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JMichaelTX ADD Modifier Characters; Cleanup Example column
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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: 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 +  - Smart Group. 
-  - [[action:​Trigger_Macro_by_Name|Trigger Macro by Name Action]]+  - [[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. 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:​**
  
-**Search Qualifiers:​**\\ 
 The qualifier can generally be shorted to its shortest unique name, as shown in the _Short Form_ column. The qualifier can generally be shorted to its shortest unique name, as shown in the _Short Form_ column.
  
 ^ Qualifier ^ Short form ^ Definition ^ Example ^ ^ 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 | `gr:"Browsers"` | +| 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 | ap: | 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) | | 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) | | 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` | 
 +| used: | use: | Match any macro that was used less that the specified time ago | `use:1m` | 
 +| size: | siz: | Match any macro that has a storage size more than the specified ​size | `size:10000` | 
 +| note: | not: | Match any action that contains the text in a Note | `note:​custom` | 
 + 
 +For the created:, modified:, used:, the parameter is a number followed by a letter (s for seconds, m for minutes, h for hours, d for days, or w for weeks).
  
 +You can use a negative sign (-) to negate any match (for example, "​-name:​PDF"​).
manual/Search_Strings.1483746063.txt.gz · Last modified: 2017/01/06 18:41 by JMichaelTX