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| ====== Prompt For User Input ====== | ====== Prompt For User Input ====== | ||
| _Prompt For User Input_ allows you to design a form that will ask for user input, storing the results in [[manual:Variables|Keyboard Maestro Variables]]. | _Prompt For User Input_ allows you to design a form that will ask for user input, storing the results in [[manual:Variables|Keyboard Maestro Variables]]. | ||
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| + | You can prompt for variables with text, checkbox, popup menu, or password fields. | ||
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| + | {{ promptaction.png?nolink&575x402 | Prompt Action }} | ||
| ===== Example ===== | ===== Example ===== | ||
| - | **This Setup of the Prompt for User Action . . .** | + | This action: |
| - | {{:action:promptaction.png|}} | + | {{ promptfullaction.png?nolink&575x612 | Prompt Example Action }} |
| - | **Produces this Display*** | + | Produces this Display: |
| - | {{:action:promptwindow.png|}} | + | {{ promptwindow.png?nolink&585x505 | Prompt For User Input Window }} |
| ===== Form Fields ===== | ===== Form Fields ===== | ||
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| The Form may contain zero or more _Variable_ lines, with each line providing two form fields: | The Form may contain zero or more _Variable_ lines, with each line providing two form fields: | ||
| - | - [[:Variables|Keyboard Maestro Variable]] Name (for display only) | + | - [[manual:Variables|Keyboard Maestro Variable]] Name (for display only) |
| - Value of the _Variable_ | - Value of the _Variable_ | ||
| - May optionally have a default value | - May optionally have a default value | ||
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| The [[token:PromptButton|%PromptButton%]] token (v8+) is set to the _name_ of the button pressed, and can be used in actions later in this instance like any other text token. The deprecated _Result Button_ variable is also set to the _name_ of the button pressed. | The [[token:PromptButton|%PromptButton%]] token (v8+) is set to the _name_ of the button pressed, and can be used in actions later in this instance like any other text token. The deprecated _Result Button_ variable is also set to the _name_ of the button pressed. | ||
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| - | Note that the system will not allow Keyboard Maestro Engine to see keys typed in its own windows so the [[trigger:Typed String | Typed String triggers]] will not work within Keyboard Maestro Engine windows. | ||
| === How Buttons are Processed === | === How Buttons are Processed === | ||
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| An update is planned so that if the first button has the Cancel Macro flag, then it is not the default (by default), and if the second button does not have the Cancel Macro flag, then it does not get the Escape/Command-, key (by default). | An update is planned so that if the first button has the Cancel Macro flag, then it is not the default (by default), and if the second button does not have the Cancel Macro flag, then it does not get the Escape/Command-, key (by default). | ||
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| + | ===== Notes ===== | ||
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| + | Note that the system will not allow Keyboard Maestro Engine to see keys typed in its own windows so the [[trigger:Typed String]] triggers will not work within Keyboard Maestro Engine windows. | ||
| Note that the system really really wants a "default" button, and if you do not give it one, it will choose one for you. | Note that the system really really wants a "default" button, and if you do not give it one, it will choose one for you. | ||
action/Prompt_for_User_Input.txt ยท Last modified: 2023/09/13 00:04 by peternlewis
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