I’d like to use KM to replicate something I’ve already done with BTT. I know how to set up the macro. The problem is the trigger. It’s a short/long press trigger. Normally, this works with KM as follows: a short press is triggered when the key is released. A long press is also triggered when the ke…

Actually, it can be significantly simplified. Here's a single macro that does away with multi-tap detection and instead... Does action A on initial press Pauses for the trigger to be released, with a timeout of 0.5s Does action B if the timeout lapsed (i.e. the trigger is still being held) Hotkey…

Macro A, trigger on key press Set variable "Doing Macro A" to 1 Perform Actions For Short Press While variable "Doing Macro A" is 1 (time out long press time, no abort on timeout, no notification on timeout) Do nothing If variable "Doing Macro A" is 1 Perform Actions For Long Press Macro B,…

@peternlewis has given one way using two Macros. If you wanted to do with a single Macro you could also to something like this: [image]

Here's another. The main benefit is that actions trigger as soon as a long press is detected, rather than having to wait until after the trigger is released. [image] Uses the subroutine found under Hotkeys & USB Device Keys at the top of this post: [image] Multi-Press Mac…

Thanks @Zabobon an @peternlewis If I understand correctly, in your solutions, at least one macro is triggered when the key is released. Unfortunately, that doesn't work for my purposes. And thank you very much @noisneil With your macro, I can press a key, then Macro 1 is triggered; if I keep hold…

[image] Frankb: If I may ask one more thing, I seem to recall that KM has a condition “if text is selected.” Am I right? Unfortunately, I can't find it anymore. There is no such trigger. Detecting selected text is usually done by checking for the Copy menu item being active. -rob.

[image] Frankb: keep holding the key down, Macro 2 is triggered as well. Is that right? If you tap, action A runs. If you keep holding, macros A and B run sequentially. [image] Frankb: Would you be so kind as to post your macro? It's included in the macro post I linked to as an examp…

[image] noisneil: If you tap, action A runs. Hmm, what exactly does that mean? When I say “tap” I think of a quick down/up movement. But is the macro triggered by “down” or “up”?

Down and up, quickly, is a tap.

I'll try it another way :slight_smile: If it works like this “tap” then the macro is triggered when “A” is released. [image]

Your request could be a little clearer. Is this what you're after? Trigger down runs Action A. If released quickly, no further action. If held, run Action B.

How to set up a trigger that triggers one or two actions

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noisneil September 1, 2026, 8:02am 4

Here's another. The main benefit is that actions trigger as soon as a long press is detected, rather than having to wait until after the trigger is released.

Uses the subroutine found under Hotkeys & USB Device Keys at the top of this post:

How to set up a trigger that triggers one or two actions

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