Type Down Arrow Keystroke Not Moving Down One Cell In Google Sheets

Questions & Suggestions
1

Any ideas why the following KM command to move down one cell in a Google Sheets file is not working?

Type the Down Arrow Keystroke

2

It works perfectly fine here, so the question is why doesn’t it for you?

What trigger are you using?

-Chris

3

My test macro works:
Test Group
Macro iconMove Down One Cell In Google Sheets File
Triggered by any of the following:
Trigger iconThe Hot Key F1 is pressed
Will execute the following actions:
Action iconType the Down Arrow Keystroke

However, my target macro does not:
Clipboards
Macro iconPaste Selection Into Last Application
Triggered by any of the following:
Trigger iconThe Hot Key ⌃⌥⌘P is pressed
Will execute the following actions:
Action iconType the ⌘C Keystroke
Action iconFilter Clipboard with Remove Styles
Action iconActivate Last Application
Action iconType the ⌘V Keystroke
Action iconType the Down Arrow Keystroke
Action iconActivate Last Application

4

It’s likely that you have a timing issue.

Put some pauses in the appropriate places.

When switching applications use a pause until a certain windows is in front.

If this still doesn’t work post the actual macro, so we can test.

-Chris

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5

Macro executed as desired after adding 0.015 second pause after the ⌘V Keystroke and before the Down Arrow Keystroke.

Thank you