Set HTML Window Title From KM Variable

[troy]

Set HTML Window title from KM Variable

Would it be possible to set the window title from a KM Variable?

Countdown Timer.kmmacros (4.1 KB)

[peternlewis]

Sure, you just set it with JavaScript in the HTML.

<script>

function KMInit() {
    document.title =  window.KeyboardMaestro.GetVariable("Whatever");
}

</script>

[jaredvogt]

Can the variables be Local or Instance? They don't seem to work. Also, can they be tokens like TriggerValue - can't seem to get that to work either. Of course, I could create global variables and then access them... but that is very clutter-y.

thanks!

[JMichaelTX]

@jaredvogt

Can the variables be Local or Instance? They don't seem to work.

They should work according to @peternlewis:

KM8: Local and Instance Variables

As of 8.0.3, local and instance variables should work in Prompt For User Input and Custom HTML Input windows. Also, you can now access them from scripts by using the KMINSTANCE environment variable as a key to which set of variables. set inst to system attribute "KMINSTANCE" tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine" set v to getvariable "LocalVar" instance inst setvariable "LocalOut" instance inst to "FromAS" end tell v

If you still need help, please post the HTML for your HTML Prompt.

[jaredvogt]

Ok, so I create the html window with this...

And here is my code to update it...

If I remove the Local from the variable name, it works fine. Both Local and Instance prefixes do not work. When used, they clear the text out of the target paragraph, but do not replace it. Running 8.2.4.

Thanks!

[jaredvogt]

Another head scratcher...
If I run these separately, they work fine... but when I combine them in a single macro, the "Write to HTML Window" doesn't run.

I threw a pause in there to see if that helped... nope. Conceptually, I create the html window (that has a table in it) and then use javascript macro to populate the table. It works when you run the macros discreetly, but not when I combine them. What I am I doing wrong?