In the Music program Ableton, I'm using "r" and "t" to Zoom out/in respectively.. I can get them working fine but now when I go to a text search box inside Ableton and try and type, I can't use the letters "r or t"
which obviously isnt what I want...
Anyway to get around this??
Thanks!
If you've assigned them as single keys, then you can't type those keys unless you modify your macro to only be active when a text input field is not active. I imagine that may be possible, but it's probably easier to just assign the macros to Control-R and Control-T (or whatever else you like), and save the single keys for typing :).
-rob.
Ahh How would I modify the macro to be active when a text input field is not active??? I'd love to change the hotkey assigned to the macros but I've been using those commands for 15+ years and my hand is literally programmed to use those keys haha... Couldn't dream of changing now
thanks so much
Edit: This is what I'm using right now...
I don't really know—that's why I wrote that I imagine it might be possible :). In most text fields, if you have text on the clipboard, the Edit > Paste menu is active; otherwise, it is not. So in theory, something like this might work:
Press 'r' > macro activates
But that's in theory; I haven't ever tried anything like that.
-rob.
Gotcha!!! I'l try and investigate a little more!!
Thanks so much again! Really hoping I can figure it out 
I have the same problem with I use NetNewsWire. I have 'j' and 'k' mapped to up and down, but whenever I bring up Alfred I can't type them in, I've even developed muscle memory to use capital K and J in Alfred when using NetNewsWire.
If somebody has an answer here I'm all ears as well
I think what @griffman suggests should work. But it was always too "imprecise" for me, because it is hardly possible to differentiate between different text fields.
That's why I use BTT for such cases. Fields are recognized by name. So I can specify that something only happens if the cursor is in field A or B, but not in field C or D. One app will never be able to do everything. KM and BTT are the perfect combination for me. 
Oh wow that could be the solution!
I’m going to look at BTT now…
I was also thinking a solution could be…
“If the cursor isn’t at X location” then activate the hotkey… type of thing.
