every second. They used to work fine, but for the last couple weeks or so they go back and forth between working and a loading screen. 2nd screenshot shows an example of the loading screen. It happens to both the weather and camera tiles. It seems fairly random. They can both work fine for an hour or pretty much flicker between the image and loading screen. Any idea what is going on?