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Search Strings (Filters)

The below Search Strings are filters (in addition to the text you type) that may be applied to searches for Macros and Actions in:

Keyboard Maestro will search for the text you type, and all of the below qualifiers that you specify, for matches in the macro name, or action name, in your list of macros. Each word is searched for separately (and in any order) unless you quote a phrase.

Note that the Trigger Macro by Name Action will automatically apply a filter of only “active” macros. [FIXME: this needs verification]

Search Qualifiers:
The qualifier can generally be shorted to its shortest unique name, as shown in the Short Form column.

Qualifier Short form Definition Example
all: al: match everything (this is useful since the empty search string matches nothing)
group: gr: match any macro within the named macro group (eg group:“Global Macro Group”)
global: gl: match any macro within any macro group that is globally active (aka universal:)
application ap: match any macro within any macro group that is specific to (or excluded from) the specified application (eg application:Finder)
enabled: e: match any macro that is enabled (not necessarily active)
disabled: d: match any macro that is disabled
trigger: t: match any macro within any macro group that has a trigger matching the specified string (eg trigger:typed)
hotkey: h: match any macro within any macro group that has a hot key trigger matching the specified string (eg hotkey:⌘⌤C)
name: n: match any macro within any macro group that has a name matching the specified string (eg name:Activate)
manual/Search_Strings.1469999962.txt.gz · Last modified: 2016/07/31 17:19 by JMichaelTX