Wiki Update: Switch or Case Action

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The following Wiki Article has been updated, and is submitted for your review, comment, and/or revision:

###Switch or Case Action

###Primary Changes

  • ADD screenshot of initial, default configuration
  • Rewrite primary description
  • ADD sections
  • ADD links to parameters
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Looks good.

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I wish the Switch or Case Action could support more conditions such as “The Application” .

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How do you want to use it?

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For example, the shortcut to Refresh differs from each other among some apps.

Chrome → ⇧⌘R (Forece Reload)
Safari → ⌘R
Reeder → ⇧R
Airmail → ⌥⌘R

I unified them to ⌘R. Although I could do the job with nested “If Then Else”, but “Switch/Case” would be better logically.

Another case, if I have different macros related to different apps, and I want to sign all macros to the same trigger (e.g. F10), “Switch/Case” is a great choice.

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@JMichaelTX perhaps a grouping of (condition i / not condition i) can be more compact, meaningful and readable…
Just a thought.

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You can use the "Switch" Action for this, just use the "Text" condition with a Token of FrontMost App Name:
%Application%1%

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Alain, I'm not sure what you mean. Could you provide an example?

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@JMichaelTX solution:

was where I was headed with my question.

Alternatively, if you want to have per-application triggers, the normal way to do that is to create a macro group for each application. For example, there is no real advantage to having a single Command-R Refresh macro with a switch based on application as opposed to a macro group for each application and a macro for each. The former will rapidly become difficult to maintain as the number of such macros increase.

The exception would be a case where a macro did a lot of things, and only a small amount of it was application-specific.

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There is perhaps one advantage: Keep things simple.

With only one macro, there is only one macro to maintain, only one place to look for issues with the hot key trigger.

Having said that, I would probably take @peternlewis' approach, but have a common, consistent name for all of the macros. Maybe something like:
@Refresh <app name>

Then you could use a macro search of "@Refresh" to find all of these macros.

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I will answer in wiki category for clarity...
https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/wiki-update-switch-or-case-action/5680/1

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@JMichaelTX -

You post many very useful techniques here.

But...

This forum software already has a symbol to award "likes" ...

But ... is that sufficient motivation to anyone to continue posting useful ideas?

For outstanding posts -- like that approach to using a Token -- could this forum add a symbol to award a steak dinner?? ...
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And actually provide a dialog box to enter my credit card or a Bitcoin #.

More substantial ideas could really "earn" more substantial awards.

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I’m sure @JMichaelTX would not turn down a proffered steak dinner (he is from Texas, so I figure that’s safe!), but generally the Like button is sufficiently useful, and occasionally a replied “Thanks” post is appropriate.

But definitely, if anyone is visiting Texas (or Perth!), I’m sure a steak dinner would be appreciated :wink:

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Well said, my friend.

BTW, if anyone who uses Keyboard Maestro is ever in the Houston, TX area, please PM me. I might actually buy you a steak. :wink:

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I have made further changes to clarify Switch Conditions.
###Switch Action Conditions

As always, submitted for your review, comment, and/or revision.

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Nice!

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