[Macro Group Activation] Multiple and Better Conditions?

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@manavortex

I'd like macro groups to conditionally (de)activate based on multiple conditions.

Hey @manavortex,

I'll bet there's not enough demand for that feature for Peter to consider it, but I think it's not a bad idea at all.

What viable workarounds are there?

Doable.

2.1. I could run a macro or loop that checks if TotalFinder is active and launches it for me

Doable.

2.2. I could put the macro into the "active in Finder"-macro group, then do a conditional check if TotalFinder is active. If it is, then I could disable the macro for as long as it takes me to send Cmd+U through to the application, or have KeyboardMaestro trigger the menu entry "by hand".

See this thread:

Allow a Macro to Pass Through its Hotkey (Keyboard Shortcut)

Here's the sort of method I would probably employ.

Conditional Execution Based On App-Running v2.00 (ccstone).kmmacros (7.4 KB)

And by preference I would have Keyboard Maestro select the menu item belonging to Cmd-U rather than sending the keystroke.

I would only send the actual keystroke if the Select or Show a Menu Item action didn't work with TotalFinder.

I don't use TotalFinder anymore, so I can't test myself.

-Chris