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| :!: Keep in mind that the URL **must** be properly formatted. It cannot contain spaces or other invalid characters (the [Percent Encode for URL](/action/Filter) filter may be useful for this purpose). | :!: Keep in mind that the URL **must** be properly formatted. It cannot contain spaces or other invalid characters (the [Percent Encode for URL](/action/Filter) filter may be useful for this purpose). | ||
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| + | {{ open-url.png?nolink&575x112 | Open URL Action }} | ||
| ===== Action Options ===== | ===== Action Options ===== | ||
| - | The Gear Menu provides options to control what text processing is applied in the URL block before it is send to the application (7.3+): | + | The action (gear) ⚙ menu provides options to control the action. |
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| + | {{ open-url-gear-menu.png?nolink&252x537 | Open URL Gear Menu }} | ||
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| + | You can(v7.3+) control the text processing is applied in the URL block before it is send to the application : | ||
| * Process Text Normally (process text tokens and backslash characters) | * Process Text Normally (process text tokens and backslash characters) | ||
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| * Process Nothing (process neither text tokens nor backslash characters) | * Process Nothing (process neither text tokens nor backslash characters) | ||
| - | Most other [Text Fields](https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/Text_Fields) in Keyboard Maestro process both text tokens and (except for regular expression fields) backslash characters. | + | You can also (v9.0+) whether the URL is opened in the background or the browser application is brought to the front. |
| - | + | If the action fails (because the URL is invalid), you will be notified but the macro will continue on. You can adjust these in the gear menu. | |
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| - | {{:action:km-7.3-open-url.png?nolink|}} | + | |
| ===== See Also ===== | ===== See Also ===== | ||
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| * [[action:Open a File Folder or Application|action:Open a File Folder or Application]] | * [[action:Open a File Folder or Application|action:Open a File Folder or Application]] | ||
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| - | ==== Other ==== | ||
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| - | * [[:WhatsNew|What’s New (Release Notes)]] | ||
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action/Open_a_URL.txt · Last modified: 2019/07/01 04:08 by peternlewis
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