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action:Find_Image_on_Screen [2019/07/08 00:31]
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action:Find_Image_on_Screen [2023/09/15 02:21] (current)
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 You can search the entire desktop, or you can restrict your search to a specific screen or window, or to a specific area on the screen. You can search the entire desktop, or you can restrict your search to a specific screen or window, or to a specific area on the screen.
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 +There is an option in the action (gear) ⚙ menu to have the action wait until the image appears (v11.0+).
  
 Suppose that the image location is stored in the [[manual:​Variables|Variable]] `ImageLocation` (chosen by you in the action). ​ Then parts of the image data (properties) may be referenced in other actions like [[action:​Move_or_Click_Mouse|Move and Click Mouse]] using the following notation: Suppose that the image location is stored in the [[manual:​Variables|Variable]] `ImageLocation` (chosen by you in the action). ​ Then parts of the image data (properties) may be referenced in other actions like [[action:​Move_or_Click_Mouse|Move and Click Mouse]] using the following notation:
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 After an action like this is executed, and an image was found, then the [[token:​FoundImage|%FoundImage%]] token (v8+) will return the data of the last found image. After an action like this is executed, and an image was found, then the [[token:​FoundImage|%FoundImage%]] token (v8+) will return the data of the last found image.
  
-Please note that "​ImageLocation"​ is just an example Variable (which you the use can set), whereas [[token:​FoundImage|%FoundImage%]] is a token provided by the Keyboard Maestro Engine.+Please note that "​ImageLocation"​ is just an example Variable (which you the user can set), whereas [[token:​FoundImage|%FoundImage%]] is a token provided by the Keyboard Maestro Engine.
  
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action/Find_Image_on_Screen.1562560317.txt.gz · Last modified: 2019/07/08 00:31 by peternlewis