Thanks Peter, I did try assigning a keystroke, but it didn't work, I've tried both All applications and Safari. I'll try the other way. Great tip on screen...
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David Ferrington
davidferrington
Apr 1, 2010 8:31 am
That works fine, except I didn't find a 'type ahead menu select', unless you meant just simulate (5) down arrows. Which works. RFE - can you add option to...
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David Ferrington
davidferrington
Apr 1, 2010 10:05 pm
I'd like to me able to remember a mouse position, in a user defined variable would be great and then be able to position the mouse back to that store location....
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tvillemw
Apr 2, 2010 2:26 pm
I finally upgraded from 2.something to 4.something and am loving the power and interface of the new KM editor. Great work Peter & Co. I have been playing...
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Robert
robertlloydl...
Apr 2, 2010 3:56 pm
How do I use the "time" trigger to trigger an action every hour, or every 5 minutes? Do I really need to create 24 new triggers for every hour in the day? Is...
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Philippe Martin
flip_macrobyte
Apr 2, 2010 4:01 pm
Use the "While Logged In" trigger. Philippe ... ______________________________________________________________________ Philippe (Flip) MARTIN...
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puffmoike
Apr 4, 2010 6:04 pm
After 2 years of Mac ownership I still prefer the way Windows makes a window full-size when one clicks the equivalent of the green cross in the top left corner...
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Ajay Goel
ajayk_goel
Apr 4, 2010 7:31 pm
I hear you. This is what I hated the most when I switched to Mac. I use command M to click the green button which works for all the apps and maximizes the...
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Philippe Martin
flip_macrobyte
Apr 4, 2010 8:54 pm
I just tried making a similar macro to yours and it worked perfectly, here. What version of KM are you using? How do you target the window from the manipulate...
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Ken Weingold
s14b23
Apr 4, 2010 9:00 pm
All of a sudden, maybe with the OS X update, my hot keys for System Sound Volume aren't doing anything anymore. I have them to Ctrl-Opt-Cmd-Up and Down....
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David Ferrington
davidferrington
Apr 4, 2010 9:30 pm
I'd be interested to see that macro, could you share it please? -- The high minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think. -Aristotle,...
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Peter N Lewis
peterneillewis
Apr 5, 2010 8:41 am
... Typically, you can "type ahead" to select a menu, it type the name of the menu item. You do this in Keyboard Maestro by using an Insert Text by Typing...
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Peter N Lewis
peterneillewis
Apr 5, 2010 8:42 am
... Interesting idea. I'll ponder it. Thanks for the feedback, Peter. -- Keyboard Maestro 4.2 now released! Now with in-app tutorial! Keyboard Maestro...
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Peter N Lewis
peterneillewis
Apr 5, 2010 8:46 am
... Thanks ... That's weird, as the Try button works by simply asking the engine to execute the macro. I would suggest: * Set the execute shell script action...
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Peter N Lewis
peterneillewis
Apr 5, 2010 8:48 am
... Several people have commented on this - there were already issues with the magic hardware key handling under 64-bit in 10.5, it may be that these issues...
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David Ferrington
davidferrington
Apr 5, 2010 9:35 am
Ok, thanks, I just thought it would reduce the amount of actions shown in the editor etc and generally make it cleaner to read. I'll try the type ahead bit,...
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Ken Weingold
s14b23
Apr 5, 2010 12:39 pm
... Thanks, Peter. -Ken...
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David Ferrington
davidferrington
Apr 5, 2010 1:58 pm
FWIW - I have a Logitech S530 Mac wireless keyboard/mouse combo, with media keys, including volume control & mute, plus play/pause and forward/back keys - all...
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puffmoike
Apr 5, 2010 5:36 pm
... Clicking the green button makes the window as big as the display (less the task bar) in some applications, but it doesn't in many native apps, such as...
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puffmoike
Apr 5, 2010 5:41 pm
iTunes is another anomalous one - clicking the green button changes switches it to the "mini-player", which certainly isn't intuitive behaviour for a button...
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puffmoike
Apr 5, 2010 6:03 pm
... So just to confirm: it moves the active window to a defined point on the display, and then resizes to a fixed pixel dimension? ... 4.2 Trial Version ... ...
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puffmoike
Apr 5, 2010 6:15 pm
And rather disappointingly it just stopped working completely. DId a restart and still nothing... (but please don't follow me as I try to derail my own...
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tvillemw
Apr 5, 2010 6:19 pm
Well, now I feel very foolish indeed. The 'execute shell script' works perfectly but not with the hot-key combo I had selected (control + number pad 1, which...
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Philippe Martin
flip_macrobyte
Apr 5, 2010 7:24 pm
... Yep, that's correct. ... OK. ... Right. ... I see nothing in what you said that would explain what you're experiencing. I'm attaching the macro I made,...
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Mike
briggsiem
Apr 5, 2010 8:38 pm
OK, I've used KM for years now, but have never understood how to use the "Try" button. When I hit it, the macro always executes in the KM editor window, not in...
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Peter N Lewis
peterneillewis
Apr 6, 2010 5:37 am
... There are Try buttons on some actions - actions that likely need testing, like Execute AppleScript (man, will that need testing! ;) or for which the action...
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tvillemw
Apr 6, 2010 2:40 pm
...still playing around with execute shell scripts I have a macro that gives the definition for a selected word. It uses a grep command that searches a flat...
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Philippe Martin
flip_macrobyte
Apr 6, 2010 3:15 pm
Sounds like this might be caused by KM not using the locale environment you expect. If this is the case, it might be possible to work around it by setting the...
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peter boardman
twentyfourho...
Apr 6, 2010 6:51 pm
I'm liking the Keyboard Maestro web server, which I'm running on the iPod/iPhone. But it comes in incredibly small on the screen - impossible to read or use...
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Guy Kudlemyer
truckersroost
Apr 6, 2010 10:58 pm
Hello: Iım trying to set up a macro that will allow me to choose the front window, and make it become full-screen (minus the menu bar across the top), ...
