How to start MM with a module as default hidden

ganget

@thestigh Would you like to have the module running but not showing in your Magic Mirror? I guess you can do this by not assigning a position for the module.

example for the clock module

modules: [
	{
		module: "clock",
		position: "",	// leave this blank
		config: {
			// The config property is optional.
			// See 'Configuration options' for more information.
		}
	}
]

Mykle1

@thestigh said in How to start MM with a module as default hidden:

Anybody know how to start MM with a module default state as hidden?

All of them? Some of them? One of them? Then how will you “show” the module(s)? Easiest solution would be MMM-RemoteControl I guess. Or, there are several voice modules that can do that for you.

THeStigh

I want to start a specific module as hidden, and show it by issuing a voice command.

Show/Hide is not the issue, this works fine, but I want the module to start hidden as default when starting MM.

dazza120

@thestigh not sure why @Mykle1 hasn’t recommend Lucy it seems the best one for what you want to achieve

THeStigh

@dazza120 I’m using Hotword together with AssistantMk2…

Does Lucy support specifying “start [module] as hidden” ?

dazza120

@thestigh Lucy hides all modules and you tell it what ones you want it to display

Mykle1

@dazza120 said in How to start MM with a module as default hidden:

not sure why @Mykle1 hasn’t recommend Lucy it seems the best one for what you want to achieve

I don’t want to “sell” Hello-Lucy to anyone and there are other voice modules that he may want to consider so that’s why I worded my answer that way. Lucy does exactly what I want “her” to do but it may be more complicated for some users

mdhenriksen

@thestigh You could combine MMM-pages and MMM-voice and just setup a page with the module and without it. However, this will probably only work if you are talking about 1 module. If you want several to be turned on and off, Lucy is the way to go. I belive Mykle1 has a video with it working as well.

Mykle1

@mdhenriksen said in How to start MM with a module as default hidden:

I belive Mykle1 has a video with it working as well.

This was the first incarnation of Lucy with pages.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKHEXPzVb2A

THeStigh

I used sendNotification to resolve this :)