Firefox Execute Bookmarklet Javascript

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Keyboard Maestro “Firefox Execute Bookmarklet Javascript Test” Macro

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Aargh! The filter variable should, of course, be %variable%Javascript% .

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Martin, did you test your macro? Even with the correction it does not work for me.
I'm running FireFox 54.0.1 (5417.6.28) on macOS 10.11.6.

As best I can tell, you have to first create a Bookmark with the JavaScript script, then click on that Bookmark.

UPDATE:

You can't insert by pasting. You have to TYPE:

With that change, your macro works.

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Martin, as I mentioned above, your macro does not work for me.

However, it does work, if you make EITHER of these changes:

  1. TYPE the entire JavaScript script
    OR
  2. TYPE "javascript:", then PASTE the actual script.

Here's my revised macro:

##example Results

##Macro Library   Firefox Execute Bookmarklet Javascript Test @JMichaelTX


####DOWNLOAD:
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OK, here’s a follow-up, for anyone:

Now that we know how to execute a JavaScript in Firefox from KM, how do we return results to KM?

Let’s say I create a JSON string, or any string actually, how do I get that into KM, or even the Clipboard?

Any ideas?

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Actually I did test with Paste. It worked for me. I had previously used Type but got impatient: A non-trivial script would take a long time to type.

As for returning results I can only think of using a localhost web server to tickle KM. Luckily each Mac comes with one. But this would be a pain to use.

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Maybe 8.0 will offer some help.

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That's why I switch to just typing "javascript:" and then pasting the actual script:

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