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--- manual:Macro_Groups [2017/08/23 08:41] – peternlewis
+++ manual:Macro_Groups [2023/09/28 04:30] (current) – peternlewis
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 Macro~~Groups can be displayed as palettes, allowing you to create your own custom toolbars which can be configured with a variety of themes and to appear under the mouse.
+Macro~~Groups can also be displayed in the menu bar, including information that is displayed and dynamically updated, as well as offering another way to trigger macros.
 If you are syncing your macros with another Mac, Macro~~Groups can be disabled specifically on this Mac.
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 {{ macros.png?nolink&937 |Macros Window }}
-Now click the BUTTON{{{+}}} button below the Macro~~Groups list.
+Now click the BUTTON{{{+}}} button at the bottom of the Macro~~Groups list.
-{{ macrogroupeditor.png?937 |Macro Group Editor }}
+{{ macrogroupeditor.png?nolink&937x624 | Macro Group Editor }}
 Enter the name of your new Macro~~Group.
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 With the previous three settings, the macros are active if and only if the palette is displayed.  The final three options are the same except that the macros are always active, so they are always available to be triggered by another means, and sometimes by the palette.
+You can also display the Macro Group in the menu bar. You can select which icon to display and what title text to show in the macro bar, both of which can be dynamically updated allowing you to show information like stock prices, word counts, reminders, time, etc. For example, you could have an icon and time that showed how long you had been working without a break. The menu can include all the macros in the group, or just those macros with the [[trigger:Group_Status_Menu|Group Status Menu]] trigger.
 You can change the targeting of an existing group by selecting it in the Groups list and ensuring you are in Edit mode by clicking the BUTTON{{{Edit}}} button, or by double clicking the macro group.
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 You can disable or enable a macro group by selecting it and clicking the BUTTON{{{✓}}} button at the bottom of the Groups list.  If a Macro~~Group is disabled or inactive for any reason, all its contained Macros will be inactive.  You can disable or enable a Macro Group using the Set Macro Enable action, you can show in a palette or activate a Macro Group using the Show Macro Group or Activate Macro Group actions.
-Disabled Macro Groups can optionally be hidden using the choosing [[Menus#View_Hide_Disabled_Macro_Groups|Hide Disabled Macro Groups]] from the [[Menus#View|View menu]]
+Disabled Macro Groups can optionally be hidden using the choosing the [[Menus#Hide_Disabled_Macro_Groups|View ➤ Hide Disabled Macro Groups menu]].
-You can disable a Macro Group from AppleScript with:
-<code applescript>
-tell application "Keyboard Maestro"
-   set enabled of macro group "Macro Group Name" to true/false
-end tell
-</code>
-You can start editing a Macro or Macro Group from AppleScript with:
-<code applescript>
-tell application "Keyboard Maestro"
-  editMacro "Macro Group Name or UID"
-end tell
-</code>
-You can get the list of currently selected macros or macro groups with:
+You can control or right click on a macro group to:
-<code applescript>
+* Cut, Copy, Duplicate or Delete the Macro Group.
-tell application "Keyboard Maestro"
+* Copy the Macro Group as XML, or its UUID.
-   selection
+* Copy the Macro Group as a [[action:Set_Macro_or_Group_Enable|Set Macro or Group Enable]] or [[action:Activate_Macro_Group|Toggle Macro Group]] action.
-end tell
+* Disable or Rename the Macro Group.
-</code>
+* Export the entire Macro Group.
-The Keyboard Maestro editor has full AppleScript support you can manipulate macro groups in many ways via AppleScript.
+The Keyboard Maestro editor has full AppleScript support so you can manipulate macro groups in many ways via AppleScript.  See [[:Scripting_the_Keyboard_Maestro_editor#Macro_Groups|Scripting the Keyboard Maestro editor]].
-To delete a Macro~~Group, select the macro group and then press Command-Delete or click the BUTTON{{{-}}} button at the bottom of the Groups list.
+To delete a Macro~~Group, select the macro group and then press Command-Delete or click the BUTTON{{{-}}} button at the bottom of the Groups list. Like all actions, you can Undo this if you make a mistake.
 You cannot delete or rename or disable the Global~~Macro~~Group.  If you want to control when some of the macros within the Global Macro Group are active, make a new macro group and drag those macros to it.