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+ | ====== Status Menu Trigger ====== | ||
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The *Status Menu trigger* lets you add your macro to the Keyboard Maestro status menu so you can trigger it by selecting the macro name from the status menu. | The *Status Menu trigger* lets you add your macro to the Keyboard Maestro status menu so you can trigger it by selecting the macro name from the status menu. | ||
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The Status Menu is particularly useful for less frequently used macros whose Hot_Key you might forget or for macros that *feel* like menu actions like opening or processing files, or arranging windows. You could use a trigger like this to add custom facilities to applications. | The Status Menu is particularly useful for less frequently used macros whose Hot_Key you might forget or for macros that *feel* like menu actions like opening or processing files, or arranging windows. You could use a trigger like this to add custom facilities to applications. | ||
- | You can control the sorting order of macro groups and macros by adding two characters and a closing braket (eg “01)My Macro”). The prefix will be removed before displaying in the status menu, but will be used to control the order of the macros shown. | + | You can control the sorting order of macro groups and macros by adding two characters and a closing bracket (eg “01)My Macro”). The prefix will be removed before displaying in the status menu, but will be used to control the order of the macros shown. |
If the macro name is just “-” (after the sorting characters are removed) then the a divider will be shown in the menu instead. | If the macro name is just “-” (after the sorting characters are removed) then the a divider will be shown in the menu instead. | ||
You can edit a macro by holding down the option key and selecting it from the status menu. | You can edit a macro by holding down the option key and selecting it from the status menu. | ||
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+ | ===== See Also ===== | ||
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+ | === Triggers === | ||
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+ | * [[Group_Status_Menu|Group Status Menu]] trigger | ||
+ | * [[:Triggers|See all Triggers]] | ||
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+ | === Actions === | ||
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+ | * [[:Actions|See all Actions]] | ||