Stupid question: to use typed string triggers, I have to be in an editor. Is there some workaround?

[Frankb]

Hey @ronald I experimented with this once. It works well and safe, but I never developed it further.

"Typed String Triggers" – Please Help Make This "System" Better

I like "Typed String Triggers“. Eg to go to the KM forum I prefer to type "fkm" rather than use a shortcut. But this trigger type should only be used in text fields, because KM passes the typed characters to the front app and then deletes them, which can have unwanted side effects. A safe environment for strings would be a prompt. But unfortunately this doesn't work, as _jims recently pointed out. "This string is typed trigger does not fire within the GUI generated by Prompt With List. I've se…