How to option-click on a browser link

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I can click on a link that points to a pdf. However, it opens the pdf in the browser window.
I know that option-click downloads the pdf, which is what I want

  • How do I do option-click using the KM action “Click Google Chrome Link”?
  • Alternatively, how can I option click using javascript?
    I can successfully click on this link using .click() on the link tag
2

I have NOT tested this, but you might try:

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3

Hi Michael,I tested your proposed solution. Regret that it didn’t have the effect of an option-click.Will keep trying.Thanks.S

4

Well, that's too bad.

Have you tried manually holding down the OPT key, then triggering the KM macro with the click on link action?

5

Sorry, that didn't option-click the link either. Just an unmodified click.

6

Having the same issue with clicking links using modifier (command)
It doesn't open a new browser tab on the right using "Press and Hold Command Modifier"

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But works with holding CMD before triggering a macro.

Any ideas on how to make it work?

7

You might try a custom JavaScript in Browser where you open the target in a new tab/window.

8

I have built an AppleScript for this action, what is does:

  1. Gets a link from a KM variable.
    The target URL may be extracted from xpath using @JmichaelTX's script Copy the url address of the xPath

  2. Opens target URL in a new Safari tab, on the right after current active tab

  3. If KM variable with the target link is blank then a new tab won't be opened

The code:

tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
   set myASVar to getvariable "Link"
   tell application "Safari"
      activate
      tell window 1 of application "Safari"
         get index of current tab
         set myActiveTab to current tab
         if myASVar is not "" then
            set myTab to make new tab at after myActiveTab with properties {URL:myASVar}
         end if
      end tell
   end tell
end tell