I heard this one in a podcast but I can't figure out what the correct action is ... thanks!
Are you referring to wanting to setup a "hyper key" where you press one key and it simulates pressing command+option+control+shift?
Not exactly. In some apps when I type command v I want it to act as if I pressed command shift option v
Here is the relevant section discussed in the Automators podcast:
What she’s proposing seems to be this:
Replace ⌘V with ⌥⇧⌘V <6667 200221T133134>.kmmacros (2.3 KB)
Purpose is to automatically use Paste and Match Style (often ⌥⇧⌘V) when Paste ⌘V is pressed, in apps where you never want to paste the style.
I’ve put the macro in a “Paste and Match Style” group and activated the group for a couple of applications where the ⌥⇧⌘V shortcut works. Add/remove the apps of your choice in the group settings:
Don’t put the macro in the Global Macro Group, because the shortcut is not available in every app.
Make sure to enable the macro group and macro
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Wow thank you so much Tom! What I was missing was that “type keystroke” effectively changes one input to another. Thanks again!!
I do something very similar with an Fkey.
So I have for many years had a template printed on clear plastic taped to my keyboard above the Fkeys. It shows me what shift, option, command and just the Fkey will do, in words, like a menu.
For F3, I have paste time (shift) paste date (option) match style (command) and plain paste. These are all programmed in Keyboard Maestro.
Paste and match style is incredibly useful.
On my MacBook, I use BetterTouchTool to simulate the template, though I haven't used that nearly as much.