MACRO: Spotlight Search Prompt

[Nr.5-need_input]

Hey Folks

Here is a little Fix for the Spotlight Search Prompt Documentation Macro

I Provide this Fix for all who use this wonderfull Macro with the Resources Package stored on Dropbox and who also run / ran into the same issues like @dbrooks787 and I described in earlier posts.

The Macro now uses the normal behavior to open the Spotlight Documentation.html file in the default Browser.

Macro: Spotlight Search Prompt Documentation -- Ver 1.0.1

Release Notes

• Macro_Name: Spotlight Search Prompt Documentation

• Macro_Version: 1.0.1

• Orig_Author: @DanThomas

• Last_Updated (Version 1.0): 2016/08/13 14:25 PDT

• Modified_By: @Nr.5-need_input -- Tobias Zittlau

• Mod_Date: 2021-12-21 18:30 GMT +1

PURPOSE:

• Shows the Documentation (in a browser).

USAGE:

• Launch this macro.

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Change-Log

Ver. 1.0.1 :

added:

• ChangeLog

• Set Variable to Text as orig. Variable „sspDocFilePath“

changed:

• Value of Variable „sspDocFilePath“ as non URL-like path keeping tokens from Dan

• Orig Comment moved to Group „Orig Comment from Initial Version — by DanThomas“

• Orig URL-like Actions moved to Group „DECTIVATED: Filter with URL Encoding and open in Browser / Default App from Verison 1.0“

Ver. 1.0 :

Initial Version — Last Update by Dan Thomas 2016/08/13 14:25 PDT

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!! Do NOT forget to Link it with the Spotlight Search Prompt Macro in the Group after import !!

Note: This Macro gets imported in a DISABLED State.
It MUST be enabled before it can be triggered.

Macro:

Spotlight Search Prompt Documentation -- Ver 1.0.1.kmmacros (58,6 KB)

[Lloydi]

I used to use this macro for something a while back but, at some point, it stopped working. I tried re-installing and setting up again, but get this error:

Spotlight Search Prompt
Variable 'sspOptions' not set

I can't see in the documentation that I need to set this. Can you tell me what I need to do to get this working?

Also, I previously had a version of this that it selected a specific variable for editing. I can't remember how I set it to do that, so if you can remind me that would be great.

Thanks

[ccstone]

Hey Lloyd,

Search for "sspOptions" – it should look something like this:

Also, I previously had a version of this that it selected a specific variable for editing. I can't remember how I set it to do that, so if you can remind me that would be great.

That's much too vague...

Selects where?

-Chris

[Lloydi]

@ccstone

That's much too vague...

Selects where?

Yeah, you're not wrong. I think that what I did before was I copied the default Spotlight Search Prompt and had a customised version where a specific variable was automatically selected (in the input/prompt) area, so I could just tab straight to the variable and edit it, rather than have to type to filter.

Basically, I wanted to have a way where I could use a hotkey to edit a variable (multi-line, almost like a log file) very quickly without opening KM. This macro was the one suggested to me at the time.

[Lloydi]

@ccstone

Search for "sspOptions" – it should look something like this:

OK, I think I was completely missing that it had found a match because that specific part was disabled (and collapsed down) and I was somewhat blind to it. That's working now, thanks.

[ccstone]

@Lloydi

Basically, I wanted to have a way where I could use a hotkey to edit a variable (multi-line, almost like a log file) very quickly without opening KM. This macro was the one suggested to me at the time.

Any variable? Or a specific variable?

If I remember correctly Keyboard Maestro has no direct means to edit multiline text.

So you're relegated three options I can think of:

1. Open the variable to an external editor like BBEdit (my preference).
2. Use an AppleScript dialog (useable but a bit inflexible).
3. Use Keyboard Maestro Custom HTML Prompt (very flexible but difficult for most users).

It seems to me that someone has posted an example of item 3 on the forum, but I couldn't find it with a cursory search.

-Chris

[Lloydi]

I searched back through my previous posts and found what I had previously used:

Easiest way to edit a multi-line variable? Without opening KM Editor?

You're welcome... Please read the thread about the Spotlight Search Prompt carefully because Dan has posted an update to the OP with some new features and fixes somewhere ... It is absolutely worth it ... Don't forget to mark my Suggestion as Solution so that other readers of this thread can follow. Greetings from Germany Tobias

Variable Inspector Prompt:

So I must have been barking up the wrong tree. Will re-install this and see how I go

[dowjones123]

I have my mac connected to two other larger monitors, and when i am at my desk I use the these larger monitors more. However, teh Spotlight Search Prompt always shows up in the small Mac screen, is there a way I can change this to be shown (or moved after being shown) to the larger monitor?

[DanThomas]

IIRC, there's a setting in "sspOptions" called "customPromptPosition", and you can use that to position the prompt.

Figuring out if your other monitors are connected is something I don't know how to do, although I think I remember reading a topic on the subject not too long ago.

[griffman]

@DanThomas

Figuring out if your other monitors are connected is something I don't know how to do, although I think I remember reading a topic on the subject not too long ago.

There may even be an easier way than this, but...

%Screen%1%
%Screen%2%
%Screen%3%
etc

Those tokens (use in text fields) return the dimensions of each screen. When one returns 0,0,0,0 then there's no screen there. So check if Screen%2% is 0,0,0,0, and if it's not, then you have more than one display connected.

From here, use Position Next Engine Window or Manipulate a Window to move the window to location on display 2 or 3 if the test is true, otherwise to a position on the internal.

In theory, anyway :).

-rob.

[Nige_S]

@griffman

There may even be an easier way than this

SCREENCOUNT(), maybe? You only need to worry about where to spawn the prompt "If calculation SCREENCOUNT() > 1 is true".