In an alert I want to show an image that is stored in a clipboard. I am looking for something like %DisplayAsImage%NamedClipboard%myClip% Any work around or existing functions?

Alert actions are text fields, so you won't be able to insert an image. I'm not aware of any Keyboard Maestro action that can just display an image. You can put one on the clipboard then display the clipboard, or you could open it in Preview ... but if there's a native way to just display an image f…

You could write the Named Clipboard to a temporary file as a PNG, use sips to convert that to an .icns file (may also need to resize -- the PNG must be square and its dimensions multiples of 256), the use AppleScript to throw a display dialog... with icon <path_to_icns_file>... Which seems like a l…

If you write this macro, you will be required to name it The Rube Goldberg Solution. Very creative, @Nige_S ! -rob.

Potentially you could try a shell script with the command qlmanage -p pathtothefile to invoke Quicklook for the image. But I don't know if the current clipboard has a path (or a path that is user accessible)? Just my first thought. Oh a named clipboard, that might be within reach, but I don't have t…

[image] griffman: If you write this macro, you will be required to name it The Rube Goldberg Solution. Your wish, etc, etc... After putting a screen grab of the Noto Emoji "Bomb" from halfway down this page onto the Named Clipboard "MyIcon": The Rube Goldberg Solution.kmmacros (3.3 KB) [T…

That's amazing. Its would be even nicer if an image could be added to KM's Display Progress Bar action. Do you have more rabbits up your sleeve (or aces in your hat) that might solve that?

[image] Airy: Its would be even nicer if an image could be added to KM's Display Progress Bar action. You can't (again, AFAIK) change the KM "Progress" action's icon, and AS doesn't have a progress dialog. I'd reach for swiftDialog . It has a progress bar option amongst all its other goodness…

Hello Folks :wave: Why not trying to script the Alert or Prompt for User Input Action ?! The TextField is Base64 encoded like the Comment Action - so I would try to prepare the Image to fit in and convert it to Base64 string and put the string into that field at runtime with AppleScript or JXA. M…

Yes a pause macro solution. I want to have human confirm that the captured image was correct before further processing.

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Adding an image from a NamedClipboard into an alert

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kevinb June 18, 2025, 5:25pm 5

Could Custom HTML Prompt be used? (See, however, the limitation that is discussed in the topic Custom HTML Prompt refuses to load a local image).

Adding an image from a NamedClipboard into an alert

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