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| * Enable/disable (BUTTON{{{✓}}}) | * Enable/disable (BUTTON{{{✓}}}) | ||
| - | Use them to create or delete or enable Macro Groups, Macros, or Actions respectively. | + | Use them to create or delete or enable/disable Macro Groups, Macros, or Actions respectively. |
| - | The remainder of the toolbar is | + | The remainder of the toolbar includes: |
| - | + | - **Groups Column Buttons** 1️⃣ including the Create Smart Group button and the common buttons for creating or deleting or enable/disabling macro groups. | |
| - | Buttons: | + | - **Macro Column Buttons** 2️⃣ including the New Macro Wizard button and the common buttons for creating or deleting or enable/disabling macros. |
| - | - **Common Buttons** 2️⃣ at the bottom of each column \\ (Applies to Item in that column) | + | - **Details Column Buttons** including the common buttons for creating or deleting or enable/disabling actions and: |
| - | - Create (BUTTON{{{+}}}) | + | - Set Action Timeout 3️⃣ for selected action. |
| - | - Delete (BUTTON{{{-}}}) | + | - Toggle BUTTON{{{Edit}}} Mode 4️⃣ |
| - | - Enable/disable (BUTTON{{{✓}}}) | + | - BUTTON{{{Try}}} the selected actions 5️⃣. \\ This is for testing _Actions_, **not** running the entire Macro. \\ To test the entire Macro, click the Run BUTTON{{{▶︎}}} Button in the Top Toolbar. |
| - | - **Groups Column Buttons** | + | - BUTTON{{{Record}}} button to start [[Recording| Macro Recording]] 6️⃣ |
| - | - Create Smart Group BUTTON{{{⊕}}} 1️⃣ | + | |
| - | - **Details Column Buttons** | + | |
| - | - Set Timeout for selected Action 3️⃣ | + | |
| - | - Toggle Edit Mode BUTTON{{{Edit}}} 4️⃣ | + | |
| - | - Try the selected actions BUTTON{{{Try}}} 5️⃣ | + | |
| - | - This is for testing _Actions_, NOT the entire Macro. | + | |
| - | - To test the entire Macro, click the Run Button ▶️ in the Top Toolbar | + | |
| - | - Start Macro Recording BUTTON{{{Record}}} 6️⃣ | + | |
| ===== Editing ===== | ===== Editing ===== | ||
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| Edit mode may be toggled on/off by clicking the BUTTON{{{Edit}}} button on the Bottom Toolbar, or by selecting the menu _View > Stop/Start Editing Macros_. Note that macros are saved immediately after every change (there is a small “dirty” marker in the bottom right corner of the editor window that shows when the save occurs). There is no need to ever turn off Edit mode, or do anything else to have your macro changes be recognised by the Keyboard Maestro Engine. | Edit mode may be toggled on/off by clicking the BUTTON{{{Edit}}} button on the Bottom Toolbar, or by selecting the menu _View > Stop/Start Editing Macros_. Note that macros are saved immediately after every change (there is a small “dirty” marker in the bottom right corner of the editor window that shows when the save occurs). There is no need to ever turn off Edit mode, or do anything else to have your macro changes be recognised by the Keyboard Maestro Engine. | ||
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| When you are in Edit Mode and you select a Macro, you can edit its behaviour. | When you are in Edit Mode and you select a Macro, you can edit its behaviour. | ||
| - | {{ macro-editor-marked.png?nolink&937x694 | Macro Editor }} | + | {{ macro-editor-marked.png?nolink&937x737 | Macro Editor }} |
| - **//Icon and Name//** 1️⃣ You can adjust the icon by double clicking the icon and selecting an image in the [[Icon Chooser]] and you can change the name of the Macro. | - **//Icon and Name//** 1️⃣ You can adjust the icon by double clicking the icon and selecting an image in the [[Icon Chooser]] and you can change the name of the Macro. | ||
| - | - **//Enabled//** 2️⃣ You can enable or disable the macro with this checkbox (a macro must be enabled for it to be available to be triggered (executed) - its parent macro group must also be enabled and active). | + | - **//Enabled//** 2️⃣ You can enable or disable the macro with this checkbox. \\ A macro must be enabled for it to be available to be triggered (executed) - its parent macro group must also be enabled and active. |
| - **//Triggers//** 3️⃣ You can add [[Macro Triggers]] to the macro which control when the macro will run. | - **//Triggers//** 3️⃣ You can add [[Macro Triggers]] to the macro which control when the macro will run. | ||
| - | - **//Triggers//** 4️⃣ You can add more than one trigger to define different ways that you can start the macro. | + | - **//More Triggers//** 4️⃣ You can add more than one trigger to define different ways that you can start the macro. |
| - | - **//Actions//** 5️⃣ You then add one more [[Macro Actions]] which definite when the macro does when it runs. | + | - **//Actions//** 5️⃣ You then add one or more [[Macro Actions]] which definite when the macro does when it runs. |
| - **//New Action//** 6️⃣ Click the New Action button to add additional actions. | - **//New Action//** 6️⃣ Click the New Action button to add additional actions. | ||
manual/Editor_Window.txt · Last modified: 2023/09/27 04:56 by peternlewis
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