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I'd like to show & give focus to and hide an app using a single shortcut. The app (or apps) i like to use this way do not natively support this on their own. Is this possible on macOS (10.15 in my case)? Maybe using some 3rd party app or Automations?
I'm using this with iTerm2, it's called "Show/hide all windows with a system-wide hotkey", also, Launchbar has this feature but i'd like the same behaviour in PCalc and/or Calcbot.
First you need a script. There are countless ways to script things, based on individual skills and knowledge of AppleScript or other languages. For simplicity, let's use automator.
You will want to use the Watch Me Do action to show Automator how to trigger the menu item to lock the screen.
I made this a service, since I like to use FastScripts for something like this. Launchbar will find your service as the top hit if you name it LockScreen as I did in this example when saving from Automator.
(You can make an Application and store it in Apps, but services seem more light weight to me and perhaps a little faster...)
To start, click the record button at the top. Once the screen locks and you get back in, do edit down the action - you can get rid of the "ScreenSaverEngine" task if recorded you getting back in before you stopped the "recording"
I moved the Playback speed to the max. I also told automator that this service receives "no input" just under the record button.
Here is what you should have after saving your new service. Pay attention to the requirements of the Watch Me Do action in the lower left if you have any problems with training your mac to sing itself a short lullaby.
One option would be to remap Option+Left Click to something else using KeyRemap4MacBook. It might not have exactly what you want, but I think it's not hard to add new shortcuts (or ask the author to add them for you). One option that I saw was Option+Left Click -> Middle Click. You could then (assumedly) set middle click to do what you want in Zoom2, and retain the Option+Click shortcut.
Of course, if you do this, it will change Option+Click everywhere, even if you aren't clicking on another window.
Best Answer
This answer is a step by step explanation of what ankii proposed in a comment.
First, open Script Editor and write an Apple Script to toggle the visibility of your application. The following code should work, just change the value of appName (currently set to Finder) to be the app you want.
Save this Apple Script as an application (File -> Save -> File Format -> Application). I named it Toggle Visibility, but you can call it anything.
Next, open Automator and create a new Quick Action (previously a called a service). Change the values in the drop down menu so that "Workflow receives
no inputinany application" is displayed at the top.Drag
Launch Applicationfrom the list of options on the left (you can use the search bar to find it) into your workflow. Set the selected application toother, and find the Apple Script you saved as an application previously.Go to File -> Save to save your Quick Action, and give it a name.
Finally, open System Preferences and go to Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Services, and scroll down to the General Tab. There, you should see the name of your Quick Action you just saved. Click the check box to enable it, and add a keyboard shortcut to activate it. Make sure the shortcut you added doesn't conflict with other shortcuts on your computer.