Can AbleSet Button Be Set to Toggle Instead of Momentary?

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Hi, I’d like to ask if the Button in AbleSet can be configured to work as a toggle instead of momentary.

Right now it only behaves as momentary (active when pressed, inactive when released). Is there a way to make it stay on/off with each press?

Thanks!

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Hey @GOODSHOW,

You can definitely make a button look and behave like a toggle by combining a toggle OSC command with a dynamic background color that reflects the current state.

The Loop Button preset in canvas is actually a great example of this:

  • Button Type: OSC
  • OSC Command on Press: /loop/toggle
  • Background Color (Dynamic): ${osc("/setlist/loopEnabled") ? "blue-800" : "blue-950"}

Many OSC commands accept toggle as an argument (/mixer/click/mute toggle, /click/solo toggle, etc.), so you can apply the same pattern to mute, solo, recording, and similar.

If you want to toggle something that doesn’t have a built-in OSC state, set the Button Type to Script and use a Shared Variable instead:

setShared("myToggle", !shared("myToggle"));

And for the dynamic color:

${shared("myToggle") ? "green-600" : "green-950"}

You can see this in action with the mute button example in the official tutorial.

Let me know if that works on your end!

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