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You can have the case of the typed string and affect Insert Text actions. You can optionally allow typed string triggers to work regardless of case, regardless of diacriticals. If you need to type the trigger text without the macro firing, type and delete a Shift-Space in the middle, like “=e«Shift-Space»«delete»m=”.Īs above, typing Shift-Space will cancel the sequence, as will any control key or command key (eg Command-.), any macro execution, switching applications, clicking the mouse, or not typing for more than a few seconds. Keyboard Maestro will accept the trigger even if you use the delete key to correct it (for example, in the case above, if you typed “=en«delete»m=” the trigger will still fire. For example, to insert your email address, rather than use just “em” (which would fire if you typed “them”), use something like “=em=” which you will not type accidentally. To avoid macros firing unexpectedly it is a good idea to include a consistent prefix and/or suffix to your strings.

#REMAP KEY KEYBOARD MAESTRO WINDOWS#

NOTE: If you are going to immediately change focus (for example, with a Prompt For User Input, or by switching windows or applications), then you may need a short pause at the start of the macro to allow the simulated deletes to be processed before the focus changes. WARNING: You should generally not use a Typed String trigger that simulates deletes in a non-text typing context, as the simulated delete keystrokes could be destructive.

Triggers can include non- ASCII characters, but you should verify that the deletes work appropriately in these cases. Because the keys first go through to the current application, the keys are usually deleted prior to executing the macro, although with this disabled you can use it in an application that largely ignores keys.

Typed String triggers allow you to use more verbose (and hence descriptive) sequences of keys to trigger a macro. The Typed String trigger lets you execute a macro in response to a sequence of keys.

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