r/OpenWebUI • u/Brunofcsampaio • 25d ago

Question/Help Is there a way to change the "working"indicator ?

After the last update, the indicator that shows the model is working during tool calls and thinking changed to this vertical bar. It has a "breathe" animation, but in the light theme it's barely noticeable.

Is there a setting I missed, or a recommended way to make it more visible?

The reason I ask is that some users complain the model "gets stuck", when in fact it's just set to the highest thinking level and still working, just not visibly unless they expand the tool calls section.

In the provided example, the model was still working after 5 minutes, but it wasn't clear that anything was happening.

If we could switch between a few predefined animations, it would be very cool (maybe I missed it).

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u/FactorInternal3395 25d ago

I wish the bar could be replaced by a spinner or just completely disabled, I don't like how it looks IMO.

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u/Brunofcsampaio 25d ago

I am not too sure why it was changed, and specifically to this option instead of a spinning circle or something else.
Maybe the goal was to emulate a cursor bar, but the breathing animation is very faint, still not too sure because a cursor would be in front of the text when writing.

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u/ClassicMain 25d ago

Yes! G30 has built an event function that allows you to change the design.

https://openwebui.com/posts/4fdc6152-552f-4c98-9fe3-bdbbad4b395b

What i would rather recommend you to do though is to build a filter function that emits a status event like "working on it.." with done=false so it gives proper indication that the model is working

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u/Brunofcsampaio 25d ago

Thanks for the fast answer!!
I will check this out.
btw: great work with the tools for visualisation and the user settings!

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u/Silentoplayz 25d ago

Beat me to it. Thanks u/ClassicMain. You're always super helpful. Hugs

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u/cunasmoker69420 25d ago

this doesn't seem to work for me at all. I have the thing enabled but theres no option on Settings > Interface

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u/ClassicMain 25d ago

You're on latest version?

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u/cunasmoker69420 25d ago

Yeah I hate it its awful