I’m trying to do something very simple:
I want to create a variable ‘x’ and set it to the value of 5. I want to add 5 to that variable, and then set the clipboard to this value.
I have a "Set Variable ‘x’ to Text ‘5’ action.
I then created a "Set Variable ‘x’ to Calculation ‘x+5’ action.
I’m trying to output the value of the variable ‘x’ to the System Clipboard but cannot figure that part out.
Guidance appreciated!
I believe I figured it out:
In order to reference the actual variable I need to enclose it with percent signs, so what I ended up with was:
Set Clipboard to Text ‘%x%’
One note, on keyboard maestro 7, when you click the “try” button it is NOT executing the full macro. It is only executing ONE SPECIFIC ACTION - the one you have highlighted. This tripped me up for a moment.
Try this:
Regarding the "try" button, it works on all selected actions. So you could select all actions before using it.
As an alternative, try this macro - I use it constantly:
Great thank you.
Interesting that you used:
%Variable%x%
instead of just
%x%
. For me, the latter one worked. Why use the former?
The latter (%x%) is a short form, which will work fine right up until I add a token named x and then that will take precedence over your variable.
I probably wont ever make a token named “x” (well, I suppose it could have the current mouse X coordinate…), but generally the long form is preferred.
Gotcha. Thanks again!