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Allow inactive zones to be hidden in UI

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June 12, 2018 22:07

I use 6 out of the 12 zones on my unit. I have marked the remaining 6 zones as inactive and they are greyed out, however, they still display in both the full browser UI and in the Android app. This is a minor nuisance as they take up page display & scrolling space making the UI less efficient.

I thought about hiding them with simple CSS modification on the unit, but a "Hide inactive zones in UI" checkbox seems like a relatively simple UI tweak to consider adding in a future release.

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RainMachine Nicholas June 13, 2018 19:16

This is missing in Web UI and mobile UI. The HD-12/16 local interface has this.

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Steve June 29, 2018 18:10

I would also like to see this incorporated into the mobile app. I am in a similar situation to RK and feel it would streamline the app greatly.

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Eric A. July 11, 2018 14:00

I also think this is a great idea, however, I sometimes use unused zones as custom delays when manually watering.

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Sean Gnant July 22, 2018 20:44

Also keep inactive zones from being discovered by Alexa.

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RainMachine Support July 23, 2018 08:06

Hi, Sean
That's how it suppose to work. Alexa will discover all zones because you can manually start a zone, even if that zone is set as Inactive.
Alexa commands acts like a manual activity on your RainMachine device. So, you're the one in charge of starting/stopping activities.

Thank you,
RainMachine Support

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Leap Frog Group July 25, 2018 14:18

I would like to see an option for each zone (active or not) to:

1) Hide/Display in UI

2) Hide/Visible in external API (e.g., Alexa, Assistant...)

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Jeromedirk April 29, 2019 22:18

Just want to add that I agree, would be great to remove the unused / inactive zones from the app.

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Åke Strandberg June 12, 2019 08:48

I fully support the ideas above. A checkbox in each zone to mark hide/display the zone. Should apply to all UI:s

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RainMachine Nicholas June 12, 2019 14:58

Thanks for the feedback, this is already being worked on for the future update. It won't get in this next one since it's already in beta channel but in the following one.

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Matt Ahlgren October 14, 2019 11:07
So the release notes say it's in the Autumn 2019 update:

Web interface
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- Show/Hide inactive zones
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I can see a button in the web UI that looks like an eye with a line through it, but clicking it doesn't do anything?
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RainMachine Support October 14, 2019 11:13

Hi, Matt
Yes, that’s the button and we just tested and it is working.
What browser version and operating system are you using?

Thanks,
Julian
RainMachine Support

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Matt Ahlgren October 14, 2019 11:50

Wouldn't you know, now it's working. How odd. Thanks anyway Julian.

It's Chrome 77.0.3865.90 (Official Build) (64-bit) and Windows 10 if that's of any use to anyone.

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RainMachine Support October 14, 2019 12:06

Ok, Matt
Your version of browser is supporter. I was thinking about an extension you may have installed that blocks the show/hide inactive zones effect.
Anyway, glad it all sorted out.

Thank you,
Julian
RainMachine Support

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Stefan Billik April 13, 2020 08:41

It is not implemented in android UI application. I have 9 zones and unit is pro-16 so i see 6 inactive zones.
I have android app 4.5.9 and api 4.6.1.

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RainMachine Support April 13, 2020 10:05

Hi, Stefan
The Hide/View inactive zones feature is available for the RainMachine Web app.
The mobile apps list the inactive zones, greyed out, and the bottom of the list.

I hope that helps.
Julian
RainMachine Support

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Rob Martin June 27, 2020 21:04

I vote I think the apps should also not show zones that are hidden in the web UI, if I request it to be hidden it should just hide it.

what is the point in hiding it in the web UI but not from Google Assistant, or the IOS and Android apps? Screen real estate is more important on mobile devices/digital assistants than it is on a 24”+ computer screen.

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