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| + | ====== Hot Key Trigger ====== | ||
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| The *Hot Key trigger* is perhaps the most common and most basic of all triggers. When you press the configured keyboard key, the system swallows the keystroke, and Keyboard Maestro executes the macro. | The *Hot Key trigger* is perhaps the most common and most basic of all triggers. When you press the configured keyboard key, the system swallows the keystroke, and Keyboard Maestro executes the macro. | ||
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| 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). | 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). | ||
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| + | You can use the [[token:TriggerValue|%TriggerValue% Text Token]] to determine the hot key that was typed. | ||
| 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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| ===== See Also ===== | ===== See Also ===== | ||
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| === Triggers === | === Triggers === | ||
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| * [[token:Trigger|%Trigger%]] | * [[token:Trigger|%Trigger%]] | ||
| - | + | * [[token:TriggerBase|%TriggerBase%]] | |
| - | ---- | + | * [[token:TriggerValue|%TriggerValue%]] |
| + | * [[:Tokens|See all Tokens]] | ||
| ==== Forum ==== | ==== Forum ==== | ||
trigger/Hot_Key.txt · Last modified: 2023/09/13 00:28 by peternlewis
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