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manual:Editor_Window [2019/12/31 18:17]
JMichaelTX [Actions]
manual:Editor_Window [2019/12/31 18:21]
JMichaelTX Reorder Editing sections
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 Edit mode may be toggled on/off by clicking the BUTTON{{{Edit}}} button on the Bottom Toolbar, or by selecting the menu  _View > Stop/Start Editing Macros_. Edit mode may be toggled on/off by clicking the BUTTON{{{Edit}}} button on the Bottom Toolbar, or by selecting the menu  _View > Stop/Start Editing Macros_.
  
 +==== Actions ====
  
-==== Smart Groups ==== +**You can add a new action by any of the following:​** 
- +  - Click the BUTTON{{{New Action}}} button 
-When you are in Edit Mode, and you select a Smart Group, you can edit its search settings. +  - Click the BUTTON{{{+}}} button at the bottom ​of the _Details Column_ 3️⃣ to display the list of actions 
- +  - Choose the [[Menus#​Insert_Action_by_Name|Edit ➤ Insert Action By Name menu]] 
-{{ smart-group-marked.png?​nolink&​937x465 | Smart Group Editor }} +  ​- Press <​kbd>​⌘⌃A</​kbd> ​to show a Insert Action By Name Popup 
- +  - Choose from the [[Menus#​Insert_Action|Edit ➤ Insert Action ​menu]]
-You can adjust the name of the Smart Group 1️⃣, and adjust its [[Search_Strings|Search Strings]] 2️⃣. +
- +
-You can add another Search String by clicking ​the green BUTTON{{{+}}} button+
- +
-==== Macro Groups ==== +
- +
-When you are in Edit Mode, and you select a Macro Group, you can edit its configuration. +
- +
-{{ macro-group-marked.png?​nolink&​937x584 | Macro Group Editor ​}} +
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-You can adjust ​the name of the Macro Group (1). +
- +
-For a Macro to be available to trigger, it must be enabled and its parent Macro Group must be enabled, and active. ​ The configurations for the Macro Group control when it will be active, and thus when the macros it contains will be active (available ​to be triggered and executed). +
- +
-You can adjust whether ​the macro group is enabled 2️⃣, whether it is only active in some specific applications 3️⃣ (ie, when they are at the front, and their menu bar is showing), whether it is only active in specific windows (4), whether it is only active when you explicitly toggle it on or off, and whether and how it shows a palette containing its macros (5).+
  
 ==== Macros ==== ==== Macros ====
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 When a macro is triggered, it will execute the actions you have entered in the Details Column 3️⃣. When a macro is triggered, it will execute the actions you have entered in the Details Column 3️⃣.
  
-==== Actions ​====+==== Macro Groups ​==== 
 + 
 +When you are in Edit Mode, and you select a Macro Group, you can edit its configuration. 
 + 
 +{{ macro-group-marked.png?​nolink&​937x584 | Macro Group Editor }} 
 + 
 +You can adjust the name of the Macro Group (1). 
 + 
 +For a Macro to be available to trigger, it must be enabled and its parent Macro Group must be enabled, and active. ​ The configurations for the Macro Group control when it will be active, and thus when the macros it contains will be active (available to be triggered and executed). 
 + 
 +You can adjust whether the macro group is enabled 2️⃣, whether it is only active in some specific applications 3️⃣ (ie, when they are at the front, and their menu bar is showing), whether it is only active in specific windows (4), whether it is only active when you explicitly toggle it on or off, and whether and how it shows a palette containing its macros (5). 
 + 
 +==== Smart Groups ==== 
 + 
 +When you are in Edit Mode, and you select a Smart Group, you can edit its search settings. 
 + 
 +{{ smart-group-marked.png?​nolink&​937x465 | Smart Group Editor }} 
 + 
 +You can adjust the name of the Smart Group 1️⃣, and adjust its [[Search_Strings|Search Strings]] 2️⃣. 
 + 
 +You can add another Search String by clicking the green BUTTON{{{+}}} button.
  
-**You can add a new action by any of the following:​** 
-  - Click the BUTTON{{{New Action}}} button 
-  - Click the BUTTON{{{+}}} button at the bottom of the _Details Column_ 3️⃣ to display the list of actions 
-  - Choose the [[Menus#​Insert_Action_by_Name|Edit ➤ Insert Action By Name menu]] 
-  - Press <​kbd>​⌘⌃A</​kbd>​ to show a Insert Action By Name Popup 
-  - Choose from the [[Menus#​Insert_Action|Edit ➤ Insert Action menu]] 
  
  
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