This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Both sides previous revision Previous revision Next revision | Previous revision | ||
action:Open_a_URL [2016/09/12 16:46] JMichaelTX ADD screen shot for Ver 7.3 chg; Added sections |
action:Open_a_URL [2019/07/01 04:08] (current) peternlewis |
||
---|---|---|---|
Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
Select the application to open the URL from the //with// pop-up. | Select the application to open the URL from the //with// pop-up. | ||
- | :!: 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_Variable) 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). |
+ | |||
+ | {{ 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 (7.2+): | + | The action (gear) ⚙ menu provides options to control the action. |
+ | |||
+ | {{ open-url-gear-menu.png?nolink&252x537 | Open URL Gear Menu }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | 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) | ||
Line 19: | Line 25: | ||
* 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. | |
- | + | ||
- | {{:action:km-7.3-open-url.png?nolink|}} | + | |
===== See Also ===== | ===== See Also ===== | ||
Line 30: | Line 34: | ||
* [[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]] | ||
- | |||
- | ==== Other ==== | ||
- | |||
- | * [[:WhatsNew|What’s New (Release Notes)]] | ||
- | |||
- |