I know I'm missing something silly, but I just can't see it. I want to press the F18 key and have Devonthink open to a specific database. When I create this macro and press F18, all I get a sound and Devonthink doesn't open.
SMX Daily Notes.kmmacros (1.9 KB)
Does it run if you trigger it with the Run button inside the Keyboard Maestro editor? Or if you assign a different shortcut?
Edit: Just noticed your trigger. Maybe add a step to make DevonThink the foreground app, then try it from the editor.
-rob.
Instead of using "Default Application" in your action try using "DevonThink" instead.
Runs just fine from the run button. I did check to see if there was a conflicting hot key, but I can't find one. It seems that no hot key works (I changed the trigger to 5 others).
That was my first thought and I tried changing it. Still the same result.
Well this works fine for me here:
Download Macro(s): __Test Template copy.kmmacros (1.9 KB)
whether I use "Default Application" or "DEVONthink 3".
(I've had to use shift-F18 as a trigger since I'm already using F18 for something else.)
Basically my macro looks to be the equivalent of yours, so I'm not sure why yours isn't working.
I notice that your trigger settings – inherited, perhaps from some group settings – specify that the hot-key is only defined when DevonThink is the front application.
I wonder if you are trying F18 before DT is open, or when it doesn’t have focus ?
My macro performs as desired regardless of the state of DT or even whether it's running or not so there's something else going on perhaps?
Bingo! That was exactly the problem. I put the macro in my DevonThink group forgetting the reason for the group. I moved the macro out of that group and now it works perfectly. Thanks @ComplexPoint!
