Feature Request: %TriggerValue% to Edit Macro

Questions & Suggestions
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Feature Request: An "Edit" %TriggerValue% that reveals the macro in the Editor.

I often find myself wanting an "edit" or "go to macro" in various macros, which I sometimes incorporate via AppleScript and the macro UUID.

In experimenting with passing parameters to the Trigger Macro by Name Action, which allows you to follow the search string with // + (insert parameter here) to pass a % TriggerValue% to the selected macro, I thought it would be handy if //edit would go directly to the macro in the Editor.

In other words, the %TriggerValue% of "edit" would be interpreted natively by any macro as "go to macro" in lieu of adding an action(s) to individual macros to do so using AppleScript or some other method.

@peternlewis, I'm not sure if this reasonable or a slippery slope, or maybe there's an existing/alternative way to do this that I am missing, but it would be a cool feature.

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There are lots of ways of editing a macro given its name or UUID, but this is not likely to be one of them.

tell app "Keyboard Maestro" to editMacro "UUID"
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I'm surprised Peter didn't already mention this, but you can already open a macro selected in the Trigger Macro by Name action in the KM editor just by holding down the Option key when you hit Enter.

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Good to know! I didn't see that documented in the wiki. Thanks

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