Platform Connection
Published 17 Sept 2026
Shows whether one of your platform accounts is actually connected, and connects or disconnects it on press.
This is the action the live-state work was built for. A key that can only ask for a change, without ever showing whether the platform is up, is barely better than a hotkey. This one is a status light first.
Settings
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Platform | Which account. The list is the accounts on your Platforms page, by their display name - so two Twitch accounts are told apart properly. | - |
| Show logo | On draws the platform's own mark with a coloured status dot. Off draws the plain TipLink key with the account name on it. | On |
| On press | Toggle connection, Connect only, Disconnect only, or Nothing (status only). | Toggle connection |
On the Key
With Show logo on, the key is the platform's mark, tinted by state, with a word underneath:
| Key | State |
|---|---|
Green tint, Connected | Connected and receiving events. |
Amber tint, Connecting | Mid-handshake, or reconnecting after a drop. |
Grey tint, Offline | Not connected. |
With Show logo off, the key shows the account name, bright when connected and dimmed otherwise, with ... added while connecting.
Other faces:
| What it shows | When |
|---|---|
Pick platform | No account chosen yet. |
Offline | TipLink itself is not running - which is different from the platform being offline. |
A platform mid-reconnect is neither up nor down, and rounding it to one or the other is how you end up restarting something that was about to come back by itself. Amber means wait a moment.
Status Only
Set On press to Nothing (status only) and the key becomes a light that cannot be pressed into doing anything. This is the setting to use on your main stream page - a mis-hit on a Toggle key disconnects Twitch mid-tip, and you will not notice until the alerts stop.
A common layout is a row of status-only lights on the page you actually use, and the toggling versions on a folder you have to go into deliberately.
Connect Only and Disconnect Only
Same reasoning as Toggle Alert: if two keys point at the same account, make one Connect only and the other Disconnect only. Two Toggle keys will eventually disagree about which way they are pointing.
Common Uses
A connection panel
One key per account, all set to status only, on the page you keep open while streaming. You can see every platform's state without opening TipLink.
A reconnect key
One key set to Toggle connection for the platform that drops most often. Press twice to cycle a stuck connection, without alt-tabbing out of your game.
A privacy key
Disconnect only on the platform you want silenced immediately when someone walks into the room.
Things to Watch For
A press asks; the key reports. When you press, the key snaps to whatever TipLink says right after, then follows the real state as it changes. If a connection fails, the key goes back to Offline on its own - it does not pretend the press worked.
The logo survives TipLink being closed. The key remembers which platform it is for, so an offline key still shows the right mark rather than falling back to initials.
Platforms without artwork show initials. Newer or less common platforms fall back to a lettered tile with the same status colouring.
Related
- Platforms - setting up the accounts this key controls.
- Pause Queue - stop reacting to events without disconnecting anything.
- Widget Visibility - the same live-state idea, for overlay widgets.