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--- trigger:Folder [2016/02/01 08:36] – add link to forum and Google search AlainLifchitz
+++ trigger:Folder [2021/11/24 06:50] (current) – peternlewis
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-The //Folder trigger// (v7.0+) executes when a specified folder on your Mac:
+====== Folder Trigger ======
+The //Folder trigger// (v7.0+) executes the macro when a specified folder on your Mac:
 * adds an item.
 * removes an item.
 * adds or removes an item.
+The item must be directly in the folder - changes in a subfolder will not be noticed.
 You can have the trigger ignore partial or changing files, so for example if a file is being downloaded or copied in to the folder, the trigger will wait until the download/copy has completed and can ignore partial files (files with extensions that are known to be "in progress" files).
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 Note that waiting for the file to stop changing adds a necessary delay to the trigger as Keyboard Maestro cannot tell in advance that the file has stopped changing.
-The //%TriggerValue%// text token contains the name of the file that was added or removed.
+The //%TriggerValue%// text token contains the path of the file that was added or removed (prior to 7.1 this was only the file name, not the full path).
+===== See Also =====
+=== Actions ===
+ * [[:Actions|See all Actions]]
+=== Tokens ===
+* [[token:Trigger|%Trigger%]]
+* [[token:TriggerBase|%TriggerBase%]]
+* [[token:TriggerValue|%TriggerValue%]]
+* [[:Tokens|See all Tokens]]
+=== Triggers ===
+* [[:Triggers|See all Triggers]]
-See also these forum topics:
+=== Forum===
-- [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.om/t/wtch-downloads-folder-for-pdfs-and-open-with-preview/2837|Watch downloads folder for PDF’s and open with preview]]
+- [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/wtch-downloads-folder-for-pdfs-and-open-with-preview/2837|Watch downloads folder for PDF’s and open with preview]]
-- [[https://www.google.fr/webhp?aqs=chrome..69i57.14628j0j7&gws_rd=cr&ei=_BSvVse8Ecb9acLtidAB#q=site:forum.keyboardmaestro.com+Folder+trigger|Folder trigger]]
+- [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/search?q=%22Folder%20trigger%22|Keyboard Maestro Forum topics about Folder trigger]]