I am using this macro: Edit_Open Clipboard.kmmacros (2.9 KB) [image] The Clipboard Switcher has a mind of its own and is not responding to the Set Next Engine command. Would appreciate assistance in getting this t work. Thank you!

@peternlewis , good evening. I have been fighting this one for a while. Is it even possible to use the Set Next Engine action to control the location and size of the Clipboard Switcher? Thank you.

It's a pretty easy test: If you have a Set Next Engine action, and then a Show Clipboard Switcher action, and it doesn't do what you want…then you can't control it that way. The problem, I believe, is that like with a Display Text window, that that window isn't really a Keyboard Maestro engine windo…

[image] Joel: I have been fighting this one for a while. Just use the "Manipulate a Window" Action after activating the Switcher: [image] The trick is to make an alias of the Engine so you can select it from the "Other..." dialog. To make the alias: Open a Finder window ⇧⌘G or select "Go…

[image] griffman: It's a pretty easy test: If you have a Set Next Engine action, and then a Show Clipboard Switcher action, and it doesn't do what you want…then you can't control it that way. Fair point. [image] griffman: The problem, I believe, is that like with a Display Text window, t…

[image] Joel: action before spawning the Display Text window My bad, wrong example…there are other windows that don't respond, but I can't think of them at the moment. I remember running into this, though, with some Keyboard Maestro window. (There are many you can't set the size of, but I kno…

[image] Nige_S: Just use the "Manipulate a Window" Action after activating the Switcher: [image] The trick is to make an alias of the Engine so you can select it from the "Other..." dialog. To make the alias: Open a Finder window ⇧⌘G or select "Go to Folder..." from the Go menu Paste in /Ap…

[image] Joel: I am trying to learn so please help me understand why i) the Set Next Engine cannot control the window before spawning but ii) the Move and Resize Window can control the window after spawning. A bug, IMO. The Wiki explicitly says it should work: The Set Next Engine Window Posi…

@Nige_S Appreciated on all fronts including: Confirming that I was not missing something per the Wiki (which has become my main reading these days). Interesting analysis in the macro. The spawning of both a Display Text window and the Clipboard History Switcher moves the Display Text window. …

[image] Joel: Is it even possible to use the Set Next Engine action to control the location and size of the Clipboard Switcher? No. The Set Next Engine Window Position action does not currently apply to the Clipboard History Switcher . I will resolve that for the next version. [image] Nige…

[image] peternlewis: [image] Joel: Is it even possible to use the Set Next Engine action to control the location and size of the Clipboard Switcher? No. The Set Next Engine Window Position action does not currently apply to the Clipboard History Switcher . I will resolve that for the next …

Clipboard History Switcher Positioning

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peternlewis March 27, 2026, 4:36am 10

No. The Set Next Engine Window Position action does not currently apply to the Clipboard History Switcher. I will resolve that for the next version.

Yes, this was not supported either. Also added for the next version.

Keyboard Maestro 11.1

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