FR: Extension preference keys

[phillscholl]

Feature request

I would love to have additional dynamic Extension preference keys, similar to the existing keys such as _alert, _loading, _symbol, _action_type, and _action.

Currently, Extension values and some properties can be updated dynamically through preference keys, as described here:
https://github.com/root3nl/SupportApp/wiki/Extensions

It would be very useful if the Extension title and subtitle could also be controlled dynamically, for example with keys like:

• <extension_id>_title
• <extension_id>_subtitle

Use case

This would allow administrators to update not only the Extension value, symbol, alert state, or action dynamically, but also the displayed title and subtitle depending on script output, device state, user context, or management system data.

Example

defaults write /Library/Preferences/nl.root3.support.plist "${extension_id}_title" -string "Last Check-in"
defaults write /Library/Preferences/nl.root3.support.plist "${extension_id}_subtitle" -string "Updated by script"

[phillscholl]

After further testing and checking the current behavior, I think my original request should be extended a bit.

What I would like to achieve is dynamic preference key support via ExtensionID for button item types as well, for example:

• Button
• ButtonSmall
• ButtonMedium

Alternatively, adding a smaller Extension item type, such as ExtensionMediumor ExtensionSmall, could also solve this use case.

[phillscholl]

One more thing I noticed:

It seems that the Subtitle key does not currently work with Type = Extension.

In the configuration, an Extension item can include a Subtitle key, but in ContentView.swift the ItemExtension view appears to be initialized with subtitle: nil.

It would be useful if Subtitle worked for Extension items as well, consistent with other item types.

[phillscholl]

I now understand that the value set with:

defaults write /Library/Preferences/nl.root3.support.plist "${extension_id}" -string "KeyPlaceholder"

is somewhat similar to Subtitle for button items.

However, the behavior is different. For Type = Button, the subtitle is only shown on mouse hover. For Type = Extension, the value is always shown.

Would it be possible to make this behavior the same for both item types, for example by showing the text only on mouse hover, or to add an additional attribute to define how the text should behave?