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actions:Execute_a_JavaScript_in_Browser [2017/08/31 02:04] peternlewis |
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| Like other [[Browser_Actions|browser actions]], these actions work with Safari or Google Chrome (or whichever of the two was last at the front). | Like other [[Browser_Actions|browser actions]], these actions work with Safari or Google Chrome (or whichever of the two was last at the front). | ||
| - | Alternatively, you can execute JavaScript in a specified [[action:Custom_HTML_Prompt|Custom HTML Prompt]]. | + | Alternatively, you can execute JavaScript in a specified [[action:Custom_HTML_Prompt|Custom HTML Prompt]] window. |
| This action allows you to execute a specified JavaScript, either from a file or text entered in the Action itself, and return the results. | This action allows you to execute a specified JavaScript, either from a file or text entered in the Action itself, and return the results. | ||
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| - | For *Execute a JavaScript in Custom HTML Prompt* you can specify a Custom HTML Prompt window ID to apply the JavaScript to, otherwise it will be applied to all open Custom HTML Prompt windows. | ||
| ===== Options for Returning Results ===== | ===== Options for Returning Results ===== | ||
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| ===== Using Keyboard Maestro Variables ===== | ===== Using Keyboard Maestro Variables ===== | ||
| - | JavaScript can only **GET** Keyboard Maestro variables. They cannot be set. If your Keyboard Maestro Variable contains spaces, they must be replaced with underscores in the JavaScript, for example: | + | JavaScript in browsers can only **GET** Keyboard Maestro variables. They cannot be set. If your Keyboard Maestro Variable contains spaces, they must be replaced with underscores in the JavaScript, for example: |
| ```javascript | ```javascript | ||
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| ===== Saving Results to Keyboard Maestro Variables ===== | ===== Saving Results to Keyboard Maestro Variables ===== | ||
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| - | If you need to set a Keyboard Maestro Variable from the JavaScript, then use a JavaScript return to return the data to the Keyboard Maestro Action, which can be set to save the results as a Keyboard Maestro Variable. | + | If you need to set a Keyboard Maestro Variable from the JavaScript in a browser, then use the JavaScript return value to return the data to the Keyboard Maestro Action, which can be set to save the results as a Keyboard Maestro Variable. |
| If you need to set more than one Keyboard Maestro Variable, one approach is to return the data for each variable on a separate line (or with delimiters of your choice), and then parse in a following [[action: Search_using_Regular_Expression|Search using Regular Expression]]. | If you need to set more than one Keyboard Maestro Variable, one approach is to return the data for each variable on a separate line (or with delimiters of your choice), and then parse in a following [[action: Search_using_Regular_Expression|Search using Regular Expression]]. | ||
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| + | ===== Execute a JavaScript in Custom HTML Prompt ===== | ||
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| + | For the *Execute a JavaScript in Custom HTML Prompt* action, you can specify a [[action:Custom_HTML_Prompt]] with a matching [[action:Custom_HTML_Prompt#HTML_Window_Design|data-kmwindowid]] to apply the JavaScript to, otherwise it will be applied to all open Custom HTML Prompt windows. | ||
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| + | The JavaScript can access variables by using the window.KeyboardMaestro functions described in the [[action:Custom_HTML_Prompt|Custom HTML Prompt]] action. | ||
| ===== See Also ===== | ===== See Also ===== | ||
actions/Execute_a_JavaScript_in_Browser.txt ยท Last modified: 2024/01/24 22:06 by peternlewis
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