DeviceJockey Guide

Shared Values

Review and edit related settings from selected items, commands, and events in one place.

A faster editing workflow

Bring distributed settings into one list.

Configuring an item often involves several places. You may need to edit the item itself, then open its commands and events separately. Shared Values collects the relevant settings from the selected items in a single editing view.

This is especially useful after duplicating an item or when several selected items need related changes. You can inspect individual fields, filter the list, and replace matching text across multiple fields.

Shared Values are not Swaps.

Shared Values is the name of an editing tool. It does not create a runtime value and it is not a group of Swap values. A Swap stores data that commands, events, or scripts can use while a setup is running.

Open the Swaps guide →

Open Shared Values

Start with one or more selected items.

1

Select items

Select the item or items whose configuration you want to review.

2

Open the menu

Long press one of the selected items to display the item menu.

3

Choose Values

Select “Values” to open the Shared Values editing view.

4

Confirm changes

Use the check mark to save the edited values or cancel to discard them.

Values command in the menu of selected DeviceJockey items
Choose “Values” from the menu of the selected item or items.

Editing view

Work with item, command, and event settings together.

Item properties

Edit relevant properties such as titles, visibility, and colors when they are supported by the selected item.

Command settings

Review and change values stored in the commands belonging to the selected items.

Event settings

Review and change values stored in the events belonging to the selected items.

Multiple items

Combine the available settings from several selected items in the same editing view.

Shared Values editing view for a button in DeviceJockey
The list combines relevant item properties with values from its commands and events.

Find

Filter a large configuration.

Enter text in the Find field to show matching values and headings. Related fields remain visible so that the meaning of a match stays clear. This helps you locate a scene name, path, address, or other setting without opening every command and event separately.

Shared Values list filtered for Scene1
Find keeps matching and related fields visible.

Replace

Change repeated text in one operation.

Enter the existing text and its replacement, review the matching fields, and use Replace all. This can update the same text across several item, command, and event settings at once.

Replace tab in the Shared Values editor
Open Replace to change matching text in several fields.
Scene1 entered in Replace and Scene2 entered in With
Enter the existing text and the replacement.
Shared Values result after replacing Scene1 with Scene2
Review the result before confirming the changes.

Example

Adapt a duplicated OBS scene button.

Duplicate the configured button.

The original button activates “Scene1” and reacts when that OBS scene becomes active.

Open Shared Values for the copy.

Select the duplicated button and choose “Values” from its menu.

Replace the scene name.

Replace “Scene1” with “Scene2” across the matching command and event fields.

Confirm and test.

The copied button now activates “Scene2” and can indicate when that scene is active.