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| You can configure the hot key trigger to execute the macro when the key is pressed, when it is released, or repeatedly while the key is held down. This allows you to do things like have a macro execute when the key is pressed, and then a second macro execute when the key is released, for example to toggle a setting on and then off again. | You can configure the hot key trigger to execute the macro when the key is pressed, when it is released, or repeatedly while the key is held down. This allows you to do things like have a macro execute when the key is pressed, and then a second macro execute when the key is released, for example to toggle a setting on and then off again. | ||
| - | You can configure the hot key trigger to execute when the key is tapped (press and released quickly) each time, the first tap, double tapped, triple tapped, or quadruple tapped (v7.0+). Keep in mind that Keyboard Maestro cannot see the future, so "tapped once" will first even if you tap the key twice ("tapped" would fire both times). | + | You can configure the hot key trigger to execute when the key is tapped (press and released quickly) each time, the first tap, double tapped, triple tapped, or quadruple tapped (v7.0+). Keep in mind that Keyboard Maestro cannot see the future, so "tapped once" will fire even on the first tap even if you tap the key twice ("tapped" would fire both times). |
| Hot Keys will override application menu Command Keys or any other keys typically used in applications, but if any other application registers the same hot key, then both your macro and the other application's action will happen. | Hot Keys will override application menu Command Keys or any other keys typically used in applications, but if any other application registers the same hot key, then both your macro and the other application's action will happen. | ||
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| * Hot Key - system wide hot key API (swallows keys and overrides other behaviours, fires in every application that registers it). | * Hot Key - system wide hot key API (swallows keys and overrides other behaviours, fires in every application that registers it). | ||
| - | * Command Key (or Menu Command Keys) - menu keys for selecting a menu, usually but not always with the Command key modifier, generally application specific (except for the shared menus like the Services, but they are still application specific, but the menu is duplicated in each application like the Edit menu typically is). | + | * Command Key (or Menu Command Keys or sometimes Menu Shortcut) - menu keys for selecting a menu, usually but not always with the Command key modifier, generally application specific (except for the shared menus like the Services, but they are still application specific, but the menu is duplicated in each application like the Edit menu typically is). |
| * Keyboard Shortcut - could be either (hence the use in the System Preferences, Keyboard preferences). | * Keyboard Shortcut - could be either (hence the use in the System Preferences, Keyboard preferences). | ||
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