[FR]: Report height/layer info in OctoPrint UI

[jcostom]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

First, let me say this plugin is fantastic. I had some disconnect troubles a few versions ago, but it's been amazingly stable for the past few releases. Great work! Not sure I'd classify this as a "problem", but more of an enhancement request. OctoPrint's status box has fields for current height and layer progress. These are currently blank, as shown in the screenshot attached.

Describe the solution you'd like

I'd like to see those stats displayed if possible.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Not sure there are alternatives available in this case.

Additional context

I think pybambu (that's what you're using under the hood, right?) can report layer info. Not sure if it reports current job's layer height. If so, it's just a little multiplication, naturally.

Thanks again for your work on this plugin!

[jneilliii]

I think this might be a limitation of the OctoPrint's job info while printing from SD. Those fields I believe are only populated when printing from local file storage and since the plugin is acting as a virtual SD card it might not be possible to populate without some tricky monkey patching of the code. Will look into it as time permits.

[jcostom]

Thanks! Clearly not a high priority, just a nice to have.

[disconn3ct]

I've been pondering opening this same FR honestly. It might belong upstream instead, but since this plugin 'fakes' so much of a connection it might be doable here.
In a situation where Octo has an identical file (name, size) it should be possible to read the local file and make more assumptions about the print state. (It should also probably have a disable button somewhere in case of mismatches.) This could even allow the live-view gcode viewer to mostly work.