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    • paviroP Offline
      paviro Admin
      last edited by paviro

      It would be great if one could add disabled: true to a modules dictionary to disable it without removing its configs. What do you think?

      We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?

      – The Doctor

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      • yawnsY Offline
        yawns Moderator
        last edited by

        I like the idea, to quickly disable modules for testing purpose.

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        • paviroP Offline
          paviro Admin
          last edited by

          Yeah exactly just re added my facial recognition module but I could not get openCV working on Sierra yet so it’s crashing and I can’t disable it without removing the config again…

          We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?

          – The Doctor

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          • KirAsh4K Offline
            KirAsh4 Moderator
            last edited by

            I don’t remove config sections … I comment them out … If I’m going to edit that file to change a flag, it’s just as easy to add a /* ... */ tag around the specific section. :)

            A Life? Cool! Where can I download one of those from?

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            • paviroP Offline
              paviro Admin @KirAsh4
              last edited by

              @KirAsh4 this does work inside a dictionary? Didn’t know that still I think an option would be cleaner @MichMich?

              We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?

              – The Doctor

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              • KirAsh4K Offline
                KirAsh4 Moderator @paviro
                last edited by

                > opens nearby dictionary, flips to ‘politics’, grabs red pen and writes /* ... */ around definition <

                YEP! Still works! :)

                I wasn’t referring to the actual module files. I’m talking simply editing the config.js file and comment the specific module’s config section out.

                A Life? Cool! Where can I download one of those from?

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                • MichMichM Offline
                  MichMich Admin
                  last edited by

                  Its just a js file. So you can use /* */. That’s what I do! :)

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                  • R Offline
                    roramirez Core Contributors
                    last edited by

                    Seem a good idea add the disabled option. In case is your write the config from other app or external system can be more cleaner add the config option instaed of commented block

                    Anyway, I pushed a PR for this :) https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/pull/498

                    Easy module development with MagicMirror Module Template

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                    • MitchfarinoM Offline
                      Mitchfarino Module Developer
                      last edited by

                      Couldn’t you just hide it with the RemoteControl?

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                      • J Offline
                        Jopyth Moderator @Mitchfarino
                        last edited by Jopyth

                        @Mitchfarino This could be an option, however it only visually looks the same.

                        If for example a module temporarily does not work for some reason (blocks the start of the mirror), hiding it with the Remote-Control would not help.

                        What you probably wanted to say is: This should also be added to the Remote Control module. ;) And I would like to include this option in the GUI for the config there. And there is a big advantage in a config option to disable a module (versus commenting out), since this leaves the values readable from other JS code, i.e. the Remote Control module.

                        Helpful sticky: How to troubleshoot

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