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Issues with Typing Detector & Indicator

Hi Zeroqode team,

I just purchased the Typing Detector & Indicator. I cannot seem to get this plugin to work for multiple users. I can get it to work in a single user’s workflow. But cannot make it work in the following scenario. Twelve remote users are logged into the same meeting page. One person is typing notes. I would like all 12 users to see when the Note Taker is typing. Can you help me with this?

Thank you!
Dan

Hi @dan6,

Thanks for your patience :pray:

I am unable to provide a specific example, as we do not have one and this constitutes a custom build. However, I can suggest a theoretical solution that might help you achieve your goal!

Since I am not familiar with your app setup and database structure, please take this suggestion as a general guideline and modify it to fit your needs. You might consider adding these changes to a database and using show/hide logic for elements that indicate if someone is typing based on the value. Another approach could be to send this data via backend workflows, although this would not be possible using only this plugin as it does not have such actions.

I hope this information proves helpful. If you have any other questions, feel free to reach out!

Best regards :sunflower:

Hello Dorel,

thank you for the quick response. My apologies for sending this note in two places. I have always gotten really quick responses when sending requests here–I didn’t think of it until after I had sent the first request.

Thanks also for the suggestion. That was my original workaround. It worked great–only it is way to expensive WU-wise. A few thousand WUs over the course of 40 minutes worth of note taking for a single client. I reverted my changes to avoid further costs.

Can you help me understand how the plugin is designed to work? I’m confused about how two users would see each others typing status. That is, how does the plugin trigger a remote computer’s Show/Hide Element workflow?

Thank you!
Dan

Hi @dan6,

I have forwarded your message to the developers for the most accurate information and here is what they have to say:

When a user is typing, the plugin calls the event “Is typing” and changes the state “Is typing” to yes. Then, the plugin waits X seconds before calling the event “Stopped typing” and changing the state “Is typing” to no. Additionally, the plugin calls the event “Stopped typing” and changes the state “Is typing” to no when the user loses focus on the input element.

If the WU usage is significantly above the norm, we propose modifying the workflow slightly. Instead of using the event “Is typing,” use Bubble’s workflow “when conditional is true” to check the changing state “Is typing” when it is “yes” and when it is “no.” Then, follow the workaround we provided above.

Could you please implement this and check out the WU usage on your side? We would like to know if this helped.

Best regards :hibiscus:

Hi Dorel,

Thank you for the feedback and suggestions and the prompt response. I have implemented the workaround you and your team suggested. The WUs seem to be significantly lower. I’ll keep an eye on things over the next few days to ensure that they are inline with what we can afford here.

I’m ok with closing this ticket for now and I will reopen it if I encounter the same issue.

Thank you again!
Dan

Hi @dan6,

Glad to hear that the WU usage is lower now and that we got to the bottom of this situation :pray:

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Best regards :sunflower: