In Keyboard Maestro I want to create a list of keyboard shortcuts, and then under each keyboard shortcut an action to be performed on a per-app basis if that application is active.
For example, when I press ⌘Left, I always want to switch to the tab to the left.
I want this action to apply in Chrome, Safari, Xcode, and other apps. The actions in each app may have different menu bar item names, but I want to save them as a single Keyboard Maestro macro for easier grouping.
The Select or Show a Menu Item action menu item titles I need to activate are:
- Chrome: "Select Previous Tab"
- Safari: "Show Previous Tab"
But when I set up Keyboard Maestro as seen in the screenshot, this activates all of the actions. Regardless of which app is active, both Chrome and Safari run that action.
How can I set it so that only the active application performs the action, and give it a list of all possible application/action pairs?
Best Answer
A fairly simple solution:
if-then-elseactions. See this one for Finder:If you nest each application-specific action within an
Ifstatement that checks whether the relevant app is at the front, it should work.