[Suggestion] Keyboard Shortcut

[ibehnam]

Many users use apps that hide menu bar items. It'd be great if we could set a keyboard shortcut to toggle KeepingYouAwake without having to click on its icon.

[newmarcel]

That's definitely a good idea to provide a customizable keyboard shortcut 👍. Thanks for the suggestion!

[ibehnam]

Sure thing! I think if KYA gets integrated with Raycast, then it would solve the problem because one can set shortcuts in Raycast. For example, this does what KYA does within Raycast, but unfortunately it doesn't show the status in the menu bar like KYA.

[tjdoc]

You can add custom Raycast scripts to achieve this functionality. Commands you'll need are

• open keepingyouawake:///activate
• open keepingyouawake:///deactivate
• open keepingyouawake:///toggle

for example, you can use the following code (keepingyouawake.py)

#!/usr/bin/env python3
#
# Required parameters:
# @raycast.schemaVersion 1
# @raycast.title keepingyouawake
# @raycast.mode silent
# @raycast.packageName Raycast Scripts
#
# Optional parameters:
# @raycast.argument1 { "type": "text", "placeholder": "on/off/Toggle", "optional": true}

import sys
import subprocess
if sys.argv[1].lower() == 'on':
  subprocess.call("open keepingyouawake:///activate", shell=True)
elif sys.argv[1].lower() == 'off':
  subprocess.call("open keepingyouawake:///deactivate", shell=True)
else:
  # no argument will toggle on/off
  subprocess.call("open keepingyouawake:///toggle", shell=True)

[ibehnam]

You can add custom Raycast scripts to achieve this functionality. Commands you'll need are

• open keepingyouawake:///activate
• open keepingyouawake:///deactivate
• open keepingyouawake:///toggle

for example, you can use the following code (keepingyouawake.py)

#!/usr/bin/env python3
#
# Required parameters:
# @raycast.schemaVersion 1
# @raycast.title keepingyouawake
# @raycast.mode silent
# @raycast.packageName Raycast Scripts
#
# Optional parameters:
# @raycast.argument1 { "type": "text", "placeholder": "on/off/Toggle", "optional": true}

import sys
import subprocess
if sys.argv[1].lower() == 'on':
  subprocess.call("open keepingyouawake:///activate", shell=True)
elif sys.argv[1].lower() == 'off':
  subprocess.call("open keepingyouawake:///deactivate", shell=True)
else:
  # no argument will toggle on/off
  subprocess.call("open keepingyouawake:///toggle", shell=True)

Thanks, this is the way. I aliased it with ka in Raycast and solved the problem!

[runar]

Any update on this? I’d love a builtin customizable keyboard shortcut as I’m not using Raycast and would prefer not to start using it just for this one task.