Philips Hue Web Scene Quick-Switch

WHAT IT DOES

Philips Hue Web Scene Quick-Switch reads scene and room information from the Philips Hue web dashboard and displays a floating quick-switch overlay with scene buttons organized by room. The overlay shows a room label and buttons for each scene in that room. Clicking a scene button activates the scene by interacting with Hue's hidden scene controls. Favorite scenes are displayed with a star icon and appear at the top of the list. The extension persists favorite scenes and room preferences across sessions. A scene history tracks your most recently activated scenes. The panel settings let you manage favorite scenes, adjust overlay opacity, and control overlay visibility.

WHERE IT RUNS

This extension works on all Philips Hue pages at meethue.com and its subdomains, specifically on the web dashboard and scene management pages. It runs on the main dashboard, the room view, and any page displaying scene information. The extension operates entirely within your browser and does not access Hue's servers directly—it reads only what is visible on the page you are viewing. It works alongside the free BotGentz extension, which provides the necessary scripting environment.

HOW TO USE

Install the extension, then navigate to meethue.com and open your dashboard. The extension automatically creates a floating quick-switch overlay on the page showing scenes from your rooms. Click the extension's icon in your browser toolbar to open the settings panel. Use the "Show Overlay" / "Hide Overlay" button to toggle the overlay visibility. Click any scene button to activate that scene. Use the "Refresh" button to manually update the overlay with the latest scene information. Add favorite scene names using the "Add Favorite Scene" input and button. The "Clear Favorites" button removes all favorite scenes. Adjust the overlay transparency using the opacity dropdown (70%, 82%, 92%, or 100%). Drag the overlay by clicking and holding anywhere inside it. Resize it by dragging the bottom-right corner. Close the overlay with the × button.

ROOM AND SCENE EXTRACTION WITH SCENE ACTIVATION VIA EVENT DISPATCH

Unlike simple page scrapers, this extension uses a multi-selector extraction engine to find room and scene information from Hue's varying page structures. It searches for room containers using multiple selector patterns (.room-item, .room-card, .room-tile) and falls back to text parsing. Scene detection finds scene elements within each room using scene selectors. When a scene button is clicked, the extension activates the scene by calling click() on the scene element and dispatching a click event to satisfy React's event system. Favorite scenes are stored as an array of scene names and are displayed with a star prefix. The overlay updates automatically when rooms change or scenes are activated, providing real-time feedback on the current scene state.

THE PANEL

The panel supports drag-to-move anywhere on the page. It remembers its position per site, so it stays where you placed it on meethue.com. Click the panel header to collapse it down to just the minimized bubble, or click the expand handle to show the full panel. The panel can be resized by dragging the bottom-right corner. Press the Escape key to close the expanded panel and return to the minimized state. All panel settings, including position, size, collapsed state, opacity, favorites, and scene history, are saved per site and persist across browsing sessions.

PLEASE NOTE

This extension requires the free BotGentz extension to be installed and active, as it provides the underlying DOM injection and script execution environment. Philips Hue's website changes periodically, and scene element structures, class names, and page layouts may be updated. When that happens, the extension may stop detecting scenes until an update is released. The extension stores your overlay position, size, opacity, visibility, favorite scenes, and scene history locally in your browser's storage using GM_setValue. The scene activation interacts with page elements and may not work if Hue's interface changes significantly. Scene activation requires the scene elements to be visible and interactive on the page. No data is ever sent to any server, and no personal information is collected. You can clear all stored settings at any time by clearing your browser data for meethue.com.