#Keyboard maestro unlisted application generator
#Keyboard maestro unlisted application code

But honestly, just go with whatever makes sense and works for you.Make sure Keyboard Maestro and Keyboard Maestro Engine are not running on either Mac. I hope that helps, all makes sense and you can follow my reasoning for why I opt to tackle things this way.

#Keyboard maestro unlisted application code

This scenario lets me pick and choose and exactly tailor each app.Īll scenarios hopefully avoid the cardinal sin of duplicating the same code blocks over and over, but realistically, the only time this has any real likelihood of occurring is within the macro complexity in Scenario 1. Maybe app5 supports Markdown to a limited extent, and I want to actually use an HTML styling macro to do bolding.

#Keyboard maestro unlisted application generator

Maybe app4 has a keyboard shortcut clash and so I want to switch my link generator to CTRL+CMD+OPT+A in that app. Now whereas Scenario 2 allowed me quicker and easier grouping, this arrangement allows me to pick and choose at a more granular level. When app4 and app5 come along that support HTML and Markdown respectively, I can re-use the macros and existing groups, but would create new app specific groups for these apps. It was a little more effort in the initial set-up (macro duplication eases the pain dramatically), but maintenance is very easy. I then change the name of the macro being executed on CMD+OPT+A for app3 from macroA to macroB. I have to create a new macro to generate Markdown links ( macroB),and I place this in a new groupMarkdown group. Version 2020 of app3 drops and they switch from HTML to Markdown. In each of group1, group2 and group3 I create a macro that runs macroHTML when I select CMD+OPT+A. I put the HTML link generating macroA in groupHTML. group3 is set to be active when app3 is frontmost. group2 is set to be active when app2 is frontmost. Group1 is set to be active when app1 is frontmost. This time we’ll assume that I have my usual three apps, but this time, I have four macro groups called groupHTML, group1, group2 and group3. I just add the activation criteria to the relevant groups. I do however have the advantage that when app4 and app5 come along that support HTML and Markdown respectively, it is really easy compared to Scenario 1 for me to add support for macroA and macroB. I have to create a new macro to generate Markdown links ( macroB), take app3 out of the criteria of groupHTML maybe create a new groupMarkdown and put macroB in there and set the activation criteria to include app3. I set CMD+OPT+A to run macroA which is in groupHTML. This is set to be active when any of app1, app2 or app3 are frontmost. Let’s assume for this scenario that I have one macro group called groupHTML. Now I need to go in and amend my probably quite complex macro to also build Markdown links as well as HTML links, without breaking any of the other options that I’ve assigned to CTRL+OPT+A. Now let’s assume I build into the macro some logic to activate whenever I use one of three apps - app1, app2, or app3. Let’s assume I have a macro called macroA which when I press CMD+ALT+A ,inserts an HTML link for the frontmost Safari tab. Now let’s also take it that I have a Keyboard Maestro macro ( macroA) to take a tab of the front most Safari window and grab the page title and link and then it returns an HTML formatted hyperlink. Each app is capable of utilising hyperlinks. Instead let’s take an example scenario.įirst, we’ll start with the idea that I have three apps - app1, app2 and app3.

I don’t think anyone would benefit from seeing my dozens of macro groups - even I think they need a good tidy-up.

Could you elaborate on the nesting how you break down your Macros into groups?