MACRO: Palette Organizer v1.3 (updated Dec 3, 2021)

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MACRO: Palette Organizer v1.3

Requires OS/X Yosemite or later

Updated 2021-12-03, v1.3:

  • Fixed Window Position Bug under KM v10.

  • Added "Extended Numbering" option. When you enable this option, you're not limited to numbers 01-99. Once you go past 99, the "numbers" become A0-A9, B0-B9... Z0-Z9, for a total of 359 values.

Palette Organizer.v1.3.kmmacros (151.3 KB)

Updated 2019-09-03, v1.2: Fixes an issue with KM v9.

Palette Organizer.v1.2.kmmacros (155.3 KB)

PURPOSE:


USAGE:

Select the macros you want to organize:

Launch the Palette Organizer, and move macros where you want them, like this:

Add Separators, like this:

Click this button to add a separator below the selected Macro.

Enter whatever you want as separator text:

Click OK, and you've not got a separator:

(When you apply the changes, Separators become macros with a blank icon, and no actions.)

When you're ready, add (or update) prefix numbers, like this:

Click OK, and watch the magic happen!

LICENSE / DISCLAIMER:

Copyright (c) 2017-2021 Daniel Thomas

Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

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Fantastic!! :high_brightness:

You need to start charging for this stuff!

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Thanks!

I really like this one, because the UI was pretty fun to create. I learned a lot.

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Thank you for this. Very helpful. Two minor notes, very minor:

  1. If I edit the name of a macro while running Palette Organizer, the macro is no longer selected in the list after editing. Don’t know if that’s something you can tweak or not.

  2. It’d be helpful to be able to simply select a Macro Group rather than a bunch of macros before executing this.

You could ignore those suggestions and this would still be a great bit of work you’ve done, both in terms of a clean interface and utilitarian value. Thank you.

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Impresionante, seriously!

I’ll keep that HTML prompt for further usage… if I manage to wrap my head around it :wink:

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Well, the obvious answer to that is "Don't do that". :slight_smile: Seriously, though, you can edit a macro's name in the Palette Organizer window, either by double-clicking it or by clicking the Edit button. I suppose I need point that out somewhere.

It'd be helpful to be able to simply select a Macro Group rather than a bunch of macros before executing this.

I can certainly do that. I'm actually not sure why I didn't, now that I think about it. OTOH, it's only one extra keystroke to select all the macros, so it might not be high on my list. :slight_smile: But certainly, thanks for the suggestion!

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Sorry for poor wording: I meant that if I’m in the Palette Organizer window and use its name-editing function, after editing a macro it (the macro) is no longer selected. I have to Tab back to that field listing the macros.

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Thanks!

I’ll keep that HTML prompt for further usage… if I manage to wrap my head around it :wink:

Yeah, that web page is a culmination of a lot of things I've learned, and a LOT of things I stole from other places. I love the fact that it's all just one HTML file, with no need for external resources. When I first started doing Custom HTML Prompts, I never could have done this.

With that said, I'm sure 3 months from I'll feel differently. LOL.

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Homage was the word…

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Oh, I understand now.

Hmm. There’s not really much you can do in this dialog from the keyboard anyway, so I’m not sure why it matters. Don’t get me wrong - I just want to understand.

Thanks!

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Doesn't that imply attribution?

Just like "Ice Ice Baby" was an "homage" to "Under Pressure". OK, maybe I went too far there. LOL.

LOL. I love that song. Actually, both songs. But Vanilla Ice definitely stole the riff. :slight_smile:

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There's not really much you can do in this dialog from the keyboard anyway, so I'm not sure why it matters. Don't get me wrong - I just want to understand.

So it is. Like I said before, fixed or not, this is still great work. Thanks again.

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Many thanks for this macro @DanThomas :clap: Is there an option here to remove the numbering (into this:).

If I execute the macro, I will always be prompted to also perform the numbering. If I negate this, the macro is terminated and nothing is accepted.

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Saving without renumbering kind of defeats the purpose. Or are you saying you want to be able to remove all the prefix numbers?

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It would be just a pure design request @DanThomas. No other meaning.

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Yes, but I don't understand what you're asking for. Can you try explaining it again?

Thanks.

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Nice! :clap::clap::clap:

I use this

regularly thru the day. It's set to appear at the cursor's location.

I hope this doesn't seem ridiculous and I set it to two columns to shorten the distance to get to the bottom with the more frequently used items nearer the top.

What matters most to me (since you've put a good deal of time and attention on making the palette easier to use) is the ease of finding the item within the cluster that appears and speed of getting to it and clicking on it.

Organizing the list into sections with lines separating the sections goes nicely beyond simply being able to reorder the list. Now greedy me wants more :roll_eyes:.

Changing the color/spacing/size of items to help locate items would be nice additional options. Any formatting control available?

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No, and I wish there were. But that's asking a lot from Peter... :slight_smile:

Thanks!

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Yes and he opened the box :wink: AND the community has given back a lot.

Would he have given us so many tools and license if he wasn’t open to giving even more? Doesn’t seem like the actions of someone who wants to be left alone and limit interacting with the world around.

Thank You! :smiley:

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Hello @BernSh, I also use a global palette with the daily KM macros. So that this does not become too big, I have divided these by subjects again with sub pallets.
These can then also be colored. Here is a short video.