The Macro Library

Types of Macros

Macros are named event sequences that you can invoke with a gesture or surface-key. There are three types:

Macro Sub-Folders

The macro library is organized into the following sub-folders. Not all of your applications support every macro. To find out if your app. supports a particular macro, check whether the macro's hotkeys are listed in your application's menus.

Creating new Macro Sub-Folders

To create a new sub-folder, click on the 'Macro Library' icon in the gesture tree, enter a name and click the 'Create Macro Folder...' in the right pane. Empty sub-folders are automatically deleted when you exit the editing session.

Moving Macros to other Sub-Folders

Use the drop-down sub-folder list at the top of each macro's edit pane to move it to a different folder.

Creating new Text or Event Macros

To create totally new text or event macros, expand the Macro Library subtree and click on the desired sub-folder icon. Then enter the desired name of the new text or event macro at right and click 'Create ... Macro...'. An empty macro will be created in the selected sub-folder. You cannot create new internal function macros.

Editing Text and Event Macros

Click here to read about macro and event editing.

Assigning New Macros to Gestures

After you've created or edited a macro, the fastest way to assign it to a gesture is to select it in the macro library tree, copy it with your Copy gesture (Ctrl+C), then select the desired destination gesture in a hand/chord subtree, and paste into that gesture's event list.