How to dynamically set the refresh interval ?

[doctorfree]

Is there a way for a module to dynamically set the refresh interval? I feel kinda stupid but have not been able to simply change the value of the interval in settings. When the widget gets created a timer is created with the initial refresh interval. I can't seem to figure out how to alter that timer's interval. Hopefully someone will tell me "yes, you really are stupid. just set the widget.settings.RefreshInterval in this module method".

My use case is a module that has two modes. In one mode it does not need to be refreshed often and in the other mode it needs frequent refreshes. A keyboard event can be used to switch between modes. The key handling works and the module switches modes but the refresh interval does not get changed. Do I need to create two widgets to do this?

[senorprogrammer]

In your config file you should be able to add a per-module refreshInterval: [num] setting where núm is a positive integer in seconds.

[senorprogrammer]

Take a look at the example here https://wtfutil.com/configuration/common_settings/

[doctorfree]

Thanks for responding to my questions. Perhaps I did not clearly explain what I am trying to do. I can successfully set the refreshInterval: [num] setting for my module. What I am trying to do is change that after the app has started and the module has been initialized. While it is running I want to be able to press some key, have that recognized as a keyboard action, and run some method to change the refresh interval. Simply setting widget.settings.RefreshInterval = newinterval in the method associated with the key event doesn't seem to work. The refresh interval continues to be what it was initialized to on startup.

It is entirely possible that I am overlooking the obvious here and welcome any knock on the head replies.

[senorprogrammer]

Ah, I get it now. No, unfortunately there isn't a way to dynamically change the refreshInterval after the app launches, because it's all set here https://github.com/wtfutil/wtf/blob/4d526621e61722a5d2b955bba074e6db6422ebdf/app/scheduler.go on start-up.

But that's got me thinking that it would be cool to be able to do that with a module. In fact, a module could support:

• module.PauseRefresh()
• module.ResumeRefresh()
• module.GetRefreshInterval()
• module.SetRefreshInterval(interval)
• module.RestoreRefreshInterval()

[doctorfree]

Thanks for cluing me in. The good news is I do not feel as dumb as I thought I might be. I'm just learning the guts of wtf and appreciate your assistance. Nice project!

I think we can mark this question as answered and maybe open a feature request for the module methods you propose