USB Key Trigger ignoring modifiers will create conflicts

Questions & Suggestions
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I have two macros to trigger Expose and Application Expose.
Middle mouse click will trigger Expose.
Ctrl + Middle mouse click will trigger Application Expose.

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In the Expose macro, if I choose "ignoring modifiers", I will get a conflict palette with Application Expose macro when I press a Ctrl + Middle mouse click.
Middle mouse click itself will correctly trigger Expose and no conflict palette.

I have to modify the Expose macro and choose "with these modifiers" and not click on any modifiers, as such:
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With this choice, there is no conflict palette when I perform a Ctrl + Middle mouse click.

I don't know if this is a bug or?

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Intended -- and very useful -- behaviour.

"Ignoring modifiers" literally means just that. The middle-click is the trigger, regardless of what modifiers may or may not be down. This lets you have one macro, triggered by the middle-click, that can then do different things depending on what modifiers were down when you clicked -- any modifiers are included in the %TriggerValue% token.

And, as you've found, if you want it to only trigger when no modifiers are down you have to say "pay attention to the modifiers and make sure they are not down".

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Ok. I think I get it.

I thought “ignoring modifier” and “with these modifiers” is an Either/Or choice.

What you are saying is, these two, individually has different functions. I guess it’s hard to express this in documentation.

Thanks for such a good and concise explanation.