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iPhone 15 Pro Action Button Usages and Shortcuts Examples [MERGED]
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Checkout this comment with some useful resources
- Go into shortcuts
- Create a new shortcut
- Tap add action
- Either
- Under Categories tap Scripting then scroll down to Device and tap Set Always on Display - or,
- use the search box to search for Always and tap on Set Always on Display
- Tap on "Turn" to make it read "Toggle"
- Save the shortcut
I followed the 2nd option from macrumors article: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/10/03/iphone-15-pro-action-button-tools/
When using the action button to open a menu of functions is there a way to display the status toggle functions like, for example, "Mute/UnMute" or the "Live Focus" in the menu?
It would be great to be able to see what my Mute status is when I open the action menu rather than having to toggle it first to find out.
It would be great to be able to see what my Mute status is when I open the action menu rather than having to toggle it first to find out.
I guess you could have a series of conditionals which read the current state of the toggles (silent/ringer, torch on/off etc), set text variables to the appropriate result (e.g. Toggle ringer off, Turn torch on etc) and then build the menu from those text variables rather than a static list of items? Sounds complicated, and not sure if you could build the menu from the text variables rather than predefined text strings.
Thanks that makes sense. I was hoping someone may have already done it in order to give me some pointers.
Actually just realised that if I turn off the Location Services icon then then you can see the mute icon top left by the clock so actually that is a good work around.
Hi,
I really like the new action button, but depending on the situation I'd like to have it as mute or camera.
I'd like to create 2 shortcuts for my home screen:
- set action button on mute
- set action button on camera
I've created shortcuts before but I can't find the right settings for this.
Who can help me out?
I really like the new action button, but depending on the situation I'd like to have it as mute or camera.
I'd like to create 2 shortcuts for my home screen:
- set action button on mute
- set action button on camera
I've created shortcuts before but I can't find the right settings for this.
Who can help me out?
Then I’m very confused because you seem to want to run a shortcut to “set action button on mute”.
That’s what I meant. You can’t run shortcut to “set action button“ to do something. You can only do the reverse: set action button to do a shortcut. AFAIK anyway.
AFAIK not possible. The method @bransoj redommend is probably the best way.Let me clarify what the exact steps of this shortcut should be:
1. Go to settings
2. Action button menu
3. Select mute (or camera)
I could live with it if this is not possible but it would be nice
You might try this:Thanks for your input
Introducing MultiButton: Assign Two Shortcuts to the Same Action Button Press on iPhone 15 Pro
I got my iPhone 15 Pro Max last week, and I’m loving the possibilities opened by the Action button combined with the Shortcuts app. But as I was playing around with different ideas for the Action button, I had a thought: Wouldn’t it be great if instead of just one shortcut, I could toggle between
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