# exclude Spotlight Search Overlay from Conditional Activation Group?

**URL:** <https://community.folivora.ai/t/exclude-spotlight-search-overlay-from-conditional-activation-group/23320>\
**Category:** Configuration Help & General Discussion\
**Tags:** spotlight\
**Created:** [July 9, 2021, 8:34am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/exclude-spotlight-search-overlay-from-conditional-activation-group/23320 "2021-07-09T08:34:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/exclude-spotlight-search-overlay-from-conditional-activation-group/23320/5 "2022-09-02T15:28:44Z")

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you can create one shortcut with a condition that is only active for spotlight, then make that shortcut send itself (make sure to enable „prevent recursive triggers“). I’ll post an example later.  
Similar to this [Use number of fingers touching the trackpad as modifier for keyboard shortcuts](https://community.folivora.ai/t/use-number-of-fingers-touching-the-trackpad-as-modifier-for-keyboard-shortcuts/28272)

For the other shortcut it needs a condition to not be active for spotlight

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