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action:Execute_a_JavaScript_in_Custom_Prompt [2016/07/26 20:16] JMichaelTX |
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| - | ====== Execute JavaScript in Custom Prompt Action ====== | + | ====== Execute JavaScript in Custom HTML Prompt Action ====== |
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| * [Execute JavaScript in Chrome](https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Execute_a_JavaScript_in_Google_Chrome) | * [Execute JavaScript in Chrome](https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Execute_a_JavaScript_in_Google_Chrome) | ||
| + | ===== Example ===== | ||
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| + | {{:action:km-7.2-execute-script-in-html-prompt-example.png?nolink|}} | ||
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| + | Note the purpose of this example is to close an existing HTML Prompt window, and it calls a custom JavaScript function already in the Custom HTML Prompt. The Action option of "asynchronously" is chosen to avoid timeout of the Action. Otherwise, the Action will wait for a response from the HTML Prompt, which will never come. | ||
| ===== Source of Script ===== | ===== Source of Script ===== | ||
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| ===== Target of Script ===== | ===== Target of Script ===== | ||
| - | The JavaScript is executed in a specific [Custom HTML Prompt](https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Custom_HTML_Prompt) action with a matching windowid, or all Custom HTML Prompts if no windowid is specified. | + | The JavaScript is executed in a specific [[action:Custom_HTML_Prompt]] action with a matching [[action:Custom_HTML_Prompt#HTML_Window_Design|data-kmwindowid]], or all Custom HTML Prompts if no windowid is specified. |
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| This Action can (optionally) return the results of the JavaScript: | This Action can (optionally) return the results of the JavaScript: | ||
| - | *ignore results. | + | * ignore results |
| - | *display results in a window. | + | * display results in a window |
| - | *display results briefly. | + | * display results briefly |
| - | *display results large. | + | * display results large |
| - | *type results. | + | * type results |
| - | *paste results. | + | * paste results |
| - | *save results to variable. | + | * save results to variable |
| - | *save results to the system clipboard or a named clipboard. | + | * save results to clipboard |
| - | *save results asynchronously — the action runs while the macro continues on. | + | * Either the system clipboard or a named clipboard |
| + | * asynchronously | ||
| + | * Results are **not** saved | ||
| + | * The macro immediately continues to the next action, which runs in parallel with the current action | ||
| If the results are to be saved to a variable or a clipboard then further text areas appear in the action allowing you to specify the variable or specific clipboard. | If the results are to be saved to a variable or a clipboard then further text areas appear in the action allowing you to specify the variable or specific clipboard. | ||
action/Execute_a_JavaScript_in_Custom_Prompt.txt · Last modified: 2023/11/28 03:07 by peternlewis
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