moving button text / function to manipulate variable output

[ratbo99]

Is this a feature relevant to companion itself, and not a module?

• I believe this to be a feature for companion, not a module

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Describe the feature

would be nice to have moving button texts like a ticker and a way to manipulate variable outputs (string replace, substring) for button texts

Usecases

i used a button to display the title thats actual playing and it gets pretty small or doesnt fit the button. so an option that the text moves like a ticker, would be nice.

also it would be nice to change variable outputs, with some string functions or something like that. for example to replace the filextension for a file which is stored in a variable and use this as button text.

[Julusian]

I think this is dependant on #262
Once that has been done we will have the framework to do animations, and this will be something we can look at implementing in that system

[ratbo99]

nice. that sounds great. and thanks for your answer.

for the string manipulation...
i use playoutbee and have a button which shows the actual clip. i would like to remove the fileextension with something like substr, str replace or a regex. would be nice if the playoutbee module for companion app have two variable for the clip...like title and extenson. but i think its way more useful if we have such funtions in companion.

[mollertom]

• 1 for string manipulation.

I use input names from vMix for button text, but it would be great to be able to manipulate those names as there is more info on an input name than I would like on a button.