Add possibility to alternate between dim up and down by button hold actions

[senilio]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I would like to be able to control both on/off and dim of a lamp using a single button.

Describe the solution you'd like
Let's say I have a single button remote which supports short press and hold actions. I would like to be able to both toggle on/off of a lamp using short press of the button, but also be able to dim the same lamp up and down but using the hold action. The hold action should alternate between dim up and dim down. The speed of dimming should preferably be controllable via config. The dimming should occur as long as I hold the button, and stop once i release the button.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Currently I'm solving this by using ControllerX via Appdaemon, but would like to move this logic into z2m to get rid of the dependency to external applications.

Additional context
Thanks for the great extension :)

[Luligu]

Hi,
thank you for your interest.
The feature proposed is very interesting.
I will think about how to implement it.
Did you try tuya scene button? If you bind it to a device does what you want I guess.

[senilio]

I have not tried the Tuya scene button. But if I bind for example the Ikea STYRBAR to an Ikea Lamp, the 4 buttons are pre-configured to control brightness and colors.

With my proposed feature, it would be possible to control on/off state and brightness of 4 different lamps/groups of lamps using a single STYRBAR device. The big win for me would be to be able to reduce the number of remotes I need to place in each area of my home, which in turn makes it easier for other family members who want lamps to "just work" from the single remote on the wall, and they can stop trying to remember which remote goes to what :)

There is also another nice use case which I'll try to explain as short as possible. See https://www.domoticz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=257557&sid=249401700a7750402f3c8f201666407a#p257557

Basically solder cables to the switches on the remote PCB, which allows you to control presses with regular wall switches. This gives great acceptance factor as no new devices needs to be introduced to the rest of the family :)

Thanks for considering the proposal!

[Luligu]

I had an idea about how to get this result. I will work on it as soon as I will have time but I guess it can work.