Just like entering a hotkey to start a macro, I want to know how to enter a hotkey to stop only certain macros, not all macros.
ex) [shift+a] start the macro, [shift+v] stop this macro. not other macro
ex2) Stop when hotkey is pressed once more
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You can stop a specific instance of an executing macro with the Cancel a Specific Macro action.
Example 1:
Macro Doit, Trigger Shift-A
Actions:
Macro Cancel Doit, Trigger Shift-V
Example 2:
Macro Doit, Trigger Shift-A
- If variable DND_Macro Doit is not empty
- else
- Do stuff
- Set variable DND_Macro Doit to text “”
To handle the case where the macro fails or aborts for other reasons and so DND_Macro Doit is not cleared, you could go a little further and validate whether %Variable%DND_Macro Doit%, when it is not empty, is or is not in ExecutingInstances token. But probably this is not necessary, since the only result would be that pressing Shift-A in this case would “cancel” the already not running macro, and then pressing it again would start it.
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Thx. I couldn't follow along perfectly, but got a big hint. And succeeded.
Thank you a lot. 
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can someone please make a downloadable example macro for this? Thanks
Here’s an example. Two macros:
- The start macro starts a running instance, pauses three seconds and shows an alert. That bit is just to show you it’s running.
- The cancel macro cancels that other one and deletes the variable used to record the macro’s instance UUID.
Download Macro(s): DEMO- Start specific macro instance.kmmacros (2.8 KB)
Download Macro(s): DEMO- Cancel specific macro instance.kmmacros (2.1 KB)
Macro Screenshots (click to expand/collapse)
Macro-Notes
- Macros are always disabled when imported into the Keyboard Maestro Editor.
- The user must ensure the macro is enabled.
- The user must also ensure the macro's parent macro-group is enabled.
System Information
- macOS 13.5.1
- Keyboard Maestro v10.2
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