V. 8.2: applications palette

[ronald]

congratulations @peternlewis , the application palette looks very nice. Improves workflow

[peternlewis]

Hopefully people will also start to make use of the new Dragged File trigger as well, to allow for macros to deal wiht dragged files.

[ronald]

sometimes I wonder if it would be useful if the less intelligent users like myself had access to example macros for those actions which are a bit more complex.

[ronald]

would the dragged file action also work for URLs?. It could be useful to create a custom made evernote web clipper, an essential tool with quite a few drawbacks.

[canion]

How are people utilising the applications palette? Simply as an 'improved' dock, or for something more advanced? I'm curious!

[ronald]

sorry, I can no longer remember what the applications palette is

[cherry]

Read this at the wiki. although I must admit, I am not sure how practical this is.. or how to use it.

Edit: found this useful thread:

Best practices for palettes and organizing macros

Over the years, the organization of Groups and macros in Keyboard Maestro Editor, and the organization of my palettes / conflict palettes, has become a bit messy. Too organic. I lose things. So I’ve worked out a set of “principles” to organize things by. Some feedback, suggestions, and approaches used by others are welcome. Here’s what I’m doing: Organizing groups with naming conventions. Groups that become conflict palettes have a prefix conflict so they sort near the top of the Grou…

[ccstone]

@ronald

I can no longer remember what the applications palette is

Hey @ronald,

The Applications Palette allows you to switch between running applications and drag and drop to them.

I never use it, because the Dock provides similar functionality.

-Chris

[ronald]

thank you Chris