Add Ability to Insert 'Favorite Actions' by Name Search Bar

[nikivi]

Love the new 10.0 KM update, it's so great.

One thing I thought it would have alongside ability to add favorite actions, is being able to search favorites by name with a palette like this:

I couldn't find it in menu bar actions, if it doesn't exist, can it be added?

[appleianer]

@nikivi

Love the new 10.0 KM update, it's so great.

One thing I thought it would have alongside ability to add favorite actions, is being able to search favorites by name with a palette like this:

Hi @nikivi you mean like this?

Save your action/s in the favorites and then you will find and display them with the following macro.

03)Insert.kmmacros (22,8 KB)

[nikivi]

OMG that's incredible, I love that @peternlewis made it as part of general action search, it's so much better. This feature is perfect.

Thank you @appleianer

[appleianer]

@nikivi

OMG that's incredible, I love that

@nikivi besides one action you can also save multiple actions as a favorite action. Then it is really fun

[appleianer]

@nikivi

made it as part of general action search, it's so much better.

I just found out myself @nikivi, you can limit the search only to the favorites... so this is then somewhat clearer.

[nikivi]

Yes but there is no dedicated search for 'favorites only', right? The only way is to search all actions (favorites & stock) or go to menu bar as you do in screenshot. I think it might be nice to have a dedicated favorites only search.

[appleianer]

@nikivi

I think it might be nice to have a dedicated favorites only search.

@nikivi I learned if something doesn't work, it always works with Keyboard Maestro.... even in the Keyboard Maestro app

I put a "# " in front of my favorites and so I only get them displayed:

05)Select Favorites.kmmacros (3,6 KB)

Maybe someone in the forum has a better idea or @peternlewis adds a separate search function in version 10

[nikivi]

I like the idea of prefixing custom actions with #. Works out well for me. Thanks.

[Joel_Rendall]

LOVING the addition of favourite actions. Very useful for combining multiple frequent action sets (screenshot of my first use case).

Anyone know if it's possible to rename favourites to keep them organized?

If it's not possible yet, perhaps exposing favourites as a macro group would allow for better organization.

…or simply adding a rename action down where the delete option currently is.

Poor Peter, he gives us fish and we immediately ask for sauce, fries and lemon slices to go with it! His work never stops

Thanks for this fantastic addition!

[ccstone]

@Joel_Rendall

Anyone know if it's possible to rename favourites to keep them organized?

Hey Joel,

Prefix your search with “fav” in the search field.

-Chris

[Joel_Rendall]

Thanks Chris! You mean that as a way to find the favourites, but there isn't a way to rename a favourite yet, right?

[appleianer]

@Joel_Rendall

but there isn't a way to rename a favourite yet, right?

@Joel_Rendall unfortunately this is not possible.

[SOLVED] KM10 - Where Did My Favorites Go?

Hi @anamorph a renaming of the Favorite Actions is not possible. You can only update the actions under the same name or save them with changes: [2021_11_04_Support_1] To delete a favorite action, you must go to the Favorites folder and select the action and delete it with the Delete (⌫): [2021_11_04_Support_2]

[Zabobon]

@appleianer

Maybe someone in the forum has a better idea or @peternlewis adds a separate search function in version 10

Hi @appleianer I've adapted your 05)Select Favorites.kmmacros Search Macro with @ccstone's idea of putting "favorite" at the head of the search. It seems to do the same thing without having to give the Favorites a special name or put any special character like a # at the start of the name:

05)Select Favorites.kmmacros (3.0 KB)

[appleianer]

@Zabobon

It seems to do the same thing without having to give the Favorites a special name or put any special character like a # at the start of the name:

@Zabobon thanks for the tip, even if I now have to set up my Favorite Actions again without "# "

[Zabobon]

@appleianer

even if I now have to set up my Favorite Actions again without "# "

It is like gardening. The pleasure is in the journey rather than arriving

[Zabobon]

@appleianer

@Zabobon thanks for the tip, even if I now have to set up my Favorite Actions again without "# "

Hi @appleianer, I am just wondering if there is a way to adapt your Macro/Workflow further so that a second press of the same hotkey (or gesture) removes the "favorite" or "fav" at the start of the search field and therefore opens the search up to all the inbuilt Actions (as @DanThomas's KMFAM does). I haven't been able to work out how to achieve that yet but I'm sure it's possible.

For example if I searched for a Favorite Action with "Prompt" in its name:

First press of the hotkey would bring up this (as it does already)

Second press of the same hotkey removes "favorite" from the head of the search to open up the search to all inbuilt Actions:

[DanThomas]

@Zabobon

Second press of the same hotkey removes "favorite" from the head of the search to open up the search to all inbuilt Actions:

I know this is something I'd want to do when I finally get the time to do the upgrade and play with things.

@ccstone I think you have KM 10. Can you think of a way to determine if the prompt is being displayed? Maybe some simple AppleScript? Thanks.

[Zabobon]

Doing this with a second Macro (and different hotkey) is quite simple (the below assumes that "fav " has been added to the start of the Search Field and that the search is displayed on screen).

This works:

So, I think it's not going to take too much to bolt the two Macros together and do first one thing and then the other with the same key press.

(@DanThomas - it is so good to see that your ideas have been taken onboard and integrated directly into Keyboard Maestro. I have been using KMFAM daily and loving it.)

[appleianer]

@Zabobon with the KMFAM macro, the double keystroke was certainly only necessary because the normal actions could not be integrated.

Actually, @peternlewis has thought this through correctly.
With only one shortcut you can access the actions as well as the favorite actions.
Visually, the favorite actions are marked by the .

It is certainly interesting whether your suggestion with the double keystroke (without favorite) can be implemented. However, this would not be necessary for most users.

[Zabobon]

@appleianer

With only one shortcut you can access the actions as well as the favorite actions.
Visually, the favorite actions are marked by the .

Yes, that works really well. But if I first search for a Favorite and find it doesn't exist it is useful to be able to hit the same key again to search all Actions. Of course I could just select and delete "fav" manually...