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action:Open_a_File_Folder_or_Application [2016/02/28 02:43] AlainLifchitz add link to actions + link to forum |
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- | The Open a File Folder or Application action allows you to open an item and to select the application to open it with. | + | The //Open a File Folder or Application// action allows you to open an item and to select the application to open it with. |
Click the File Chooser button to the right of the action to select an existing file on disk. Option-click on the File Chooser button to show the currently selected file in the Finder (assuming it exists already). | Click the File Chooser button to the right of the action to select an existing file on disk. Option-click on the File Chooser button to show the currently selected file in the Finder (assuming it exists already). | ||
Select from the //with// pop-up which application to open the item with. | Select from the //with// pop-up which application to open the item with. | ||
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+ | (!) Note that this is almost never the right action to use to launch an application. Instead, use the [[action:Activate_a_Specific_Application|Activate a Specific Application]] action, which will both launch and activate the application. If you really want to use this action, ensure you select the Finder as the application to use to “open” the application - otherwise the system may try to open the application as a document using some other application, which is highly unlikely to be what you want to do (except in very rare circumstances, like perhaps opening an application with a compression utility to compress it for network transport). | ||
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===== See Also ===== | ===== See Also ===== | ||
- | ==== Documentation ==== | + | === Actions === |
- | * [[action:Open a URL|action:Open a URL]] | + | * [[action:Activate a Specific Application|Activate a Specific Application]] |
+ | * [[action:Open a URL|Open a URL]] | ||
+ | * [[:Actions|See all Actions]] | ||
==== Forum ==== | ==== Forum ==== | ||
- [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/stationary-pad-file-not-duplicated-when-opened/3039/2|Stationary Pad File Not Duplicated When Opened]] | - [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/stationary-pad-file-not-duplicated-when-opened/3039/2|Stationary Pad File Not Duplicated When Opened]] | ||
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