https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/ 2026-10-25T01:27:04+00:00 https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/ https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2023-09-13T04:04:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Prompt_for_User_Input?rev=1694577883&do=diff Prompt For User Input Action Prompt For User Input allows you to design a form that will ask for user input, storing the results in Keyboard Maestro Variables. You can prompt for variables with text, checkbox, popup menu, or password fields. [ Prompt For User InputAction ] This action produces this Display: text/html 2021-12-11T15:14:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Custom_HTML_Prompt?rev=1639235655&do=diff Custom HTML Prompt Action The Custom HTML Prompt action allows you to display an entirely customized window to gather or display information in any way desired (v7.0+). This is quite an advanced action, and requires designing the window in HTML (including text/html 2023-10-31T02:25:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Prompt_for_Snippet?rev=1698719116&do=diff Prompt For Snippet Action The Prompt For Snippet action (v11.0+) allows you to create a snippet built from a template with fields entered when you execute the macro. The snippet defines the template using the %Ask% token, which can include a size and a default value. text/html 2021-10-14T07:53:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Prompt_for_File?rev=1634198038&do=diff Prompt for File Action The Prompt for File action (v8+) prompts for selected files or folders and saves the path(s) into a variable. [ Prompt for File ] You can prompt for an existing file(s) or folder(s), or for a new file or folder. You can choose whether you want to select only a single file or folder, or allow selecting multiple files or folders (v10.0+). text/html 2023-11-28T08:07:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Execute_a_JavaScript_in_Custom_Prompt?rev=1701158841&do=diff Execute JavaScript in Custom HTML Prompt The Execute JavaScript in Custom HTML Prompt action let you execute JavaScript in a Custom HTML Prompt window. [ Execute JavaScript in Custom HTML Prompt Action ] This action allows you to execute a specified JavaScript, either from a file or text entered in the Action itself, and return the results. text/html 2021-10-08T06:17:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Get_Touch_Bar_Selection?rev=1633673872&do=diff Get Touch Bar Selection Action The Get Touch Bar Selection action (v8+) lets you display a set of buttons in the Touch Bar and process the result. The buttons are separated by vertical bars (|) just like the Prompt for User Input Popup fields. So, for example F__Fail|C__OK|B__Good|A__Excellent text/html 2022-09-27T06:37:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Prompt_With_List?rev=1664260636&do=diff Prompt With List Action The Prompt With List action (v8+) lets you select from a list of values. The values should be placed on separate lines, and can come from a clipboard, variable, file or text within the action. [ Prompt With List ] You can include a title (which is only displayed when the search field is empty), as well as a default search string (v8.1+). You can also configure the width of the window (narrow, normal, wide, automatic) and whether to allow multiple selections (v8.1+) a… text/html 2021-10-08T06:15:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Prompt_for_Screen_Rectangle?rev=1633673759&do=diff Prompt for Screen Rectangle Action The Prompt for Screen Rectangle action allows you select an area (or optionally just a point) on the screen. By default, the area will always be a positive rectangle, but you can preserve negative values (and hence the direction of selection) using action (gear) ⚙ menu. text/html 2026-03-27T04:29:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Set_Next_Engine_Window_Position?rev=1774585778&do=diff Set Next Engine Window Position Action The Set Next Engine Window Position action allows you to specify where the next Keyboard Maestro Engine window will be placed. This applies to pretty much any window, such as text displays. This allows you to specify the position of windows that would otherwise appear in a predefined spot. text/html 2021-10-08T06:16:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Alert?rev=1633673769&do=diff Alert Action The Alert action displays an alert in a separate window. The alert may contain static text which you enter in the Comment field. The comment field can also contain Text Tokens such as the name of the macro, a variable, a date, the clipboard or numerous other tokens. text/html 2023-12-01T04:44:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Show_Palette_of_Macros?rev=1701405889&do=diff Show Palette of Macros The Show Palette of Macros action (v8+) allows you to display a palette of selected macros and select which one to execute. [ Show Palette of Macros Action ] You can elect to have only active, only enabled, or all macros displayed — macros selected will be triggered even if they are currently inactive. text/html 2020-12-14T02:56:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Display_Clipboard?rev=1607914575&do=diff Display Clipboard Action The Display (Named) Clipboard action displays the system clipboard or a Named Clipboard in a window. Select which clipboard to display from the Display pop-up. This can display an image. You can also display a file by reading the file in to the system clipboard, or in to a named clipboard. text/html 2020-12-14T02:56:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Display_Text?rev=1607914582&do=diff Display Text Action The Display Text Action provides two very different functions: * Display Text in a Popup Window * Insert Text in a Text Document or Text Field Action Screenshot When you initially insert this Action, it looks like this: text/html 2026-05-25T12:35:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Execute_a_Shell_Script?rev=1779712509&do=diff Execute a Shell Script The Execute a Shell Script action executes a specified shell script using /bin/sh, either from a file or from the script embedded in the action. Important: * It is best to always specify the language using the #! at the front of the script.