https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/ 2026-05-23T22:31:55+00:00 https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/ https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2021-11-24T06:50:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/trigger/Folder?rev=1637736613&do=diff Folder Trigger The Folder trigger (v7.0+) executes the macro when a specified folder on your Mac: * adds an item. * removes an item. * adds or removes an item. The item must be directly in the folder - changes in a subfolder will not be noticed. text/html 2025-11-18T04:13:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/trigger/Hot_Key?rev=1763439182&do=diff Hot Key Trigger The Hot Key trigger is perhaps the most common and most basic of all triggers. When you press the configured keyboard key, the system swallows the keystroke, and Keyboard Maestro executes the macro. The Key The key can be a letter, number, symbol or function key, often in combination with one or more modifiers (Shift, Control, Option and/or Command). Almost any key can be a trigger, and keep in mind the number pad counts as different keys to the numeric keys on the main keyb… text/html 2023-10-24T05:28:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/trigger/keyboardmaestro?rev=1698125316&do=diff keyboardmaestro CLI Tool You can use the keyboardmaestro CLI Tool to trigger or edit macros. The keyboardmaestro command line tool is included within the Keyboard Maestro.app package, in the Contents/MacOS folder, so if the Keyboard Maestro.app package is installed in the normal location in the /Applications folder, the path to the command will be: text/html 2025-06-19T05:49:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/trigger/USB_Device_Key?rev=1750312155&do=diff USB Device Key Trigger This is an advanced trigger — generally you should use a Hot Key Trigger if possible. The USB Device Key trigger executes a macro when any device key is pressed — this includes modifier keys, mouse buttons, many programmable keyboards, and even the brightness buttons on USB connected monitors.