[SOLVED]Add text to end of Variable

I'm polling a NetAtmo for indoor/outdoor temperatures. I'd like to add F° after the number so it's clearer in the remote UI. I tried doing this with the Modify Variable Action but it didn't seem to work. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Noah

[jay (support)]

Why not just add it to the control page element that displays the temp?

I just use a simple script that fires on any change to a variable.

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set the value of variable "somevariable" to value of variable "somevariable" & " F" & (ASCII character 188)

Carl

Thanks Jay- I typically like to look at the raw variables in the iPhone App but I guess it's a good excuse to build some control pages. My main issue is we are accessing them on a variety of different devices- Mac, iPad, iPhone etc. Do you think responsive control pages are coming anytime soon?

[jay (support)]

Depends on your definition of "anytime soon"...

Fully responsive custom pages would be extremely difficult if not impossible to do well without making it too difficult for normal users, though we have some ideas about how to make it a bit easier to transition.

However, it's not really that hard to design pages that look decent on multiple devices. And of course you can have as many as you like. I find that once you do the initial pages they don't often change enough to make editing a couple that big of an inconvenience. YMMV of course.

If I wanted to support mainly iPhone retina with some iPad Air and Mac desktop usage is there a size you'd recommend?

[jay (support)]

It really depends on what types of controls and information you're showing on the page. I'd just pick each of the various retina screen sizes, throw a couple of things on them and just test them out on the various devices and see which one feels like it's going to do the trick for you.

Great- will give it a try.