How Do I Record Macro to Capture Hot Key Trigger?

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@jastra, I hope you don't mind that I have revised your topic title to better reflect the question you have asked.

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God I hate asking a newb question( Trouble defining Hot Key triggers)

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How Do I Record Macro to Capture Hot Key Trigger?

This will greatly help you attract more experienced users to help solve your problem, and will help future readers find your question, and the solution.

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I'm not sure I understand your question.

The KM Macro Recording Tool will only capture the manual steps you take as Actions in the macro. You must then manually set whatever Trigger you want to assign to the recorded macro.

If I have misunderstood your question, please provide more details, like step-by-step actions you are taking, concerning the recording of a macro.

To be honest, I'm not a big fan of the Macro Recording feature. It mostly captures mouse clicks at specific locations, which you almost always will need to replace with more general Actions. But it can also capture useful things like menu selection. So I rarely use it. Perhaps if you stated the object of your macro, we could offer some suggestions on how to create it.

Also, if you have not completed this checklist, I recommend doing so:

Getting Started with Keyboard Maestro

  • Read the Quick Start.
    • This is essential to become familiar with KM terminology
  • Do the tutorial (Help ➤ Tutorial) in the KM Editor.
    • Gives you a live walkthrough of creating a macro in the KM Editor
  • Review/Browse the Available Macro Actions
  • For Help with an Action in your Macro, click on the gear icon at the top right of the Action, and select "Help"
  • Search the Keyboard Maestro Wiki for detailed help.
  • Start small, and grow your macros organically.
  • Be prepared for some trial and error in the beginning.
  • Make good use of this Keyboard Maestro Forum