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--- manual:Search_Strings [2021/12/07 05:46] – peternlewis
+++ manual:Search_Strings [2025/01/22 03:51] (current) – typo peternlewis
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 Search Strings are filters which, in addition to the text you type, can include qualifiers that may be applied to searches for Macros and Actions in:
-  - [[Windows#Macro_Editor_Window|Keyboard Maestro Editor]], Search field
+  - The [[Windows#Macro_Editor_Window|Keyboard Maestro Editor]] search field.
-  - [[Windows#Macro_Editor_Window|Keyboard Maestro Editor]], Smart Group
+  - A Smart Group.
-  - [[action:Trigger_Macro_by_Name|Trigger Macro by Name Action]]
+  - A [[action:Trigger_Macro_by_Name|Trigger Macro by Name]] action.
 Keyboard Maestro will search for the text you type, and all of the below qualifiers that you specify, for matches in your list of macros.   Each word is searched for separately (and in any order) unless you quote a phrase.
-Note that the [[action:Trigger_Macro_by_Name|Trigger Macro by Name Action]] only searches among active macros.
+In the editor, matching actions and triggers will be highlighted with blue stripes:
+{{ search-matched-action.png?nolink&596x165 | Search Matched Action }}
+Note that the [[action:Trigger_Macro_by_Name|Trigger Macro by Name]] action only searches among active macros.
 **Search Qualifiers:**
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 ^ Qualifier ^ Short form ^ Definition ^ Example ^
-| all: | al: | Match everything | `al:`\\ (Otherwise the empty search string matches nothing) |
+| all: | al: | Match everything | `all:`\\ (Otherwise the empty search string matches nothing) |
-| group: | gr: | Match any macro within the named macro group\\  (Use quotes if Name contains spaces) | `gr:"Forum Examples"` |
+| word: | w: | Match that must be at a word boundary \\ (Use quotes if Word contains spaces) | `word:amp` \\ (Matches “Turn on amp” and not “example”) |
-| global: | gl: | Match any macro within any macro group that is globally active | `gl:`\\  (aka universal:) |
+| group: | gr: | Match any macro within the named macro group\\  (Use quotes if Name contains spaces) | `group:"Forum Examples"` |
-| application | ap: | Match any macro that is specific to (or excluded from) the specified application | `ap:Finder` |
+| name: | n: | Match any macro that has a name matching the specified string | `n:PDF` |
+| global: | gl: | Match any macro within any macro group that is globally active | `global:`\\  (aka universal:) |
+| application | app: | Match any macro that is specific to (or excluded from) the specified application | `app:Finder` |
 | enabled: | e: | Match any macro that is enabled | `e:`\\ (not necessarily active) |
-| disabled: | d: | Match any macro that is disabled | `d:` |
+| deprecated: | dep: | Match anything that uses deprecated features | `dep:` |
-| trigger: | t: | Match any macro that has a trigger matching the specified string | `t:;sig`\\ (Typed String of ";sig") |
+| trigger: | t: | Match any macro that has a trigger matching the specified string | `t:=sig=`\\ (Typed String of “=sig=”) |
+| action: | act: | Match an action with the specified action ID | `action:1234`\\ (Action ID of “1234”) |
 | hotkey: | h: | Match any macro with specified HotKey\\ Match any macro with any HotKey if no HotKey is specified.\\ Modifier Keys must be one of these: `⌃⌥⇧⌘` | `h:⌘⌃C`\\ (CMD CTRL C)\\  \\ `h:`\\  (Matches any HotKey) |
-| name: | n: | Match any macro that has a name matching the specified string | `n:PDF` |
 | created: | cre: | Match any macro that was created less that the specified time ago | `cre:1w` |
 | modified: | mod: | Match any macro that was modified less that the specified time ago | `mod:1d` |