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Scripting_the_Keyboard_Maestro_editor [2017/09/20 16:29]
JMichaelTX ADD example to get current macro
Scripting_the_Keyboard_Maestro_editor [2017/10/13 22:07]
JMichaelTX Move script for Macro Groups to here
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 The Keyboard Maestro Scripting Definition (sdef) describes all the support, and you can open in in the Script Editor to see more details. ​ Here are some examples of what you can do: The Keyboard Maestro Scripting Definition (sdef) describes all the support, and you can open in in the Script Editor to see more details. ​ Here are some examples of what you can do:
 +
 +FIXME  Just adding this until I can provide a more complete script.
 +
 +===== Selecting Lists of Objects in KM8 =====
 +
 +```applescript
 +tell application "​Keyboard Maestro"​
 +  set selList to selection
 +  set macroList to selected macros
 +  set grpList to selected macro groups
 +end tell
 +```
 +
  
 ===== 1. Get Current Macro Object ===== ===== 1. Get Current Macro Object =====
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 tell application "​Keyboard Maestro"​ tell application "​Keyboard Maestro"​
 +  #    Ver 1.1    2017-09-20
 +  ​
 +  set macroList to every macro whose selected is true
 +  ​
 +  --- Make Sure Only ONE Macro is Selected ---
 +  ​
 +  if ((count of macroList) = 1) then
 +    set oMacro to item 1 of macroList
 +  else
 +    error "​Multiple Macros are selected. ​ Select only ONE and re-execute this script."​
 +  end if
 +  ​
 +  --- Now We can Get/Set Macro Properties ---
   ​   ​
-  set oMacro to first macro whose selected is true 
   set macroName to name of oMacro   set macroName to name of oMacro
   ​   ​
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-===== 2. Get and Create Variety of Editor Objects =====+===== 2. Macro Groups ===== 
 + 
 +**Disable a Macro Group** 
 + 
 +<code applescript>​ 
 +tell application "​Keyboard Maestro"​ 
 +   set enabled of macro group "Macro Group Name" to false 
 +end tell 
 +</​code>​ 
 + 
 +**Edit a Macro Group** 
 + 
 +<code applescript>​ 
 +tell application "​Keyboard Maestro"​ 
 +  editMacro "Macro Group Name or UID" 
 +end tell 
 +</​code>​ 
 + 
 +**Get the list of currently selected macro groups** 
 + 
 +<code applescript>​ 
 +tell application "​Keyboard Maestro"​ 
 +   set groupList to selected macro groups 
 +end tell 
 +</​code>​ 
 + 
 +===== 3. Get and Create Variety of Editor Objects =====
  
  
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-===== 3. Create Macro Group and Macros =====+===== 4. Create Macro Group and Macros =====
  
 Here is a full example that creates a macro group called "​Multiple Clipboards"​ and then creates 9 macros with hot Control-C and action to copy the clipboard to a named clipboard with name "​Clipboard N" (where N is 1-9) and another set of 9 macros with hot key Control-V and action to paste from the named clipboard "​Clipboard N" Here is a full example that creates a macro group called "​Multiple Clipboards"​ and then creates 9 macros with hot Control-C and action to copy the clipboard to a named clipboard with name "​Clipboard N" (where N is 1-9) and another set of 9 macros with hot key Control-V and action to paste from the named clipboard "​Clipboard N"
Scripting_the_Keyboard_Maestro_editor.txt · Last modified: 2018/04/14 19:02 by JMichaelTX