Confirmation before triggering

Apps & Services iOS App
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hi,

my parents can control their garage doors with openHAB using the iOS app.
sometimes they accidentally push a button (while scrolling through the app) and the garage opens :wink:

would it be possible to add an confirmation pop up ("open garage door? Yes / No) for certain buttons?

of course not every switch or button should trigger a pop up! the app could ā€œknowā€ when to show a confirmation dialogue box by looking at certain tag in a sitemap item
ā€“> Switch item=pushbutton1 label=ā€œGarage 1ā€ confirmation=ā€œyesā€

thank you,
stefan

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Hi Stefan,

Dont think so.
But with using my.openhab.org you could send Them a notification that the door is open.

Then they could close it again

Cheers
Karsten

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You could potentially create a workaround using two items (the first one to ā€œunlockā€ the second one. In the sitemap, you could even display the second item only, if the first one is in unlocked state (using "visibility).
Just create a rule that automatically sets the first item to ā€œlockā€ again after a minute or so.

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@karsten yes, thatā€™s what i do at the moment :wink: i use prowl which seems way more reliable than my.openhab notifications.

@Kai that seems to be worth a try, thanks! do you think it would be possible to add such a functionality to openhab? or maybe it isnā€™t necessary to change anything in openhab and just make the ios app react to a custom tag in a sitemap item definition?

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Yes, it could be considered as a special behavior for widgets with the future version of sitemaps (see discussion at Eclipse Community Forums: Eclipse SmartHome Ā» Editable sitemaps through REST)

Regards,
Kai

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Sorry to necropost, but figured this might add to the conversation that is still showing up at the top of Google searches for confirmations in OpenHAB.

What Iā€™ve done is a not a true ā€œconfirmationā€ but requires a two-step action to triggerā€¦ which sounds like itā€™s what youā€™re after.

This sitemap entry set shows an item that says ā€œGarage Door [STATUS]ā€ that you then select to get the submenu for the switch to open/close the door.

        Text item=GarageDoorString label="Garage Door [%s]" {
            Switch item=GarageDoorSwitch label="Garage Door" mappings=[OFF="Closed",ON="Open"] 
        }

Hereā€™s the one I use to prevent actually turning off my water by accident: :slight_smile:

        Text item=WaterValveShutOffStatus label="Main Water Valve [%s]" icon="water" {
            Switch item=WaterValveShutOffStatus label="Main Water Valve [%s]" icon="water"
        }