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| - | The Until action executes a list of actions until conditions are met. | + | ====== Until Action ====== |
| - | {{:action:until.png|}} | + | ===== 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. | ||
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| + | It is one of several Actions that _loop_ through a set of other Actions until some criteria is met. | ||
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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. | ||
| Select a way to meet the conditions: | Select a way to meet the conditions: | ||
| - | *Any of the following are true — at least one condition must be true. | + | * Any of the following are true — at least one condition must be true. |
| - | *All of the following are true — every condition must be true. | + | * All of the following are true — every condition must be true. |
| - | *None of the following are true — no condition is true. | + | * None of the following are true — no condition is true. |
| - | *Not all of the following are true — at least one condition must be false. | + | * Not all of the following are true — at least one condition must be false. |
| Add a new condition by clicking the green + button beside //New Condition// to select from a list of available conditions. | Add a new condition by clicking the green + button beside //New Condition// to select from a list of available conditions. | ||
| - | Conditions are grouped by category. See the Conditions section for further details. | + | Conditions are grouped by category. See the [[:Conditions|Conditions]] section for further details. |
| - | *Application | + | |
| - | *Button | + | ~~NOCACHE~~ |
| - | *Calculation | + | <nspages condition -textPages=""> |
| - | *Clipboard | + | |
| - | *Environment Variable | + | |
| - | *Found Image | + | |
| - | *Key | + | |
| - | *Location | + | |
| - | *Macro/Macro Group | + | |
| - | *Menu | + | |
| - | *Modifiers | + | |
| - | *Mounted Volume | + | |
| - | *Path | + | |
| - | *Pixel | + | |
| - | *Script | + | |
| - | *Text | + | |
| - | *Typed String | + | |
| - | *USB Device | + | |
| - | *Variable | + | |
| - | *Any Window | + | |
| - | *Front Window | + | |
| - | *Wireless Network | + | |
| 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. | 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. | ||
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| + | 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) | ||
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| + | ===== See Also ===== | ||
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| + | === Actions === | ||
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| + | * [[action:If Then Else|If Then Else]] | ||
| + | * [[action:Pause_Until|Pause Until]] | ||
| + | * [[action:For_Each|For Each]] action | ||
| + | * [[action:Repeat|Repeat]] action | ||
| + | * [[action:While|While]] action | ||
| + | * [[action:Assert|Assert]] action | ||
| + | * [[actions:Redirect_Control_Flow|Redirect Control Flow]] actions | ||
| + | * [[:Actions|See all Actions]] | ||
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| + | === Conditions === | ||
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| + | * [[:Conditions|See all Conditions]] | ||
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| + | ==== Forum ==== | ||
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| + | - [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/issue-pause-until-action-fails-with-no-windows/3022/7|ISSUE: PAUSE UNTIL Action Fails with No Windows]] | ||
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| + | - [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/search?q=Until|Keyboard Maestro Forum topics about Until action]] | ||
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