Mac Menu Bar app to control HA

codechimp · December 1, 2019, 6:00pm

I created a little app to allow toggling of switches, lights and input_booleans straight from your Mac menu bar.

It’s free and open source so if you use a Mac give it a try

ha-menu

helvetian · December 3, 2019, 9:30am

I’d love to try this out. However, it says it needs osx 10.14. Is there a reason why? or could you also provide a version for macOS 10.13 or even lower?

codechimp · December 3, 2019, 5:36pm

OK, I rebuilt to target 10.13. I’ve published this as a pre-release (V1.12) so please let me know if it works.
https://github.com/andrew-codechimp/ha-menu/releases/tag/V1.12

helvetian · December 3, 2019, 5:55pm

Thanks so much! I’ll try it as soon as possible. Meaning as soon as the kids are asleep

helvetian · December 3, 2019, 6:48pm

works flawlessly! thanks.
I just gotta work out all_covers. it says no entities. but is a error on my end

codechimp · December 3, 2019, 6:53pm

Thanks for the confirmation, I’ll mark that as a proper release.
Remember to restart HA to pick up changes to groups, I’ve forgotten that so many times during testing.

DrJeff · December 8, 2019, 6:51pm

Forgot to say thanks works great. Tried it out when you first posted it. Thanks

codechimp · January 4, 2020, 4:05pm

A new version (V 1.14) has just been released, you can now include automations in custom groups and toggle them on/off through the HA Menu.

TravelinMax · January 7, 2020, 5:05am

Thanks for this neat app! Super handy!

sogeniusio · January 15, 2020, 7:13pm

Any plans to get this added as a homebrew cask package? I’d love to add this to my workflow…

codechimp · January 15, 2020, 8:23pm

Never created a cask but looks easy enough.
I’ll definitely have a go, no guarantees how quickly though.

codechimp · January 17, 2020, 8:50am

To cope with the removal of all_* groups from HA 0.104 a new version (V 2.0.2) has just been released, you can now choose domains to display (all lights for example) as well as custom groups.
Previous users will have to review the preference screen and switch off domains they don’t want to see.

Tjeerd · January 17, 2020, 1:04pm

Just wanted to give a huge thanks! Works like a dream

codechimp · January 18, 2020, 5:11pm

To save you having to check here for updates today’s release (2.0.3) now has version checking.

codechimp · January 25, 2020, 9:38am

Just added a homebrew cask
brew cask install ha-menu

Thanks for the suggestion, it was interesting learning about how to add this.

sogeniusio · January 25, 2020, 5:20pm

Ahh this is sweet. And such a quick turnaround.

Added it to my Brewfile

cask "ha-menu"

Thanks alot for this!

codechimp · February 6, 2020, 9:03am

Big update today, you can now reorder your groups/domains and also make them submenus.

farsonic · March 10, 2020, 10:43am

Have this installed and great work!

How do I have the app refresh if I add new entities (cards?) to the dashboard?

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codechimp · March 10, 2020, 11:08am

If an entity is in one of the domains you don’t need to do anything, it will appear next time you click on HA Menu to bring up the menu.
If you want to add it to a Group you will need to reload the groups within HA Core itself then it will appear within that group next time you click on HA Menu.

vbflo · April 2, 2020, 6:31pm

Working great! Would be awesome if it integrated with the touchbar on the newer macbook pros easy on touch access to frequently used triggers.