====== Palettes ======
Keyboard Maestro can display a number of Palettes (or Toolbars).
There are four types of palettes:
- Global Macro Palette.
- Applications Palette.
- Conflict Palette.
- Macro Group palettes.
===
be triggered.
* Provide for displaying a [[manual:Palettes|Palette]] of Macros that can like a custom toolbar for your apps, or even across all or multiple apps.
=... ctivation|Macro Activation]].
===== Displaying a Palette =====
* Each Macro Group can be displayed as a palette. The macro group can be global to all applications
t other times.
Macro~~Groups can be displayed as palettes, allowing you to create your own custom toolbars... anually or display the macros in a floating macro palette. The options are:
* Always activated.
* Activat... ion when:
* Activated/deactivated when:
* Shows a palette for one action when:
* Shows/hides a palette when:
* Shows a palette until:
* Always activated and shows a
+) includes some Touch Bar actions ([[action:Show_Palette_of_Macros|Show Palette of Macros]] action and [[action:Get_Touch_Bar_Selection|Get Touch Bar Selection]] action) and allows you to have Conflict Palettes show up in the Touch Bar (though the limited spa... the key is swallowed), the status menu or a macro palette trigger.
==== When do I need a Pause? ====
The
igger:Hot_Key|Hot Key]] or [[trigger:Global_Macro_Palette|Global Macro Palette]] or [[trigger:Status_Menu|Status Menu]] trigger.
Try to be consistent with your Hot... format]].
===== How do I get more than one Macro Palette (Toolbar)? =====
There are three kinds of palettes in Keyboard Maestro:
* There is one “Global Macro Pal
====== Global Macro Palette Trigger ======
The //Global Macro Palette trigger// lets you add your macro to a floating palette, so you can trigger it by clicking on the macro name in the palette.
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//Keyboard Maest
macro syncing.
* Show or hide the [[Applications_Palette|Applications Palette]].
* configure whether to detect clipboards that resemble passwords and obscure them.... ether to send diagnostics (crash reports).
===== Palettes Preferences =====
In the [[Windows#Preferences_Palettes_Pane|Palettes preference pane]] you can adjust t
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* Fixed an issue where the Active Macro Groups palette could be incorrect.
* Fixed a possible issue with... a crash/lag.
* Fixed an issue with [[action:Show_Palette_of_Macros|Show Palette of Macros]] action not using the default theme initially. ([forum](https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/palettes-all-changed-with-v11/33685))
* Fixed the [[token
, and whether to display the macros in a floating palette.
See also the [[Macros]] section.
===== Macro E... the window floats above all applications.
===== Palette Theme Editor =====
This window allows you to configure the appearance of the various macro palette.
You can choose a style, the opacity of the palette, the size of the entries, the number of columns, whet
tion explicitly (such as from another Macro Group palette).
You can configure the action in similar ways t... eactivate.
* Activate/Deactivate (toggle).
* Show palette for one action.
* Show palette.
* Hide palette.
* Show/Hide palette (toggle).
If you are not showing/hiding a palette, you can optionall
====== Applications Palette ======
The Applications Palette displays the currently running applications in a palette.
{{ :manual:applicationspalette.png?78;nolink |Applications Palette }}
You can turn off the palette by clicking the
to/from a set of Named~~Clipboards |
| Conflict~~Palette | is a palette that lets you disambiguate your selection when a macro trigger triggers multiple macros sim... to only a defined set of applications |
| Macro~~Palette | a floating palette containing any active Macros that have a Macro Palette trigger. The palette only app
The //[[action:Show Global Macro Palette|Show Global Macro Palette]]// action shows the Global Macro Palette.
The //[[action:Hide Global Macro Palette|Hide Global Macro Palette]]// hides it.
The //[[action:Toggle
====== Conflict Palette ======
{{:conflict_palette.png|}}
===== Definition =====
When you use a trigger (hot key, device key, ... to trigger.
So instead, it displays the Conflict Palette listing all the triggered macros and lets you sel... ing on it or by typing a letter that narrows that palette down until only one macro remains at which point
aestro.app` is in the Applications folder.
===== Palette Issues =====
==== No Palettes or Dialogs Appear ====
If you set the Keyboard Maestro Engine Login Item t... launch as Hidden, then it is not able to display palettes or dialogs (like the Alert or Prompt For User In... resolved in Mavericks.
==== The Global Floating Palette has disappeared ====
If you close the global flo
