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--- action:Set_Action_Delay [2019/07/01 02:09] – peternlewis
+++ action:Set_Action_Delay [2023/11/20 03:03] (current) – peternlewis
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-The //Set/Reset Action Delay action// lets you set the various arbitrary delays used in Keyboard Maestro, either for this macro, or (semi)permanently for all macros.
+The //Set/Reset Action Delay action// lets you set the various arbitrary delays used in Keyboard Maestro, either for this macro, or (not recommended!) (semi)permanently for all macros.
 You can set the following delays:
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 * Simulate Modifiers Delay (0.15 seconds)
 * Simulate Dead Key Delay (0.03 seconds)
+(!) It is highly recommended that you only ever use this action to set a delay for the specific macro. Setting a delay across all macros is highly likely to be the wrong solution, and to cause unnecessarily poor performance.
 The Between Actions Delay is a really big club, and is generally a bad idea to adjust.  Most actions have no need for a delay between them, and a few actions (typically before clicks for example, or after an action changes window focus or that sort of thing) require very large delays (a significant fraction of a second).  You should add these required large delays using [Pause](Pause) or better yet, [Pause Until](Pause_Until) actions.  If you set the Between Actions Delay to a large value your macro is going to run unnecessarily slowly.