Refer to a macro in a group with window.KeyboardMaestro.Trigger?

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I'm sure I'm just bad at searching, but I can't find an answer to this seemingly easy question...

I want to use a window.KeyboardMaestro.Trigger action in a floating HTML prompt to run another macro. But that macro is in a different group. What's the syntax for doing that? I tried ...Trigger("groupName:macroName", but that didn't work.

Is this possible?

-rob.

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The answer is in
action:Custom HTML Prompt [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

You can use this
window.KeyboardMaestro.Trigger( macro, value )

no need to use group name, just ensure that macro name is unique.

window.KeyboardMaestro.Trigger("My Unique Macro name", "hello"); and the word "hello" can be extracted using %TriggerValue% in the macro

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That's the problem, the macro name isn't unique, as I have multiple versions of this macro on my Mac right now. But that's OK, I solved it by moving it into the same group :).

thanks!
-rob.

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Instead of referring to a macro by its (potentially ambiguous) name, you can instead use its UUID (Universally Unique ID).

Right click on the macro or open the Edit menu, then:
Copy as → Copy as UUID

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Thanks! Wasn't sure I could use a UUID there.

-rob.