Thanks Peter! Do the keywords have to be in a comment that is part of the favorite actions? In Dan's method you can add keywords while adding an action to the favorite list, without having to add them in the actions themselves...
You're right! My apologies, I realize now I didn’t explain myself well earlier. To replace an existing action you have to type the exact same name which brings me back to my earlier stated issue of having a crappy memory and not remembering what I named certain actions. With Dan's method you can select a favorite from a dropdown list to replace.
I would edit my initial reply but that might cause confusion down the road to folks who are reading this so I'll leave it as is with a link to this comment.
No, the actions are searched just like macros are searched, so the text can appear anywhere (except when testing this I discovered the Notes are not searched, which would be the obvious place to put keywords, so I will fix that, probably for the next version and then you can just put keywords in the Notes - you can add the Keywords in the Notes now, just the search won't work until I fix that).
Have you ever noticed that they (Get Smart original series) intentionally break continuity sometimes? For instance, there was one episode where Max was fighting someone next to a piano with a big vase of flowers on it. Switch to a close-up and they're rolling across the piano which miraculously doesn't have the vase, then back to a wide shot and the vase is back! Absolutely hilarious!
Will be good too to indicate where the search is matched (maybe show icon to indicate by macro Name, Content or Note).
I thinking if we start to put more things into note and note become searchable, is the search going to end up with more false positive if one just want to search by macro name and content only.
It feels like these Notes can function like Tags which should make a large collection of Favorite Actions much easier to search without having to give the Favorites very long names.
Is there any way to edit a Favorite Action's notes after it has been created without opening it in a Macro, adding the Notes and Resaving it instead of the original as a Favorite? I'm just asking before I go and open and resave all the Favorite Actions I've made, which is the only way I can see to do this.
You cannot edit the favorites once they are saved. You can insert the Favorite action(s) somewhere, then make changes, then add them as favorites, use the same name and overwrite the favorite.
Sorry, your reply overlapped with me re-typing my question. But that answers it. Thanks!
In future, I'll get into the habit of adding notes (tags) when I initially save the Favorite Action.
TIP: I've found that if I want to give the Favorite Action a Custom name (rather than just letting it be named what Keyboard Maestro decides) it is best to change the name of the Action before saving it as a Favorite (Actions/Rename...) rather than typing in a Custom Name during the save Favorite Process.
This way, resaving it becomes much quicker as the default Favorite assigned save name is whatever the Action is called.
And if I don't rename the Action before saving it as a Favorite it's best to stick to the assigned Action name rather than renaming it, as again that makes it easier to overwrite it later if I edit it and want to resave.
I'm thinking that as the Notes can (soon 10.0.2) be used as Tags there's not a great need to come up with custom names anyway.
With Dan's method you can select a favorite from a dropdown list to replace.
By the way, I searched the Wiki for "notes" and it didn't return anything, although with my track record lately, who knows?
