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action:Select_or_Show_a_Menu_Item [2017/03/05 22:15]
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action:Select_or_Show_a_Menu_Item [2019/05/19 21:33] (current)
peternlewis For menus in the Apple menu, use the title “Apple”.
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 Alternatively,​ you can start the name with an ^ and use a regular expression to match the menu.  Alternatively,​ you can start the name with an ^ and use a regular expression to match the menu. 
  
-Also the action will translate the word "APPLICATION" ​(all capitals) into the current application name, allowing menu selections like *APPLICATION ➤ About APPLICATION*. (!) Note that applications may not have names that match their *Application* menu name (such as Microsoft Word, whose menu name is just Word). You can use APPLICATION as part of a set of multiple items, so you can work around this using *APPLICATION|Word|Excel ➤ About APPLICATION|About Word|About Excel* for example.+Also the action will translate the word APPLICATION” (all capitals) into the current application name, allowing menu selections like *APPLICATION ➤ About APPLICATION*. (!) Note that applications may not have names that match their *Application* menu name (such as Microsoft Word, whose menu name is just Word). You can use APPLICATION as part of a set of multiple items, so you can work around this using *APPLICATION|Word|Excel ➤ About APPLICATION|About Word|About Excel* for example
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 +For menus in the Apple menu, use the title “Apple”.
  
 Before 7.0, unlike most text fields in Keyboard Maestro, the Select Menu Item fields do not process text tokens. ​ As of 7.0+, the fields do process text tokens. Before 7.0, unlike most text fields in Keyboard Maestro, the Select Menu Item fields do not process text tokens. ​ As of 7.0+, the fields do process text tokens.
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