Keyboard Maestro 10 Is Fantastic!

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I completely agree with you!

I went to browse the forum and accidentally went to https://www.keyboardmaestro.com didn't realize from the home page that there was a new version 10. I searched for the forum and browsed and saw this thread and went back to the website to get an upgrade. Thanks for all your work @peternlewis

A bit more than your website eludes to, this is amazing! Keyboard Maestro 11.0.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

Version 10 is a paid upgrade for everyone who purchased before 1 March 2021. Version 10 is a free upgrade for anyone who purchased after 1 March 2021. Keyboard Maestro 10.x requires macOS 10.13 High Sierra or later.
Changed in 10.0
• Require macOS 10.13 High Sierra

• Editor:

  • Added configurable Favorite Actions.
  • Added Select Macro by Name, as well as This Macro and This Macro Group options to the macro selector popup.
  • Added search field to macro selector popup.
  • Added Evaluate Condition Results option.
  • Disable Evaluate Condition Results after action or safe macro import.
  • Support dragging a .kmactions file in to an action list should import the actions.
  • Add Get functionality to Area selection for various actions like Move & Resize Window and Capture Screen.
  • Used new Prompt for Screen Rectangle for Get facility of Mouse Click action.
  • Added search field to Insert All Actions, All Functions, All Tokens, and Variables menus.
  • Added Select Last Aborted Action menu item.
  • Added 'Or by Execute Macro* to macros editor listing the Execute a Macro actions referring to this macro.
  • Added Cut, Copy & Delete to contextual menu for Macro Group and Macro columns.
  • Added Copy as Execute a Macro, Set Macro Enable and Mark Macro actions to contextual menu for Macro column.
  • Added Copy as Set Macro Group Enable and Toggle Macro Group actions to contextual menu for Macro Group column.
  • Added Paste to the 'No Action* drag target contextual menu when the clipboard contains actions.
  • Support double-clicking dividers in the editor window to set ideal size.
  • Support control-up/down arrow in action lists to move actions up/down. Also command-control for top/bottom.
  • Support shift-insert action to insert the action above the current selection.
  • Added Edit > Insert ICU Date Field menu to insert the various ICU Date components.
  • Added Edit > Insert ICU Date Field By Name (AD) to insert the various ICU Date components by name.
  • Added File > Export as Folder and Export All Macros as Folder to export macros as individual files.
  • Support tapping modifiers in editor search field to insert modifier symbol.
  • Added Sort Macros by Enabled.
  • Added Sort Macros by Size.
  • Added size to Macro Inspector.
  • Added "size:10000" to search filter.
  • Added “And 99 Filtered Macros" pseudo macro entry to Macros column when some macros are filtered by the search field.
  • Added warning on Cancel All Macros, Cancel This Macro, Retry Loop, etc actions if it is not the last action of a sequence.
  • Added OCR Screen and Paste by Name to the Macro Library.

• Engine:

  • Added support for manipulating Keyboard Maestro Engine windows.
  • Added Set Next Engine Window Position action.
  • Option-double-click (or option-Return) in Clipboard History Switcher just sets the clipboard.
  • Ignore the option key when switching applications in the Applications Switcher if the option key is used in the trigger.
  • Added option to include Macro Groups in the status menu bar.
  • Updating icons and title.
  • Updating information in the menu.
  • Executing on selection or automatically when the menu is displayed.
  • Added Group Status Menu trigger.

• Subroutines

  • Added Subroutine trigger which defined parameters to be passed to the macro.
  • Added Execute a Subroutine action to execute a macro, passing it parameters.
  • Added Return action to return a value from subroutine macros.

• Triggers:

  • Added Unlock trigger.
  • Added Appearance Changed trigger.
  • Added Online Status Changed trigger.
  • Added Power Status Changed trigger.
  • Added “long press" option for Hot Key and USB Device Key triggers.
  • Disallow adding duplicate redundant triggers (like two Power Status Changed triggers).

• Actions:

  • Added Paste by Name action giving Spotlight-like search of clipboard history.
  • Added Prompt for Screen Rectangle/Location.
  • Added Try/Catch and Throw actions.
  • Added Display Progress action.
  • Added Display Progress option to For Each action.
  • Added a Pause Until Change action to detect clipboard, modifiers, keyboard, mouse, or application changes.
  • Added Create Unique File action.
  • Added additional field types to the Prompt for User Input action:
  • Added Date, Time and Date & Time picker fields.
  • Added Slider fields.
  • Added Color Well fields.
  • Remove “Instance " and "Local " from variable names in Prompt For User Input form.
  • Added icon chooser selection to Set File Icon and Set Clipboard to Image and other actions.
  • Added support for selecting multiple files or folders in the Prompt For File action.
  • Added support for creating the folder when selecting a new folder in the Prompt For File action.
  • Added separated by option to Substrings In collection.
  • Added option to control text processing of input text for a variety of actions.
  • Added option to Search & Replace to replace only the first or last match.
  • Added option to control volume of Speak Text action.
  • Added a variety of macro environment variables (eg KMINFO_TriggerValue) to the Execute Shell Script action.
  • Added a calculation option to Switch and other actions.
  • An Assert action with an empty condition now always asserts.

• Filters:

  • Added Filter Sort, Reverse and Shuffle Lines.
  • Added Filter Escape for Regular Expression.
  • Added Filter Quote for JSON.
  • Added Filter URL components such as scheme, host and path.
  • Added Filter Encode & Decode Base64.
  • Added Filter Encode HTML With Numeric Entities.
  • Added Filter Calculate MD5.
  • Updated to the latest of John Gruber & Aristotle Pagaltzis Title Case, and internalized it to remove perl dependency.

• Tokens:

  • Added LastWindowID token.
  • Added PromptWithListText token.
  • Added PasteByNameText token.
  • Added UserHome token.
  • Added FinderSelections and FinderSelection tokens.
  • Added AccessedVariables token.
    • Functions:

•Added DOUBLECLICKINTERVAL, KEYREPEATDELAY, KEYREPEATINTERVAL functions.

  • Added SCREENINDEX function that returns the index of the specified screen.

• Clipboard History:

  • Added Characters I Words / Lines count to Clipboard History Switcher.

  • Adjusted Clipboard History numbering to match Past Clipboard action.

  • Added Command-Control/Option/Shift-numbers to Clipboard History to Paste or Set optionally plain clipboards.

• Custom HTML Prompt:

  • Added ProcessAppleScript command to Custom HTML Prompt.
  • Added option to turn off title bar on Custom HTML Prompt window.
  • Added option to make Custom HTML Prompt window transparent.
  • Added context sensitive WINDOW function for Custom HTML Prompt window resizing operations.

• Debugger:

  • Added a button in the debugger to edit the macro action.
  • Added display of recently accessed variables in the debugger.
    • AppleScript:
  • Added support for getting and setting the Display in Menu Bar Macro Group settings via AppleScript.
  • Added “xml" AppleScript property for macros, macro groups and smart groups.
  • Added “group xml" AppleScript property for macro groups.
  • Added “last used" AppleScript property for macros.
  • Added “modification date" AppleScript property for macro groups and smart groups.
  • Added AppleScript support to the editor for showing preference panes.
  • Added support for AppleScript “edit" command, eg “edit macro 1“.
  • Added support for AppleScript to get/set the editing property of an editor window.
  • Added option to Search & Replace to replace only the first or last match.
  • Added instance parameter to process tokens and calculate commands.
  • Added selectAction command to select a specific action by id.
  • Added divided and divider2 properties to the editor window.
  • Added size property to Macro Groups and Macros.

• Minor:

  • Added SF Symbols to Icon Chooser (11.0+)
  • Added Export as Text Service.
  • Added Export as Finder Quick Action.
  • Show notification when the launching editor quits the engine.
  • Excluded com.microsoft.ole.source..* flavors from clipboard for better Microsoft compatibility.
  • Adjusted Copy action to note clipboard changes even if the clipboard is not read.
  • Adjusted VoiceOver to speak marked status in palette entries.
  • Use ENV_PWD to set the current working directory for shell scripts.
  • Improved the Share to Forum sheet.
  • Support longer variable names in Prompt For User Input when they will fit under the icon.
  • Support formatting AppelScript and JavaScript conditions.
  • Support shift arrow selection in Prompt With List (Multiple Selections).
  • Converted use of WebView to WKWebView
  • Improved appearance of Preferences toolbar in Big Sur.
  • Improved display of CALCULATE function when the contents are potentially valid.
  • Support Return/Enter as a keystroke for the «-> character in the Conflict Palette.
  • Added Audio Input and Camera entitlements to the Engine (to allow their use via scripts etc).
  • Added Restore Excluded Application entry to Applications Palette contextual menu.
  • Added Tooltips for Palettes.
  • Added AdditionalWebBrowserBundlelDs preference to add alternative bundle IDs for front browser list.
  • Allow Microsoft Edge as a possible Front Browser Chrome-equivalent.
  • Allow Spotlight-like windows to be movable.
  • Adjusted the hit boxes for various application and macro popup menus.
  • Report lack of Screen Recording permission when that stops an action from working.
  • Better reporting of lack of Screen Reporting errors in Find Image and Click Mouse actions.
  • Added control over OCR Image behaviour when the action fails.
  • The Macro Group macros in the Global Macro Palette use the Macro Group's custom icon if any.
  • Prompt For User Input no longder displays hidden fields in non-edit mode.
  • Switched to CWWiFiClient for Wireless Network trigger, token and conditions.
  • Display some editor alerts within the editor window.
  • Display some logged error messages more prominently.
  • Display time trigger time in localized format in non-edit mode.
  • Avoid logging repeated errors.
  • Adjusted Write File to fail rather than trash a folder that will be replaced with a file.
  • Only report large variables excluded from environment every ten minutes.
  • Added appropriate window titles (visible via AppleScript/accessibility) to the various “By Name" windows.
  • Avoid selecting the macro/group name when deleting macro/groups.
  • Added action id to failed action log message.
  • Added a few more default status menu icon options.
  • Added additional protections for the Write File action.
  • Use 'pmset displaysleepnow' to sleep the display on 11.0+, which works on Ml Macs.
  • Fixed Add Variable/Function/Token/Date Field by Name in Value Inspector.
  • Fixed activation of windows so you can use the Clipboard Switcher to paste in to other Keyboard Maestro Engine windows.
  • Fixed a bug enabling the Send button in the Report Bugs form (irony).
  • Fixed width of Trigger Macro by Name and other Spotlight-like windows in Big Sur.
  • Fixed Paste XML actions.
  • Fixed an issue with Prompt For User Input and long variable names.
  • Fixed an issue with a couple actions not saving changes when a token was selected.
  • Fixed an issue with file references to images that included non-ASCII characters.
  • Improve accessibility of editor toolbar buttons.
  • Fixed Login Window action in Big Sur (CGSession no longer exists).
  • Fixed a display issue for popup menus in Plug In Actions.
  • Fixed Trim Image to keep the full resolution and DPI.
  • Fixed a potential crash with the Reveal a File action.
  • Fixed an issue related to A in the Substrings In collection.
  • Fixed an issue where renaming a macro via the contextual menu would not scroll the name field in to view.
  • Fixed an issue with Search and Replace matching multiple times at the end of the string.
  • Fixed an issue where the engine might not be notified of macro changes if the editor is quit immediately after making the change.
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