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| - | The Until action executes a list of actions until conditions are met. | + | ====== Until Action ====== |
| - | {{:action:until.png?511|}} | + | ===== Definition ===== |
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| + | The Until action executes a list of actions until conditions are met. The Until action condition is not evaluated UNTIL the end of the Until Loop, so it will always execute all Actions in the _Until_ block at least once.\\ | ||
| + | It is one of several Actions that _loop_ through a set of other Actions until some criteria is met. | ||
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| + | **Looping Actions** | ||
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| + | * [[action:For_Each|For Each]] action | ||
| + | * [[action:Repeat|Repeat]] action | ||
| + | * [[action:Until|Until]] action | ||
| + | * [[action:While|While]] action | ||
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| + | ===== How To Use ===== | ||
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| + | {{:action:until_action_image_--_km_8.2.png?nolink|}} | ||
| Drag one or more actions into the //No Action// area. | Drag one or more actions into the //No Action// area. | ||
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| Conditions are grouped by category. See the [[:Conditions|Conditions]] section for further details. | Conditions are grouped by category. See the [[:Conditions|Conditions]] section for further details. | ||
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| - | After selecting a condition category you can make further choices. For example, if you choose the //Application Condition// you can choose a specific application to be running, or at the front, and so on. | ||
| ~~NOCACHE~~ | ~~NOCACHE~~ | ||
| <nspages condition -textPages=""> | <nspages condition -textPages=""> | ||
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| + | After selecting a condition category you can make further choices. For example, if you choose the //Application Condition// you can choose a specific application to be running, or at the front, and so on. | ||
| Add further conditions by clicking the green + button again. | Add further conditions by clicking the green + button again. | ||
| You can break out of the loop, retry this iteration, or skip to the next iteration with the [[actions:Redirect_Control_Flow|actions:Redirect Control Flow]] actions. | You can break out of the loop, retry this iteration, or skip to the next iteration with the [[actions:Redirect_Control_Flow|actions:Redirect Control Flow]] actions. | ||
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| + | ===== Examples ===== | ||
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| + | **Example 1** | ||
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| + | {{:action:until.png?511|}} | ||
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| + | **Example 2** | ||
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| + | See this Keyboard Maestro Forum post: [About the "Until" action functioning](https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/about-the-until-action-functioning/12812/2) | ||
| ===== See Also ===== | ===== See Also ===== | ||
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| * [[action:If Then Else|If Then Else]] | * [[action:If Then Else|If Then Else]] | ||
| - | * [[action:Pause|Pause Until Conditions Met]] | + | * [[action:Pause_Until|Pause Until]] |
| * [[action:For_Each|For Each]] action | * [[action:For_Each|For Each]] action | ||
| * [[action:Repeat|Repeat]] action | * [[action:Repeat|Repeat]] action | ||
| * [[action:While|While]] action | * [[action:While|While]] action | ||
| + | * [[action:Assert|Assert]] action | ||
| * [[actions:Redirect_Control_Flow|Redirect Control Flow]] actions | * [[actions:Redirect_Control_Flow|Redirect Control Flow]] actions | ||
| * [[:Actions|See all Actions]] | * [[:Actions|See all Actions]] | ||
action/Until.txt · Last modified: 2021/10/14 00:33 by peternlewis
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