MMM-Glance

To glance specific module and hide others. You can use this to reveal some module(s) and hide others for a short time. It could be convenient when you are using too many modules or using background image modules.

Installation

cd <Your MagicMirror Directory>/modules
git clone https://github.com/eouia/MMM-Glance

Configuration

Add below codes in your config.js.

{
  module: 'MMM-Glance',
}

You can use more detailed configuration like these; See the below section.

{
  module: 'MMM-Glance',
  config: {
    defaultGlancingTime: 10000,
    alias: {
      "news" : "newsfeed",
      "party mode" : ["clock", "helloworld", "MMM-Something"],
      ...
    }  
  }
}

Configuration values

name	default value	description
defaultGlancingTime	10000	Duration time(milliseconds) for glancing mode. After this time, previous screen will be back.
alias	{name : module name or array of module name}	- You can use this field for glancing multi modules at a same time. e.g) {"party mode":["clock", "MMM-DropboxWallpaper"} => You can reveal these 2 modules by calling party mode - For easy use with MMM-TelegramBot or MMM-Assistant. When you feel the difficutly to type or to pronounce MMM-BlahBlahModule, you can use this field for changing easier name. e.g) {"sensor":"MMM-HDC1080"}

How to use

with Notification

this.sendNotification("GLANCE_ON", {name:"helloworld", time:10000})
this.sendNotification("GLANCE_OFF")

notification	payload	description
GLANCE_ON	{name: "<module name>", time:<milliseconds>}	reveal some module(s). alias for module name is available.
GLANCE_OFF		back to previous screen.

with MMM-TelegramBot

command	description
/glance <name>	reveal some module(s). alias for module name is available.
/glanceoff	back to previous screen.
/glanceables	list of glanceable modules and aliases.

with MMM-Assistant

command	description
glance at <:name>	reveal some module(s). alias for module name is available.
glance mode off	back to previous screen.
list of glance	list of glanceable modules and aliases.

If you have a trouble of pronouncing command or module name, you can use alias of MMM-Assistant for command and alias of MMM-Glance for module.