Feature Requests: Comments on Triggers, Rearranging Triggers

Questions & Suggestions
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I've made an upgrade to @Nige_S's macro/AppleScript above.

I figured out how to get all the triggers without having to manually copy the list from KBM's Non-Editing Mode.

Here's my test macro with three triggers and the Comment action automatically inserted into itself:

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It's based on an AppleScript snippet that I found a Forum entry from Peter Lewis (@peternlewis) that gets a trigger of a macro (Change the Hot Key for Multiple Macros at Once - #7 by peternlewis). I used that as the basis for some AppleScript that loops through all of the triggers individually.

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-- identify the currently selected macro
tell application "Keyboard Maestro"
	set selectedMacro to macro id (item 1 of (get selectedMacros))
	
	-- get list of triggers
	set theTriggerList to triggers of selectedMacro
	
	-- put description and xml of each into variable
	set theDescriptionList to ""
	
	repeat with theTrigger in theTriggerList
		set theDescriptionList to ¬
			(theDescriptionList & ¬
				(get description of theTrigger) & linefeed)
	end repeat
	
	-- add the "Comment" action
	set theCommentXML to "<dict>
		<key>MacroActionType</key>
		<string>Comment</string>
		<key>Text</key>
		<string>" & theDescriptionList & "</string>
		<key>Title</key>
		<string>Tiggers for This Macro</string>
	</dict>"
	set theAction to make new action at beginning of macro id (item 1 of (get selectedMacros))
	set xml of theAction to theCommentXML
	
end tell

At this point, the extension of this idea that I mentioned above, being able to edit the Comment list and use that to regenerate the macro's triggers, is one step closer — and it's clear I have about 20 steps to go. (I'm not holding my breath.)