If I create a popup field with a number of choices - As far I can see I am limited to those choices it is not possible to override them and enter some different text.
For example in the following I have added the choices 0,1,2,3,5,10 but if I wished to add a 8 I could do so / Typinator, for example, allow you to have a list of items but also to add 'free text'.
Is it possible to do what I would like with Keyboard Maestro in a Prompt for User Input Action?
Prompt for User Input.kmactions (838 B)
It’s not possible yet as far as I can see. This could be a feature request. @peternlewis
You may use an extra field, empty by default. Then use an if-then action: if you type something in this field, then set “vTest” to this input value.
No, it is either a menu or a choice, not both.
What you could do is something like:
And then the macro does something like:
if variable vTest Override is not empty
set variable vTest to vTest Override
Hey Victor,
I think I'd probably go for @martin's idea here for speed and simplicity, but you could also do something like this.
-Chris
Test User Prompt v1.00.kmmacros (7.0 KB)
Thank you all for the suggestions.
Hey Victor,
After seeing your Typinator "macro" and thinking about this a bit, I've changed my mind about how I'd do the job.
With this macro you don't have to move your hands from the main keyboard at all.
⌃N ⇢ Scrolls down.
⌃P ⇢ Scrolls up.
Type-Select works.
[Other] provides a prompt for freeform entry and is very fast to activate.
This method is my preference, but YMMV of course... 
-Chris
