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| 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. | ||
| - | (!) Note that whether or not a key typed by Keyboard Maestro itself will trigger a hot key (and thus be swallowed and execute a macro) or not (and thus go through to the application is not defined - either behaviour may happen and which behaviour happens will vary depending on many unpredictable factors. | + | (!) Note that whether or not a key typed by Keyboard Maestro itself will trigger a hot key (and thus be swallowed and execute a macro) or not (and thus go through to the application) is not defined - either behaviour may happen and which behaviour happens will vary depending on many unpredictable factors. |
| So keep in mind that regardless of whether you trigger the macro on hot key pressed, down, released or tapped, the key is swallowed by the system and cannot be used for its normal purposes. You can use the [[trigger:USB_Device_Key]] trigger if you you want to trigger the macro without the system swallowing the key. | So keep in mind that regardless of whether you trigger the macro on hot key pressed, down, released or tapped, the key is swallowed by the system and cannot be used for its normal purposes. You can use the [[trigger:USB_Device_Key]] trigger if you you want to trigger the macro without the system swallowing the key. | ||
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| ===== See Also ===== | ===== See Also ===== | ||
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| === Triggers === | === Triggers === | ||
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| * [USB Device Key](https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/trigger/USB_Device_Key) trigger | * [USB Device Key](https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/trigger/USB_Device_Key) trigger | ||
| * [Typed String](https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/trigger/Typed_String) trigger | * [Typed String](https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/trigger/Typed_String) trigger | ||
| + | * [[:Triggers|See all Triggers]] | ||
| === Actions === | === Actions === | ||
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| * [Type a Keystroke](https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Type_a_Keystroke) action | * [Type a Keystroke](https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Type_a_Keystroke) action | ||
| * [Insert Text by Typing](https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Insert_Text_by_Typing) action | * [Insert Text by Typing](https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/action/Insert_Text_by_Typing) action | ||
| + | * [[:Actions|See all Actions]] | ||
| === Tokens === | === Tokens === | ||
| * [[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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