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MACRO: Get Selected Text or Clipboard if No Text is Selected

I’ve seen this topic raised in a number of forum threads. Here’s the techique that I’m currently using. Please comment if you have developed other techiques that you have found useful. PURPOSE The purpose of this macro is to demonstrate a method to populate a Keyboard Maestro variable (local_Text) with the currently selected text, or if no text is selected, the contents of the System Clipboard. The text can be selected in a browser or any macOS app that supports text. Note that this techni…