HTTP Thing - String Channel problem after updating to OH5.0.3

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Hi@all,

after the last OH5 update to 5.0.3 something happended to my HTTP Things. I have two HTTP Things in use to adjust brightness of led stripes. I adjust the brightness via String-Channels. The items were configured as:

label: HyperHdr Ambilight Wohnzimmer Helligkeit
type: String
icon: ambilight
groupNames:
  - ZT60_TV
tags:
  - Brightness
  - Control

When I selected the item in the past, there has always been a slider like a dimmer, where I could adjust the brightness. Now, after the update there is only a number which cant be adjusted. So I need to go to pages, define a slider knob, link it to the item and then I can adjust the brightness again. Is it a bug? Also tried to create new things and items but a slider isnt appearing again.

Best
Amon

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The fact that you ever got a slider for a String Item was a bug. String Items are not numbers. They do not behave like numbers. There is almost no use case where a combination of a String Item and a Slider would work.

You need to be using either a Dimmer Item or a Number Item. Given the correct Item type, the slider should be shown for this Item given the current tags.

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I tested with a Dimmer item and a Number item. When I use the Number item I get arrows to adjust the value but brightness does not change as well as with the Dimmer item. Seems that HyperHDR needs the String item to set the brightness of the led stripes.