Things I should know but don't - 'front'ing'

Okay guys a bit more help here. I have tries to answer these questions myself but have not managed to work out the solutions / answers.

  1. I have some Macros which need to work only when apps are ‘fronted’ typically one of these is a shortcut which runs when the Brave browser is ‘fronted’ then the keyboard combi simply opens the Downloads page in the browser. I use this:

I’m now sure if this is the best way to achieve it?

  1. I want to do a similar Macro for the Vivaldi browser but I can’t work out how I originally achieved the ‘Triggered by any of the following (when Brave Browser is at front)’ front trigger?

Any help appreciated.

You don't need the "Activate" Action (though it doesn't hurt) -- Brave is already activated (the frontmost app), otherwise your macro wouldn't be available.

It's not a trigger -- "(when App is at the front)" is telling you that the Macro Group this macro is in is set to be "Available" when App is frontmost. See the Macro Groups Wiki page for more info about the options for making Macro Groups and their contained macros "Available" and "Active" (or not!) in different contexts.

So you'll want a Macro Group for your Vivaldi macro, that Group's availability set to "Available in these applications:", and with Vivaldi in the list of apps.

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Thanks, just what was needed.