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Scripting_the_Keyboard_Maestro_editor [2017/12/14 21:54] JMichaelTX ADD script to get class of object selected |
Scripting_the_Keyboard_Maestro_editor [2018/04/14 10:43] MartinPacker [5. Create Macro Group and Macros] |
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| ===== 1. Selecting Lists of Objects in KM8 ===== | ===== 1. Selecting Lists of Objects in KM8 ===== | ||
| - | The `selection` property will return whatever is selected, and has focus, in the Keyboard Maestro Editor. So this could be any of these: action, macro, macro group. Here is how to get the selection, and determine the type (class) of the object that is selected: | + | The `selection` property will return whatever is selected, and has focus, in the Keyboard Maestro editor. So this could be any of these: action, macro, macro group. Here is how to get the selection, and determine the type (class) of the object that is selected: |
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| ===== 5. Create Macro Group and Macros ===== | ===== 5. Create Macro Group and Macros ===== | ||
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| + | Before you use a macro group you probably want to check if it exists. The following example tests for the macro group's existence, based on a Keyboard Maestro input variable containing the macro group name -`macroGroup`. | ||
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| + | (This test is case-insensitive. For example macro group "Firefox" could also be specified as "firefox".) | ||
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| + | ```applescript | ||
| + | tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine" | ||
| + | set macroGroup to getvariable "macroGroup" | ||
| + | end tell | ||
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| + | tell application id "com.stairways.keyboardmaestro.editor" | ||
| + | if exists macro group macroGroup then | ||
| + | return true | ||
| + | else | ||
| + | return false | ||
| + | end if | ||
| + | end tell | ||
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| + | ``` | ||
| 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" | ||
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