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manual:Preferences [2021/10/04 04:18]
peternlewis
manual:Preferences [2021/11/09 03:31]
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 * Show or hide the [[Applications_Palette|Applications Palette]]. * Show or hide the [[Applications_Palette|Applications Palette]].
 * configure whether to detect clipboards that resemble passwords and obscure them. * configure whether to detect clipboards that resemble passwords and obscure them.
-* configure the light/dark appearance (v9.0+, OS X 10.14+).+* configure the light/dark appearance (macOS 10.14+).
 * configure the default text size used in various places. * configure the default text size used in various places.
 * configure whether and how to show the status menu. * configure whether and how to show the status menu.
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 **Include Microsoft PDFs in Clipboards** **Include Microsoft PDFs in Clipboards**
  
-Microsoft applications include a PDF flavor with every copy, and starting up the PDF rendering engine is slow, making the first copy after launching a Microsoft application.  ​**Keyboard Maestro ​(v9.0+) ​excludes PDF flavors from clipboards copied in Microsoft applications by default, but you can turn this off with:**+Microsoft applications include a PDF flavor with every copy, and starting up the PDF rendering engine is slow, making the first copy after launching a Microsoft application. ​ Keyboard Maestro excludes PDF flavors from clipboards copied in Microsoft applications by default, but you can turn this off with:
  
 <code bash> <code bash>
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 **Include Microsoft Image Formats** **Include Microsoft Image Formats**
  
-Microsoft applications also include flavors for every possible image format with every copy.  ​**Keyboard Maestro ​(v9.0+) ​excludes secondary image flavors like BMP when there is a PNG or TIFF flavor available. ​ You can turn this off with:**+Microsoft applications also include flavors for every possible image format with every copy.  Keyboard Maestro excludes secondary image flavors like BMP when there is a PNG or TIFF flavor available. ​ You can turn this off with:
  
 <code bash> <code bash>
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 </​code>​ </​code>​
  
-==== Safari ​Browser Used in Actions & Tokens ====+==== Browser Used in Actions & Tokens ====
  
 **Change which Safari-based Browser will be targeted by the "​Safari"​ Actions, Tokens, and Functions.** **Change which Safari-based Browser will be targeted by the "​Safari"​ Actions, Tokens, and Functions.**
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 defaults write com.stairways.keyboardmaestro.engine AppleScriptSafariName -string "​com.apple.Safari"​ defaults write com.stairways.keyboardmaestro.engine AppleScriptSafariName -string "​com.apple.Safari"​
 </​code>​ </​code>​
- 
-==== Chrome Browser Used in Actions & Tokens ==== 
  
 **Change which Chrome-based Browser will be targeted by the various Keyboard Maestro "​[[token:​ChromeTitle|Chrome Related]]"​ Actions, Tokens, and Functions.** **Change which Chrome-based Browser will be targeted by the various Keyboard Maestro "​[[token:​ChromeTitle|Chrome Related]]"​ Actions, Tokens, and Functions.**
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 </​code>​ </​code>​
  
 +**Add additional Browsers to the Front Browser Actions, Tokens, and Functions.**
 +
 +The current list of browsers supported in Keyboard Maestro as a potential front browser include:
 +
 +* com.apple.Safari
 +* com.apple.SafariTechnologyPreview
 +* com.google.Chrome
 +* com.google.Chrome.canary
 +* com.brave.Browser
 +* com.brave.Browser.beta
 +* com.vivaldi.Vivaldi
 +* com.microsoft.edgemac
 +
 +Plus whatever browser is specified as the Safari or GoogleChrome above.
 +
 +You can add additional browsers supported as the Front Browser by including their bundle IDs in the `AdditionalWebBrowserBundleIDs` preference. You can list as many as you like, separated by spaces or commas.
 +
 +<code bash>
 +defaults write com.stairways.keyboardmaestro.engine AdditionalWebBrowserBundleIDs -string "​com.example.Safari,​com.example.Chrome"​
 +</​code>​
  
 +:!: Note:  if the bundle ID includes “safari”,​ it is considered a Safari browser, otherwise it is considered a Chrome-based browser.
  
 ==== Engine Animation ==== ==== Engine Animation ====
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 The style includes 3 or 6 HSB colors (being background, text, highlighted letter, selected background, selected text, selected highlight letter) each specified as hue,​saturation,​brightness. ​ The background brightness is dropped by 33%, but if there are only three colors, then the selected background color is the background without the 33% drop.  You can select the Custom style in the Theme Editor. The style includes 3 or 6 HSB colors (being background, text, highlighted letter, selected background, selected text, selected highlight letter) each specified as hue,​saturation,​brightness. ​ The background brightness is dropped by 33%, but if there are only three colors, then the selected background color is the background without the 33% drop.  You can select the Custom style in the Theme Editor.
  
-Alternatively ​(v9.0+), you can specify the theme using JSON and including all the details for the theme including optional gradients. ​ The format is:+Alternatively,​ you can specify the theme using JSON and including all the details for the theme including optional gradients. ​ The format is:
  
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manual/Preferences.txt · Last modified: 2023/11/07 00:14 by peternlewis