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Now, to make lists even more useful we can use AppleScript and build a list. This means they are not allowed to do user interaction. Using Keyboard Maestro and AppleScript for lists As simple as it is, the TextExpander example above represents a use case scenario where lists make more sense to me than using Keyboard Maestro palettes. Shell scripts are executed in the background and will be abandonded after 20 seconds, allowed to continue running to completion but otherwise ignored.ĪppleScripts are executed in the background via osascript. You can use the Set Clipboard to Past Clipboard action to restore the clipboard afterwards. For example, a script can use pbpaste to read the current clipboard, and pbcopy to set the current clipboard. You can also use the clipboard to pass data between actions. This allows you to insert text that depends on many factors, such as date calculations, file listings, SQL queries, web pages, or anything else you can imagine. The results of AppleScripts and shell scripts can be displayed, or they can be typed or pasted in to the current selection. You can execute shells scripts, AppleScripts, Automator Workflows, or filter the clipboard using BBEdit Text Factories.ĪppleScripts and shell scripts give you a powerful way of adding new facilities we have not specifically provided for, as well as controlling other applications. You can start editing a Macro or Macro Group from AppleScript with:ĮditMacro "Macro/Macro Group Name or UID"

This actually asks the editor to disable or enable the macro or macro group, so the change is both visible and permanent. SetMacroEnable "Macro/Macro Group Group Name or UID" with/without enable You can disable or enable a Macro or Macro Group from AppleScript with: The easiest way to determine the appropriate XML is to create an example action in an example macro and then export the macro. A simple example would be:ĭo script "MacroActionTypeSwitchToLastApplication"

This allows you to construct any action, including changing the action on the fly, without having to create a macro first. The easiest way to determine a macro’s UID is to edit the macro and select from the “Or by script” trigger to display some script code which includes the UID.Īn even more powerful way to script Keyboard Maestro is to execute specific actions based on their XML code. The do script will not return until the macro is finished executing. If there is more than one macro with the same name, you will get an error, so you can use a UID instead of a name.ĭo script "D0C150C7-8A0C-4837-918A-427E2BCFB6B9"

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Tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine" The easiest way is to use the name, for example: Note in most cases you must ask “Keyboard Maestro Engine”, not “Keyboard Maestro”. The primary scripting interface to Keyboard Maestro is the Keyboard Maestro Engine’s do script support. The if not (window 1 exists) doesn't always get it right.Scripting Controlling Keyboard Maestro via Scripting

The problem (which I think is a race condition in detecting the presence of an existing Finder window) results in this script frequently creating new Finder windows when one already existed.

However, there seems to be a race condition between activating the finder and detecting if there are any open windows with if not (window 1 exists), hence the delay 0.5. And if when toggling to show the Finder, if there are no existing windows, create one and open it up to my home directory. I'd like to create an AppleScript to trigger via key command in Keyboard Maestro that allows me to toggle showing or hiding the Finder window(s) directly.