Prevent Firefox From Starting in Troubleshooting Mode When Opening With HyperKey?

Questions & Suggestions
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Recently I switched from Karabiner Elements to Hyperkey.app for creating a HyperKey. This works fine, except for one thing: when I open Firefox (using HyperKey+F, i.e., ⌃⌥⌘⇧F) it often opens in Troubleshooting Mode.

Probably the option (⌥) key (which starts that mode) is still detected?

I already inserted an additional step for "typing" and releasing that key before opening Firefox, but it does not seem to help.

What else can I try?

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You could try adding a brief pause before launching Firefox. ie. start the macro with a pause and then do the launch app stuff.

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I already tried that with a pause of 1 second, but that did not help either.

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that's surprising

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@rob The app "Hyperkey" has a sister "Superkey". There you can choose hyperkey without "option", as far as I know. But it is not free.

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I heard about the App, but I'd rather get the "regular" HyperKey to work (if possible).

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You've tried using a Pause Until action?

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I was hoping there was something like that...

Seems to work. Thank you!

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Nice solution Chris!

I'm going to get this up for BBEdit as well.

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Hm, not 100% what I want, it now seems...

I have to first release Caps Lock (my HyperKey) while still holding "F" to open Firefox.

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That makes no sense...

If your hotkey is Hyperkey-F then you only need to place the pause-until before the launch Firefox action.

If that's not what you're doing then please post your macro, so we can see what you're doing.

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This:

firefox

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Hey Rob,

You didn't actually post a macro. It's best to post the simplest possible complete macro that demonstrates your issue.

We need to be able to see and test, because if we're not testing we're guessing.

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  1. Always Post a Macro File.

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    • Folks generally won't download something they haven't eyeballed first, so an image of the macro is crucial.

If you haven't seen these they're worth a moment of your time:

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Take Care,
Chris

(Keyboard Maestro Moderator)

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Macro

Firefox.kmmacros (2.7 KB)

Screenshot

macro

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Your macro works perfectly well for me on macOS 10.14.6 with Keyboard Maestro 10.2., however I am not using a hyper-key – just the normal modifiers in the hotkey trigger.

When using a hyper-key your Option-key is not actually depressed – that action is simulated.

Try using the Caps-Lock key in the Pause-Until action, and see if that helps.

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Good suggestion!

I'm going to try this for some time and see whether this fixes it. Thanks!

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